diff --git a/args.go b/args.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..886880e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/args.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package gui
+
+import (
+	arg "github.com/alexflint/go-arg"
+)
+
+var guiArg GuiArgs
+
+// This struct can be used with the go-arg package
+type GuiArgs struct {
+	Gui string `arg:"--gui" help:"Use this gui toolkit [andlabs,gocui,nocui]"`
+	GuiDebug bool `arg:"--gui-debug" help:"open the GUI debugger"`
+	GuiVerbose bool `arg:"--gui-verbose" help:"enable all logging"`
+}
+
+func init() {
+	arg.Register(&guiArg)
+}
+
+func GetArg(a string) bool {
+	return guiArg.GuiDebug
+}
diff --git a/gadgets/basicEntry.go b/gadgets/basicEntry.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..105347b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gadgets/basicEntry.go
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+	A Labeled Single Line Entry widget:
+
+	-----------------------------
+	|            |              |
+	|   Food:    |  <type here> |
+	|            |              |
+	-----------------------------
+*/
+package gadgets
+
+import 	(
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+	"go.wit.com/gui"
+)
+
+type BasicEntry struct {
+	parent	*gui.Node	// parent widget
+	l	*gui.Node	// label widget
+	v	*gui.Node	// value widget
+
+	value	string
+	label	string
+
+	Custom func()
+}
+
+func (n *BasicEntry) Get() string {
+	return n.value
+}
+
+func (n *BasicEntry) Set(value string) *BasicEntry {
+	log.Println("BasicEntry.Set() =", value)
+	if (n.v != nil) {
+		n.v.Set(value)
+	}
+	n.value = value
+	return n
+}
+
+func NewBasicEntry(p *gui.Node, name string) *BasicEntry {
+	d := BasicEntry {
+		parent: p,
+		value: "",
+	}
+
+	// various timeout settings
+	d.l = p.NewLabel(name)
+	d.v = p.NewEntryLine("")
+	d.v.Custom = func() {
+		d.value = d.v.S
+		log.Println("BasicEntry.Custom() user changed value to =", d.value)
+	}
+
+	return &d
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 84a7d52..09b2bc1 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ func New() *Node {
 
 // try to load andlabs, if that doesn't work, fall back to the console
 func (n *Node) Default() *Node {
-	if (GuiArg.Gui != "") {
-		log(logError, "New.Default() try toolkit =", GuiArg.Gui)
-		return n.LoadToolkit(GuiArg.Gui)
+	if (guiArg.Gui != "") {
+		log(logError, "New.Default() try toolkit =", guiArg.Gui)
+		return n.LoadToolkit(guiArg.Gui)
 	}
 	// if DISPLAY isn't set, return since gtk can't load
 	// TODO: figure out how to check what to do in macos and mswindows
diff --git a/structs.go b/structs.go
index b9d4d89..406b11a 100644
--- a/structs.go
+++ b/structs.go
@@ -23,15 +23,6 @@ import (
 
 var me guiConfig
 
-var GuiArg GuiArgs
-
-// This struct can be used with the go-arg package
-type GuiArgs struct {
-	Gui string `arg:"--gui" help:"Use this gui toolkit [andlabs,gocui,nocui]"`
-	GuiDebug bool `arg:"--gui-debug" help:"open the GUI debugger"`
-	GuiVerbose bool `arg:"--gui-verbose" help:"enable all logging"`
-}
-
 type guiConfig struct {
 	initOnce sync.Once