diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py b/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py
--- a/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import tkinter.messagebox as tkMessageBox
 import traceback
 import webbrowser
+from platform import python_version
 
 from idlelib.MultiCall import MultiCallCreator
 from idlelib import idlever
@@ -945,11 +946,14 @@
         self.undo.reset_undo()
 
     def short_title(self):
+        pyversion = "Python " + python_version() + " Editor: "
         filename = self.io.filename
         if filename:
             filename = os.path.basename(filename)
+        else:
+            filename = "Untitled"
         # return unicode string to display non-ASCII chars correctly
-        return self._filename_to_unicode(filename)
+        return pyversion + self._filename_to_unicode(filename)
 
     def long_title(self):
         # return unicode string to display non-ASCII chars correctly