diff --git a/debug.go b/debug.go
index c4a0bfb..dbcccc3 100644
--- a/debug.go
+++ b/debug.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
@@ -83,16 +82,9 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) dumpWidget(s string) {
 	}
 	var end string
 	if tk.node.WidgetType == widget.Box {
-		end = fmt.Sprintf("%-8s %-8s %s", tk.node.WidgetType, tk.cuiName, tk.node.State.Direction.String())
+		end = fmt.Sprintf("%-8s %-8s %s %s", tk.node.WidgetType, tk.cuiName, tk.node.State.Direction.String(), tk.String())
 	} else {
-		curval := strings.TrimSpace(tk.node.ProgName())
-		if curval == "" {
-			curval = strings.TrimSpace(tk.node.GetLabel())
-		}
-		if curval == "" {
-			curval = strings.TrimSpace(tk.labelN)
-		}
-		end = fmt.Sprintf("%-8s %-8s %s", tk.node.WidgetType, tk.cuiName, curval)
+		end = fmt.Sprintf("%-8s %-8s %s", tk.node.WidgetType, tk.cuiName, tk.String())
 	}
 	log.Log(GOCUI, s1, s, end)
 }
diff --git a/place.go b/place.go
index 7d74169..0eb0074 100644
--- a/place.go
+++ b/place.go
@@ -314,8 +314,8 @@ func textSize(n *tree.Node) (int, int) {
 */
 
 func (tk *guiWidget) gocuiSetWH(sizeW, sizeH int) {
-	w := len(widget.GetString(tk.value))
-	lines := strings.Split(widget.GetString(tk.value), "\n")
+	w := len(tk.node.GetLabel())
+	lines := strings.Split(tk.node.GetLabel(), "\n")
 	h := len(lines)
 
 	if tk.Hidden() {
diff --git a/size.go b/size.go
index 68dcf38..f0cff48 100644
--- a/size.go
+++ b/size.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) Size() (int, int) {
 	case widget.Label:
 		return len(tk.String()) + 2, 1
 	case widget.Textbox:
-		return len(tk.String()) + 10, 3 // TODO: compute this based on 'window dense'
+		return len(tk.String()) + 2, 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:
diff --git a/textbox.go b/textbox.go
index 7537944..ecbba52 100644
--- a/textbox.go
+++ b/textbox.go
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ func textboxClosed() {
 	win := me.textbox.callerTK.findParentWindow()
 	if win != nil {
 		win.dumpWidget("redraw this!!!")
+		tk := me.textbox.callerTK
+		me.textbox.callerTK.dumpWidget("resize this!!!")
+		me.textbox.callerTK.Size()
+		me.textbox.callerTK.placeWidgets(tk.gocuiSize.w0-4, tk.gocuiSize.h0-4)
+		tk.dumpWidget("resize:" + tk.String())
 		win.redrawWindow(win.gocuiSize.w0, win.gocuiSize.h0)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/treeWidget.go b/treeWidget.go
index bd9c947..166cb77 100644
--- a/treeWidget.go
+++ b/treeWidget.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
@@ -74,7 +75,24 @@ func (w *guiWidget) deleteView() {
 }
 
 func (tk *guiWidget) String() string {
-	return tk.node.String()
+	curval := strings.TrimSpace(tk.node.GetLabel())
+	if curval != "" {
+		return curval
+	}
+	curval = tk.node.String()
+	if curval != "" {
+		return curval
+	}
+	curval = strings.TrimSpace(tk.node.ProgName())
+	if curval != "" {
+		return curval
+	}
+	// deprecate this?
+	curval = strings.TrimSpace(tk.labelN)
+	if curval != "" {
+		return curval
+	}
+	return ""
 }
 
 func (tk *guiWidget) Visible() bool {