@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ Button::Button(Widget *parent)
   : Label(parent),
     _pressed(false)
 {
-  setHighlighted(false);
   setHorizontalJustify(RenderStyle::CenterJustify);
   setVerticalJustify(RenderStyle::CenterJustify);
   styleChanged(*RenderStyle::style(screen()));
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ else
       _texture = style.buttonUnpressUnfocusBackground();
     _forecolor = style.buttonUnfocusColor();
   }
-  Widget::styleChanged(style);
+  refresh();
 }
 
 }

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ : Widget(parent),
     _text(""),
     _justify_horz(RenderStyle::LeftTopJustify),
     _justify_vert(RenderStyle::LeftTopJustify),
-    _highlight(true)
+    _highlight(false)
 {
   styleChanged(*RenderStyle::style(screen()));
 }
@@ -92,9 +92,10 @@ } else {
     _texture = style.labelUnfocusBackground();
     _forecolor = style.textUnfocusColor();
   }
-  _font = style.labelFont();
-  Widget::styleChanged(style);
-  calcDefaultSizes();
+  if (_font != style.labelFont()) {
+    _font = style.labelFont();
+    calcDefaultSizes();
+  }
 }
 
 void Label::renderForeground(Surface &surface)

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ {
   assert(parent);
   createWindow(false);
   parent->addChild(this);
-  parent->layout();
+  if (parent->visible()) parent->layout();
   _dispatcher->registerHandler(_window, this);
 }
 
@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@ void Widget::show(bool children)
 {
   if (children) {
     std::list<Widget*>::iterator it , end = _children.end();
-    for (it = _children.begin(); it != end; ++it)
+    for (it = _children.begin(); it != end; ++it) {
       (*it)->show(true);
+    }
   }
   if (!_visible) {
     _visible = true;
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ }
 
 void Widget::update()
 {
+  if (!_visible) return;
   _dirty = true;
   if (parent())
     parent()->layout(); // relay-out us and our siblings
@@ -224,6 +226,7 @@ }
 
 void Widget::layout()
 {
+  if (_children.empty() || !_visible) return;
   if (_direction == Horizontal)
     layoutHorz();
   else
@@ -470,6 +473,9 @@ {
   if (_ignore_config) {
     _ignore_config--;
   } else {
+    // only interested in these for top level windows
+    if (_parent) return;
+    
     XEvent ev;
     ev.xconfigure.width = e.width;
     ev.xconfigure.height = e.height;

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ const std::list<Widget*>& children() const { return _children; }
 
   virtual void exposeHandler(const XExposeEvent &e);
   virtual void configureHandler(const XConfigureEvent &e);
-  virtual void styleChanged(const RenderStyle &) {calcDefaultSizes();update();}
+  virtual void styleChanged(const RenderStyle &) {}
 
 protected:
   virtual void addChild(Widget *w) { assert(w); _children.push_back(w); }

@@ -149,9 +149,9 @@ _poplabel.setHighlighted(1)
         _poplabel.setText(text)
         scsize = otk.display.screenInfo(_screen).size()
         size = _poplabel.minSize()
-        _popwidget.resize(_poplabel.minSize())
-        _popwidget.move(otk.Point((scsize.width() - size.width()) / 2,
-                                  (scsize.height() - size.height()) / 2))
+        _popwidget.moveresize(otk.Rect((scsize.width() - size.width()) / 2,
+                                       (scsize.height() - size.height()) / 2,
+                                       size.width(), size.height()))
         _popwidget.show(1)
 
 def _move(data):
@@ -235,9 +235,9 @@ _poplabel.setHighlighted(1)
         _poplabel.setText(text)
         scsize = otk.display.screenInfo(_screen).size()
         size = _poplabel.minSize()
-        _popwidget.resize(_poplabel.minSize())
-        _popwidget.move(otk.Point((scsize.width() - size.width()) / 2,
-                                  (scsize.height() - size.height()) / 2))
+        _popwidget.moveresize(otk.Rect((scsize.width() - size.width()) / 2,
+                                       (scsize.height() - size.height()) / 2,
+                                       size.width(), size.height()))
         _popwidget.show(1)
 
 def _resize(data):

@@ -113,10 +113,6 @@ w = otk.Label(self.widget)
             if current and c.window() == current.window():
                 self.menupos = i
                 w.setHighlighted(1)
-                pass
-            else:
-                w.setHighlighted(0)
-                pass
             self.menuwidgets.append(w)
 
             if c.iconic(): t = c.iconTitle()
@@ -147,9 +143,9 @@ 
         # show or hide the list and its child widgets
         if len(self.clients) > 1:
             size = self.screeninfo.size()
-            self.widget.resize(otk.Size(width, height))
-            self.widget.move(otk.Point((size.width() - width) / 2,
-                                       (size.height() - height) / 2))
+            self.widget.moveresize(otk.Rect((size.width() - width) / 2,
+                                            (size.height() - height) / 2,
+                                            width, height))
             self.widget.show(1)
 
     def activatetarget(self, final):