diff --git a/toolkit/gocui/add.go b/toolkit/gocui/add.go
index 5c77b79..6ff3691 100644
--- a/toolkit/gocui/add.go
+++ b/toolkit/gocui/add.go
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ import (
 var fakeStartWidth int = 40
 var fakeStartHeight int = 3
 func (w *cuiWidget) setFake() {
-	if (w.isFake == false) {
-		return
-	}
+	w.isFake = true
 	t := len(w.name)
 	// setup fake labels for non-visable things off screen
 	w.realWidth = t + 2
@@ -27,7 +25,9 @@ func (w *cuiWidget) setFake() {
 		fakeStartWidth += 20
 	}
 	w.setWH()
-	w.showWidgetPlacement(logNow, "setFake()")
+	if (debugAction) {
+		w.drawView()
+	}
 }
 
 // set the widget start width & height
@@ -36,25 +36,17 @@ func (w *cuiWidget) addWidget() {
 	switch w.widgetType {
 	case toolkit.Root:
 		log(logInfo, "setStartWH() rootNode w.id =", w.id, "w.name", w.name)
-		w.isFake = true
 		w.setFake()
-		w.showWidgetPlacement(logNow, "StartWH:")
-		w.drawView()
 		return
 	case toolkit.Flag:
-		w.isFake = true
 		w.setFake()
-		w.showWidgetPlacement(logNow, "StartWH:")
-		w.drawView()
 		return
 	case toolkit.Window:
 		w.setTabWH()
-		w.showWidgetPlacement(logNow, "StartWH:")
 		w.drawView()
 		return
 	case toolkit.Tab:
 		w.setTabWH()
-		w.showWidgetPlacement(logNow, "StartWH:")
 		w.drawView()
 		return
 	case toolkit.Box:
@@ -62,16 +54,12 @@ func (w *cuiWidget) addWidget() {
 		w.setFake()
 		w.startW = w.parent.startW
 		w.startH = w.parent.startH
-		w.showWidgetPlacement(logNow, "StartWH:")
-		w.drawView()
 		return
 	case toolkit.Grid:
 		w.isFake = true
 		w.setFake()
 		w.startW = w.parent.startW
 		w.startH = w.parent.startH
-		w.showWidgetPlacement(logNow, "StartWH:")
-		w.drawView()
 		return
 	case toolkit.Group:
 		w.startW = w.parent.startW + 4
@@ -84,12 +72,11 @@ func (w *cuiWidget) addWidget() {
 		w.gocuiSize.startH = w.startH
 
 		w.setWH()
-		w.showWidgetPlacement(logNow, "StartWH:")
-		// w.drawView()
 		return
 	default:
 		w.startW = w.parent.startW
 		w.startH = w.parent.startH
 		w.setWH()
 	}
+	w.showWidgetPlacement(logInfo, "addWidget()")
 }
diff --git a/toolkit/gocui/debug.go b/toolkit/gocui/debug.go
index 30f1822..9d036bb 100644
--- a/toolkit/gocui/debug.go
+++ b/toolkit/gocui/debug.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 //	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
 )
 
+var debugAction	bool = false
+
 func actionDump(b bool, a *toolkit.Action) {
 	if (a == nil) {
 		log(b, "action = nil")
diff --git a/toolkit/gocui/help.go b/toolkit/gocui/help.go
index 656eefa..d1206e7 100644
--- a/toolkit/gocui/help.go
+++ b/toolkit/gocui/help.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func helplayout(g *gocui.Gui) error {
 	var err error
 	maxX, _ := g.Size()
 
-	help, err := g.SetView("help", maxX-32, 0, maxX-1, 17, 0)
+	help, err := g.SetView("help", maxX-32, 0, maxX-1, 13, 0)
 	if err != nil {
 		if !errors.Is(err, gocui.ErrUnknownView) {
 			return err
@@ -27,17 +27,17 @@ func helplayout(g *gocui.Gui) error {
 		help.SelBgColor = gocui.ColorGreen
 		help.SelFgColor = gocui.ColorBlack
 		fmt.Fprintln(help, "KEYBINDINGS")
-		fmt.Fprintln(help, "Enter: Click Button")
-		fmt.Fprintln(help, "Tab/Space: Switch Buttons")
+		// fmt.Fprintln(help, "Enter: Click Button")
+		// fmt.Fprintln(help, "Tab/Space: Switch Buttons")
 		fmt.Fprintln(help, "")
-		fmt.Fprintln(help, "h: Help")
-		fmt.Fprintln(help, "Backspace: Delete Button")
-		fmt.Fprintln(help, "Arrow keys: Move Button")
-		fmt.Fprintln(help, "t: Move Button to the top")
-		fmt.Fprintln(help, "b: Move Button to the button")
+		// fmt.Fprintln(help, "h: Help")
+		// fmt.Fprintln(help, "Backspace: Delete Button")
+		// fmt.Fprintln(help, "Arrow keys: Move Button")
+		// fmt.Fprintln(help, "t: Move Button to the top")
+		// fmt.Fprintln(help, "b: Move Button to the button")
 		fmt.Fprintln(help, "d: show/hide debugging")
-		fmt.Fprintln(help, "h: hide buttons")
-		fmt.Fprintln(help, "s: show buttons")
+		fmt.Fprintln(help, "h: hide widgets")
+		fmt.Fprintln(help, "s: show all widgets")
 		fmt.Fprintln(help, "p: panic()")
 		fmt.Fprintln(help, "STDOUT: /tmp/witgui.log")
 		fmt.Fprintln(help, "Ctrl-C or Q: Exit")
diff --git a/toolkit/gocui/structs.go b/toolkit/gocui/structs.go
index 106e719..74a4621 100644
--- a/toolkit/gocui/structs.go
+++ b/toolkit/gocui/structs.go
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"git.wit.org/wit/gui/toolkit"
 )
 
-// const delta = 1
-
 // It's probably a terrible idea to call this 'me'
 var me config
 
@@ -52,20 +50,9 @@ type config struct {
 	buttonPadding int
 }
 
-/*
-// This is a map between the widgets in wit/gui and the internal structures of gocui
-var viewWidget map[*gocui.View]*toolkit.Widget
-var stringWidget map[string]*toolkit.Widget
-*/
-
 var (
-//	g *gocui.Gui
-//	Custom func(string)
-
 	initialMouseX, initialMouseY, xOffset, yOffset int
 	globalMouseDown, msgMouseDown, movingMsg bool
-
-//	err error
 )
 
 // the gocui way
@@ -84,13 +71,6 @@ type rectType struct {
 	w0, h0, w1, h1 int      // left top right bottom
 }
 
-/*
-type realSizeT struct {
-	width, height int
-}
-*/
-
-
 type cuiWidget struct {
 	id int	// widget ID
 	// parentId int
@@ -161,10 +141,12 @@ func (w *cuiWidget) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	w.tainted = true
 	w.writeMutex.Lock()
 	defer w.writeMutex.Unlock()
-	// v.makeWriteable(v.wx, v.wy)
-	// v.writeRunes(bytes.Runes(p))
+	if (w.v == nil) {
+		return
+	}
+	w.v.Clear()
 	fmt.Fprintln(w.v, p)
-	log(logNow, "widget.Write()")
+	log(logNow, "widget.Write()", p)
 
 	return len(p), nil
 }