diff --git a/colorNew.go b/colorNew.go
index b7b908b..3357178 100644
--- a/colorNew.go
+++ b/colorNew.go
@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) setColorButtonDense() {
 		return
 	}
 	tk.color.frame = gocui.AttrNone
-	tk.color.fg = gocui.ColorBlue
-	tk.color.bg = gocui.AttrNone
-	tk.color.selFg = gocui.ColorWhite
-	tk.color.selBg = gocui.ColorBlue
+	tk.color.fg = gocui.ColorWhite
+	tk.color.bg = gocui.ColorBlue
+	tk.color.selFg = gocui.ColorBlue
+	tk.color.selBg = gocui.AttrNone
 }
 
 func (tk *guiWidget) setColorButton() {
diff --git a/place.go b/place.go
index b9b18cd..7d74169 100644
--- a/place.go
+++ b/place.go
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) placeWidgets(startW int, startH int) (int, int) {
 			tk.color = nil
 			tk.defaultColor = nil
 			tk.setColorButtonDense()
+			// if tk.full.Height() > 0 {
+			tk.full.h1 = tk.full.h0
+			// }
 		}
 		tk.gocuiSetWH(startW, startH)
 		return tk.gocuiSize.Width(), tk.gocuiSize.Height()
diff --git a/size.go b/size.go
index 47af74d..91b6f81 100644
--- a/size.go
+++ b/size.go
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) Size() (int, int) {
 		return len(tk.String()) + 10, 3 // TODO: compute this based on 'window dense'
 	case widget.Checkbox:
 		return len(tk.String()) + 2, 3 // TODO: compute this based on 'window dense'
+	case widget.Button:
+		if tk.isWindowDense() {
+			return len(tk.String()) + 2, 0
+		}
+		return len(tk.String()) + 2, 3 // TODO: compute this based on 'window dense'
 	}
 	if tk.isFake {
 		return 0, 0
@@ -249,6 +254,14 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) setFullSize() bool {
 		tk.full.h1 = r.h1
 		changed = true
 	}
+	if tk.node.WidgetType == widget.Button {
+		tk.full.h1 = tk.full.h0 + 1
+	}
+	if tk.isWindowDense() && tk.isInGrid() {
+		// if tk.full.Height() > 0 {
+		tk.full.h1 = tk.full.h0
+		// }
+	}
 	if changed {
 		tk.dumpWidget(fmt.Sprintf("setFullSize(changed)"))
 	}
@@ -310,6 +323,12 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) buttonFullSize() rectType {
 	tk.full.h0 = r.h0
 	tk.full.h1 = r.h1
 
+	// total hack. fix this somewhere eventually correctly
+	if tk.isWindowDense() { // total hack. fix this somewhere eventually correctly
+		tk.full.h0 += 1         // total hack. fix this somewhere eventually correctly
+		tk.full.h1 = tk.full.h0 // total hack. fix this somewhere eventually correctly
+	}
+
 	return r
 }