diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/commits/changelog.mako b/rhodecode/templates/commits/changelog.mako
--- a/rhodecode/templates/commits/changelog.mako
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/commits/changelog.mako
@@ -177,11 +177,8 @@
                     var commitEnd = $(selectedCheckboxes[0]).data();
                     var revEnd = commitEnd.commitId;
 
-                    var lbl_start = 'r{0}:{1}'.format(commitStart.commitIdx, commitStart.commitId.substr(0,6));
-                    var lbl_end = 'r{0}:{1}'.format(commitEnd.commitIdx, commitEnd.commitId.substr(0,6));
-
-                    var lbl_start = '{0}'.format(commitStart.commitId.substr(0,6));
-                    var lbl_end = '{0}'.format(commitEnd.commitId.substr(0,6));
+                    var lbl_start = '{0}'.format(commitStart.commitIdx, commitStart.shortId);
+                    var lbl_end = '{0}'.format(commitEnd.commitIdx, commitEnd.shortId);
 
                     var url = pyroutes.url('repo_commit', {'repo_name': '${c.repo_name}', 'commit_id': revStart+'...'+revEnd});
                     var link = _gettext('Show commit range {0} ... {1}').format(lbl_start, lbl_end);
diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/commits/changelog_elements.mako b/rhodecode/templates/commits/changelog_elements.mako
--- a/rhodecode/templates/commits/changelog_elements.mako
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/commits/changelog_elements.mako
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <tr id="sha_${commit.raw_id}" class="changelogRow container ${'tablerow%s' % (cnt%2)}">
 
     <td class="td-checkbox">
-        ${h.checkbox(commit.raw_id,class_="commit-range", **{'data-commit-idx':commit.idx, 'data-commit-id': commit.raw_id})}
+        ${h.checkbox(commit.raw_id,class_="commit-range", **{'data-commit-idx':commit.idx, 'data-commit-id': commit.raw_id, 'data-short-id': commit.short_id})}
     </td>
     ##
     <td class="td-graphbox">