diff --git a/cmds/buttonplugin/main.go b/cmds/buttonplugin/main.go
index 8168c31..d1b0489 100644
--- a/cmds/buttonplugin/main.go
+++ b/cmds/buttonplugin/main.go
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ func buttonWindow() {
 	g1.NewButton("hello2", func () {
 		log.Println("world2")
 	})
-	more2 = g1.NewGroup("more2")
+	more2 = g1.NewGrid("gridnuts", 3, 3)
+
+	more2.NewLabel("more2")
 
 	g.NewButton("this app is useful for plugin debuggin", func () {
 	})
diff --git a/toolkit/gocui/click.go b/toolkit/gocui/click.go
index e32825a..ce61bb7 100644
--- a/toolkit/gocui/click.go
+++ b/toolkit/gocui/click.go
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ func (w *cuiWidget) doWidgetClick() {
 	case toolkit.Tab:
 		w.redoBox(true)
 		w.toggleTree()
-
-		// w.toggleTree()
-		// me.rootNode.redoColor(true)
+	case toolkit.Grid:
+		w.redoBox(true)
+		w.toggleTree()
 	case toolkit.Box:
 		// w.showWidgetPlacement(logNow, "drawTree()")
 		if (w.horizontal) {
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ func ctrlDown(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 	// find buttons that are below where the mouse button click
 	f = func(widget *cuiWidget) {
 		// if ((widget.logicalSize.w0 < w) && (w < widget.logicalSize.w1)) {
-		if ((widget.realSize.w0 < w) && (w < widget.realSize.w1) &&
-		(widget.realSize.h0 < h) && (h < widget.realSize.h1)) {
+		if ((widget.realSize.w0 <= w) && (w <= widget.realSize.w1) &&
+		(widget.realSize.h0 <= h) && (h <= widget.realSize.h1)) {
 			widgets = append(widgets, widget)
 			found = widget
 		}
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ func ctrlDown(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 	}
 	f(me.rootNode)
 	var t string
-	for i, widget := range widgets {
-		log(logNow, "ctrlDown() FOUND widget", i, widget.name)
+	for _, widget := range widgets {
+		log(logNow, "ctrlDown() FOUND widget", widget.id, widget.name)
 		t += widget.cuiName + " " + widget.name + "\n"
 		// widget.showWidgetPlacement(logNow, "drawTree()")
 	}
diff --git a/toolkit/gocui/place.go b/toolkit/gocui/place.go
index c51d69f..d5d0f40 100644
--- a/toolkit/gocui/place.go
+++ b/toolkit/gocui/place.go
@@ -73,30 +73,31 @@ func (w *cuiWidget) redoBox(draw bool) {
 			child.redoBox(draw)
 		}
 	case toolkit.Grid:
+		log("redoBox GRID", p.nextW, p.nextH, p.name)
+		log("redoBox GRID", p.nextW, p.nextH, p.name)
+		log("redoBox GRID", w.nextW, w.nextH, w.name, w.text)
 		// hmm
-		w.logicalSize.w0 = p.nextW
-		w.logicalSize.h0 = p.nextH
-		w.logicalSize.w1 = p.nextW
-		w.logicalSize.h1 = p.nextH
 
 		w.nextW = p.nextW
 		w.nextH = p.nextH
 
-		var wCount, hCount int
-		var b bool = true
+		var wCount int = 0
+		var hCount int = 0
 		for _, child := range w.children {
-			child.redoBox(draw)
-			if (b) {
-				wCount += 1
-				b = false
-			} else {
-				wCount = 0
-				w.nextH += 1
-				b = true
-			}
+			// increment for the next child
 			w.nextW = p.nextW + wCount * 20
 			w.nextH = p.nextH + hCount * 4
-			log(logInfo, "redoBox(GRID) (w,h count)", wCount, hCount, "(X,Y)", w.x, w.y, w.name)
+			child.redoBox(draw)
+
+			log(logNow, "redoBox(GRID) (w,h count)", wCount, hCount, "(X,Y)", w.x, w.y, w.name)
+			child.showWidgetPlacement(logNow, "grid:")
+
+			if ((wCount + 1) < w.y) {
+				wCount += 1
+			} else {
+				wCount = 0
+				hCount += 1
+			}
 		}
 		w.showWidgetPlacement(logNow, "grid:")
 	case toolkit.Box: