diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiTabular.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiTabular.cpp
index cd86e9b168..0828a56a4e 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiTabular.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiTabular.cpp
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ void GuiTabular::checkEnabled()
 	// check if setting a first header is allowed
 	// additionally check firstheaderNoContentsCB because when this is
 	// the case a first header makes no sense
-	firstheaderStatusCB->setEnabled(getStatus(FuncRequest(LFUN_INSET_MODIFY, "tabular set-ltfirsthead")).enabled()
+	firstheaderStatusCB->setEnabled(funcEnabled(Tabular::SET_LTFIRSTHEAD)
 		&& longtabular && !firstheaderNoContentsCB->isChecked());
 	firstheaderBorderAboveCB->setEnabled(longtabular
 		&& firstheaderStatusCB->isChecked());
@@ -219,17 +219,17 @@ void GuiTabular::checkEnabled()
 	// check if setting a last footer is allowed
 	// additionally check lastfooterNoContentsCB because when this is
 	// the case a last footer makes no sense
-	lastfooterStatusCB->setEnabled(getStatus(FuncRequest(LFUN_INSET_MODIFY, "tabular set-ltlastfoot")).enabled()
+	lastfooterStatusCB->setEnabled(funcEnabled(Tabular::SET_LTLASTFOOT)
 		&& longtabular && !lastfooterNoContentsCB->isChecked());
 	lastfooterBorderAboveCB->setEnabled(longtabular
 		&& lastfooterBorderAboveCB->isChecked());
 	lastfooterBorderBelowCB->setEnabled(longtabular
 		&& lastfooterBorderAboveCB->isChecked());
 
-	captionStatusCB->setEnabled(getStatus(FuncRequest(LFUN_INSET_MODIFY, "tabular toggle-ltcaption")).enabled());
+	captionStatusCB->setEnabled(funcEnabled(Tabular::TOGGLE_LTCAPTION));
 	
-	multicolumnCB->setEnabled(getStatus(FuncRequest(LFUN_INSET_MODIFY, "tabular multicolumn")).enabled());
-	multirowCB->setEnabled(getStatus(FuncRequest(LFUN_INSET_MODIFY, "tabular multirow")).enabled());
+	multicolumnCB->setEnabled(funcEnabled(Tabular::MULTICOLUMN));
+	multirowCB->setEnabled(funcEnabled(Tabular::MULTICOLUMN));
 
 	changed();
 }
@@ -852,6 +852,13 @@ void GuiTabular::paramsToDialog(Inset const * inset)
 }
 
 
+bool GuiTabular::funcEnabled(Tabular::Feature f) const
+{
+	string cmd = "tabular " + featureAsString(f);
+	return getStatus(FuncRequest(LFUN_INSET_MODIFY, cmd)).enabled();
+}
+
+
 } // namespace frontend
 } // namespace lyx
 
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiTabular.h b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiTabular.h
index 456d30cac2..9b31a94c79 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiTabular.h
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiTabular.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "InsetParamsWidget.h"
 #include "ui_TabularUi.h"
+#include "insets/InsetTabular.h"
 
 namespace lyx {
 namespace frontend {
@@ -50,6 +51,8 @@ private:
 	void setTableAlignment(std::string & param_str) const;
 	///
 	void setWidthAndAlignment();
+	///
+	bool funcEnabled(Tabular::Feature f) const;
 };
 
 } // namespace frontend