diff --git a/dropdown.go b/dropdown.go
index 470a315..6f1bc3f 100644
--- a/dropdown.go
+++ b/dropdown.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
 	log "go.wit.com/log"
 	"go.wit.com/toolkits/tree"
 	"go.wit.com/widget"
@@ -133,98 +132,3 @@ func dropdownUnclicked(w, h int) {
 	// log.Log(GOCUI, "dropdownUnclicked()", d.node.Strings(), "end. now try to enable me.dropdownV")
 }
 */
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) forceSizes(r *rectType) {
-	tk.gocuiSize.w0 = r.w0
-	tk.gocuiSize.w1 = r.w1
-	tk.gocuiSize.h0 = r.h0
-	tk.gocuiSize.h1 = r.h1
-
-	tk.full.w0 = r.w0
-	tk.full.w1 = r.w1
-	tk.full.h0 = r.h0
-	tk.full.h1 = r.h1
-
-	tk.force.w0 = r.w0
-	tk.force.w1 = r.w1
-	tk.force.h0 = r.h0
-	tk.force.h1 = r.h1
-}
-
-func (callertk *guiWidget) showTextbox() {
-	if me.textbox.tk == nil {
-		// should only happen once
-		me.textbox.tk = makeNewFlagWidget(me.textbox.wId)
-		me.textbox.tk.dumpWidget("init() textbox")
-	}
-	if me.textbox.tk == nil {
-		log.Log(GOCUI, "showTextbox() Is Broken")
-		return
-	}
-
-	tk := me.textbox.tk
-	r := new(rectType)
-	// startW, startH := tk.Position()
-	r.w0 = callertk.gocuiSize.w0 + 4
-	r.h0 = callertk.gocuiSize.h0 + 3
-	r.w1 = r.w0 + 24
-	r.h1 = r.h0 + 2
-	me.textbox.tk.forceSizes(r)
-	me.textbox.tk.dumpWidget("after sizes")
-
-	me.textbox.tk.Show() // actually makes the gocui view. TODO: redo this
-
-	if me.textbox.tk.v == nil {
-		log.Info("wtf went wrong")
-		return
-	}
-
-	me.textbox.tk.setColorModal()
-
-	me.textbox.tk.v.Editable = true
-	me.textbox.tk.v.Wrap = true
-
-	me.baseGui.SetView(me.textbox.tk.cuiName, r.w0, r.h0, r.w1, r.h1, 0)
-	me.baseGui.SetCurrentView(me.textbox.tk.v.Name())
-
-	// bind the enter key to a function so we can close the textbox
-	me.baseGui.SetKeybinding(me.textbox.tk.v.Name(), gocui.KeyEnter, gocui.ModNone, theCloseTheTextbox)
-
-	me.textbox.active = true
-	me.textbox.callerTK = callertk
-
-	tk.dumpWidget("showTextbox()")
-}
-
-func theCloseTheTextbox(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
-	textboxClosed()
-	return nil
-}
-
-// updates the text and sends an event back to the application
-func textboxClosed() {
-	// get the text the user entered
-	newtext := "testing"
-	if me.textbox.tk.v == nil {
-		newtext = ""
-	} else {
-		newtext = me.textbox.tk.v.ViewBuffer()
-	}
-	newtext = strings.TrimSpace(newtext)
-	me.textbox.active = false
-	me.textbox.tk.Hide()
-	log.Info("textbox closed", newtext)
-
-	if me.clock.tk.v != nil {
-		me.baseGui.SetCurrentView("help")
-	} else {
-		me.baseGui.SetCurrentView("msg")
-	}
-
-	// change the text of the caller widget
-	me.textbox.callerTK.SetText(newtext)
-	me.textbox.callerTK.node.SetCurrentS(newtext)
-
-	// send an event from the plugin with the new string
-	me.myTree.SendUserEvent(me.textbox.callerTK.node)
-}
diff --git a/eventMouse.go b/eventMouse.go
index 088f2e0..e84612c 100644
--- a/eventMouse.go
+++ b/eventMouse.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
@@ -51,6 +52,25 @@ func mouseDown(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 		w, h := g.MousePosition()
 		me.mouse.downW = w
 		me.mouse.downH = h
+
+		win := findWindowUnderMouse()
+		if win != nil {
+			w, h := g.MousePosition()
+			s := fmt.Sprintf("mouse(%d,%d) ", w, h)
+			offW := win.gocuiSize.w1 - w
+			offH := win.gocuiSize.h1 - h
+			s += fmt.Sprintf("corner(%d,%d)", offW, offH)
+			if (offW < 3) && (offH < 3) {
+				// log.Info("mouse down resize on ", s)
+				me.mouse.resize = true
+				// store the stdout corner for computing the drag size
+				me.stdout.lastW = me.stdout.tk.gocuiSize.w0
+				me.stdout.lastH = me.stdout.tk.gocuiSize.h0
+			} else {
+				// log.Info("mouse down resize off", s)
+				me.mouse.resize = false
+			}
+		}
 		return nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/eventMouseClick.go b/eventMouseClick.go
index dcda9fd..88e37a3 100644
--- a/eventMouseClick.go
+++ b/eventMouseClick.go
@@ -130,37 +130,47 @@ func doMouseClick(w int, h int) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	// priority widgets. send the click here first
-	for _, tk := range findByXY(w, h) {
-		switch tk.node.WidgetType {
-		case widget.Checkbox:
-			if tk.node.State.Checked {
-				log.Log(WARN, "checkbox is being set to false")
-				tk.node.State.Checked = false
-				tk.setCheckbox()
-			} else {
-				log.Log(WARN, "checkbox is being set to true")
-				tk.node.State.Checked = true
-				tk.setCheckbox()
+	win := findWindowUnderMouse()
+	if win != nil {
+		// look in this window for widgets
+		// widgets have priority. send the click here first
+		for _, tk := range win.findByXYreal(w, h) {
+			switch tk.node.WidgetType {
+			case widget.Checkbox:
+				if tk.node.State.Checked {
+					log.Log(WARN, "checkbox is being set to false")
+					tk.node.State.Checked = false
+					tk.setCheckbox()
+				} else {
+					log.Log(WARN, "checkbox is being set to true")
+					tk.node.State.Checked = true
+					tk.setCheckbox()
+				}
+				me.myTree.SendUserEvent(tk.node)
+				return
+			case widget.Button:
+				tk.dumpWidget("click()") // enable this to debug widget clicks
+				me.myTree.SendFromUser(tk.node)
+				return
+			case widget.Combobox:
+				tk.showDropdown()
+				return
+			case widget.Dropdown:
+				tk.showDropdown()
+				return
+			case widget.Textbox:
+				tk.showTextbox()
+				return
+			default:
+				// TODO: enable the GUI debugger in gocui
+				// tk.dumpWidget("undef click()") // enable this to debug widget clicks
 			}
-			me.myTree.SendUserEvent(tk.node)
-		case widget.Button:
-			tk.dumpWidget("click()") // enable this to debug widget clicks
-			me.myTree.SendFromUser(tk.node)
-			return
-		case widget.Combobox:
-			tk.showDropdown()
-			return
-		case widget.Dropdown:
-			tk.showDropdown()
-			return
-		case widget.Textbox:
-			tk.showTextbox()
-			return
-		default:
-			// TODO: enable the GUI debugger in gocui
-			// tk.dumpWidget("undef click()") // enable this to debug widget clicks
 		}
+		log.Info("you clicked on a window, but not any widgets", win.cuiName)
+		win.redrawWindow(win.gocuiSize.w0, win.gocuiSize.h0)
+		me.stdout.outputOnTop = false
+		setThingsOnTop()
+		return
 	}
 
 	var found bool
diff --git a/eventMouseDrag.go b/eventMouseDrag.go
index 4e2312d..ce66257 100644
--- a/eventMouseDrag.go
+++ b/eventMouseDrag.go
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) moveNew() {
 			newH := h - me.stdout.lastH
 			me.stdout.w = newW
 			me.stdout.h = newH
-			log.Info("Resize true", w, h, newW, newH)
+			// log.Info("Resize true", w, h, newW, newH)
 			// me.stdout.lastW = w - me.stdout.mouseOffsetW
 			// me.stdout.lastH = h - me.stdout.mouseOffsetH
 			tk.relocateStdout(me.stdout.lastW, me.stdout.lastH)
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) moveNew() {
 			newW := tk.lastW + w - me.mouse.downW
 			newH := tk.lastH + h - me.mouse.downH
 			tk.relocateStdout(newW, newH)
+			// log.Info("Resize false", w, h, newW, newH)
 		}
 	}
 	// always place the help menu on top
diff --git a/find.go b/find.go
index 189d84b..7ab3a4e 100644
--- a/find.go
+++ b/find.go
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ func findNextWindow() *guiWidget {
 	return me.allwin[0]
 }
 
+// find the window under the mouse and only the window under the mouse
 func findWindowUnderMouse() *guiWidget {
 	w, h := me.baseGui.MousePosition()
 
@@ -194,68 +195,8 @@ func findWindowUnderMouse() *guiWidget {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// returns the "highest priority widget under the mouse
-func findUnderMouse() *guiWidget {
-	w, h := me.baseGui.MousePosition()
-
-	widgets := findByXY(w, h)
-
-	// search through all the widgets that were below the mouse click
-	var found *guiWidget
-	for _, w := range widgets {
-		// prioritize window buttons. This means if some code covers
-		// up the window widgets, then it will ignore everything else
-		// and allow the user (hopefully) to redraw or switch windows
-		// TODO: display the window widgets on top
-		if w.node.WidgetType == widget.Window {
-			return w
-		}
-	}
-
-	// return anything else that is interactive
-	for _, w := range widgets {
-		if w.node.WidgetType == widget.Button {
-			return w
-		}
-		if w.node.WidgetType == widget.Combobox {
-			return w
-		}
-		if w.node.WidgetType == widget.Checkbox {
-			return w
-		}
-		w.dumpWidget("findUnderMouse() found something unknown")
-		found = w
-	}
-	// maybe something else was found
-	return found
-}
-
-// panics. todo: fix ctrl-mouse click?
-// find the widget under the mouse click
+// todo: use this?
 func ctrlDown(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
-	var found *guiWidget
-	// var widgets []*node
-	// var f func (n *node)
-	found = findUnderMouse()
-	if me.ctrlDown == nil {
-		setupCtrlDownWidget()
-
-		var tk *guiWidget
-		tk = me.ctrlDown.TK.(*guiWidget)
-		tk.labelN = found.String()
-		tk.cuiName = "ctrlDown"
-		// me.ctrlDown.parent = me.rootNode
-	}
-	var tk *guiWidget
-	tk = me.ctrlDown.TK.(*guiWidget)
-	if found == nil {
-		found = me.treeRoot.TK.(*guiWidget)
-	}
-	tk.labelN = found.String()
-	newR := found.realGocuiSize()
-	tk.gocuiSize.w0 = newR.w0
-	tk.gocuiSize.h0 = newR.h0
-	tk.gocuiSize.w1 = newR.w1
-	tk.gocuiSize.h1 = newR.h1
+	log.Info("todo: clicked with ctrlDown")
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/init.go b/init.go
index e290c8a..8b2a7be 100644
--- a/init.go
+++ b/init.go
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ func init() {
 	me.clock.wId = -5
 
 	me.mouse.mouseUp = true
-	me.mouse.clicktime = time.Millisecond * 100
-	me.mouse.doubletime = time.Millisecond * 300
+	me.mouse.clicktime = time.Millisecond * 200
+	me.mouse.doubletime = time.Millisecond * 400
 
 	me.myTree = tree.New()
 	me.myTree.PluginName = "gocui"
diff --git a/structs.go b/structs.go
index 565ce28..e33b7dc 100644
--- a/structs.go
+++ b/structs.go
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ type window struct {
 	active      bool       // means this window is the active one
 	isBG        bool       // means this is the background widget. There is only one of these
 	order       int        // what level the window is on
-	resize      bool       // only set the title once
-	collapsed   bool       // only show the window title bar
-	dense       bool       // true if the window is huge
+	// resize      bool       // only set the title once
+	collapsed bool // only show the window title bar
+	dense     bool // true if the window is huge
 }
 
 type colorT struct {
diff --git a/textbox.go b/textbox.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66ba092
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textbox.go
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
+
+package main
+
+// simulates a dropdown menu in gocui
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
+	log "go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+func (tk *guiWidget) forceSizes(r *rectType) {
+	tk.gocuiSize.w0 = r.w0
+	tk.gocuiSize.w1 = r.w1
+	tk.gocuiSize.h0 = r.h0
+	tk.gocuiSize.h1 = r.h1
+
+	tk.full.w0 = r.w0
+	tk.full.w1 = r.w1
+	tk.full.h0 = r.h0
+	tk.full.h1 = r.h1
+
+	tk.force.w0 = r.w0
+	tk.force.w1 = r.w1
+	tk.force.h0 = r.h0
+	tk.force.h1 = r.h1
+}
+
+func (callertk *guiWidget) showTextbox() {
+	if me.textbox.tk == nil {
+		// should only happen once
+		me.textbox.tk = makeNewFlagWidget(me.textbox.wId)
+		me.textbox.tk.dumpWidget("init() textbox")
+	}
+	if me.textbox.tk == nil {
+		log.Log(GOCUI, "showTextbox() Is Broken")
+		return
+	}
+
+	tk := me.textbox.tk
+	r := new(rectType)
+	// startW, startH := tk.Position()
+	r.w0 = callertk.gocuiSize.w0 + 4
+	r.h0 = callertk.gocuiSize.h0 + 3
+	r.w1 = r.w0 + 24
+	r.h1 = r.h0 + 2
+	me.textbox.tk.forceSizes(r)
+	me.textbox.tk.dumpWidget("after sizes")
+
+	me.textbox.tk.Show() // actually makes the gocui view. TODO: redo this
+
+	if me.textbox.tk.v == nil {
+		log.Info("wtf went wrong")
+		return
+	}
+
+	me.textbox.tk.setColorModal()
+
+	me.textbox.tk.v.Editable = true
+	me.textbox.tk.v.Wrap = true
+
+	me.baseGui.SetView(me.textbox.tk.cuiName, r.w0, r.h0, r.w1, r.h1, 0)
+	me.baseGui.SetCurrentView(me.textbox.tk.v.Name())
+
+	// bind the enter key to a function so we can close the textbox
+	me.baseGui.SetKeybinding(me.textbox.tk.v.Name(), gocui.KeyEnter, gocui.ModNone, theCloseTheTextbox)
+
+	me.textbox.active = true
+	me.textbox.callerTK = callertk
+
+	tk.dumpWidget("showTextbox()")
+}
+
+func theCloseTheTextbox(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+	textboxClosed()
+	return nil
+}
+
+// updates the text and sends an event back to the application
+func textboxClosed() {
+	// get the text the user entered
+	newtext := "testing"
+	if me.textbox.tk.v == nil {
+		newtext = ""
+	} else {
+		newtext = me.textbox.tk.v.ViewBuffer()
+	}
+	newtext = strings.TrimSpace(newtext)
+	me.textbox.active = false
+	me.textbox.tk.Hide()
+	log.Info("textbox closed", newtext)
+
+	if me.clock.tk.v != nil {
+		me.baseGui.SetCurrentView("help")
+	} else {
+		me.baseGui.SetCurrentView("msg")
+	}
+
+	// change the text of the caller widget
+	me.textbox.callerTK.SetText(newtext)
+	me.textbox.callerTK.node.SetCurrentS(newtext)
+
+	// send an event from the plugin with the new string
+	me.myTree.SendUserEvent(me.textbox.callerTK.node)
+}
diff --git a/treeDraw.go b/treeDraw.go
index 3061f4f..f1e9b95 100644
--- a/treeDraw.go
+++ b/treeDraw.go
@@ -102,20 +102,6 @@ func (w *guiWidget) simpleDrawAt(offsetW, offsetH int) {
 	w.dumpWidget("simpleDrawAt()")
 }
 
-/*
-var toggle bool = true
-
-func (w *guiWidget) toggleTree() {
-	if toggle {
-		w.drawTree(toggle)
-		toggle = false
-	} else {
-		w.hideWidgets()
-		toggle = true
-	}
-}
-*/
-
 // display the widgets in the binary tree
 func (w *guiWidget) drawTree(draw bool) {
 	if w == nil {