diff --git a/eventGocui.go b/eventGocui.go
index 2ce9f94..2708ca1 100644
--- a/eventGocui.go
+++ b/eventGocui.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 // complicated console handling, it sends events here in a clean way.
 // This is equivalent to the linux command xev (apt install x11-utils)
 func gocuiEvent(g *gocui.Gui) error {
+	me.ecount += 1
 	mouseMove(g)
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/eventMouseMove.go b/eventMouseMove.go
index 94a2041..3ff05f3 100644
--- a/eventMouseMove.go
+++ b/eventMouseMove.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
 	log "go.wit.com/log"
+	"go.wit.com/widget"
 )
 
 // this function uses the mouse position to highlight & unhighlight things
@@ -31,8 +32,20 @@ func mouseMove(g *gocui.Gui) {
 			tk.dumpWidget("mouseMove()")
 		}
 	}
+	if msgMouseDown {
+		for _, tk := range findByXY(w, h) {
+			if tk.node == nil {
+				log.Info("mouseMove() tk.node == nil")
+			} else {
+				if tk.node.WidgetType == widget.Stdout && msgMouseDown {
+					moveMsg(g)
+					return
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
 
-	if mouseMoveOld(g) {
+	if createStdout(g) {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -56,32 +69,16 @@ func moveMsg(g *gocui.Gui) {
 	g.SetViewOnBottom("msg")
 }
 
-// this somehow is letting me drag around the stdout window
-func mouseMoveOld(g *gocui.Gui) bool {
-	me.ecount += 1
-	maxX, maxY := g.Size()
-	mx, my := g.MousePosition()
-	// log.Log(NOW, "handleEvent() START", maxX, maxY, mx, my, msgMouseDown)
-	if _, err := g.View("msg"); msgMouseDown && err == nil {
-		moveMsg(g)
-		return true
-	}
+func createStdout(g *gocui.Gui) bool {
 	if widgetView, _ := g.View("msg"); widgetView == nil {
-		log.Log(NOW, "handleEvent() create output widget now", maxX, maxY, mx, my)
 		makeOutputWidget(g, "this is a create before a mouse click")
 		if me.logStdout != nil {
-			// setOutput(me.logStdout)
-			// me.logStdout.Write("test out")
 			w := me.logStdout.TK.(*guiWidget)
 			msg := fmt.Sprintf("test out gocuiEvent() %d\n", me.ecount)
 			w.Write([]byte(msg))
-			// log.CaptureMode(w)
 			log.Log(NOW, "logStdout test out")
 		}
 		return true
-	} else {
-		log.Log(NOW, "output widget already exists", maxX, maxY, mx, my)
 	}
-	// log.Log(NOW, "handleEvent() END  ", maxX, maxY, mx, my, msgMouseDown)
 	return false
 }