diff --git a/src/tui/Menu.zig b/src/tui/Menu.zig
index 601c4e3..58b832b 100644
--- a/src/tui/Menu.zig
+++ b/src/tui/Menu.zig
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ pub const scroll_lines = 3;
 pub fn Options(context: type) type {
     return struct {
         ctx: Context,
+        style: Widget.Style.Type,
 
         on_click: *const fn (ctx: context, button: *Button.State(*State(Context))) void = do_nothing,
         on_click4: *const fn (menu: **State(Context), button: *Button.State(*State(Context))) void = do_nothing_click,
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ pub fn Options(context: type) type {
 pub fn create(ctx_type: type, allocator: std.mem.Allocator, parent: Plane, opts: Options(ctx_type)) !*State(ctx_type) {
     const self = try allocator.create(State(ctx_type));
     errdefer allocator.destroy(self);
-    const container = try WidgetList.createHStyled(allocator, parent, @typeName(@This()), .dynamic, Widget.Style.thick_boxed);
+    const container = try WidgetList.createHStyled(allocator, parent, @typeName(@This()), .dynamic, opts.style);
     self.* = .{
         .allocator = allocator,
         .menu = try WidgetList.createV(allocator, container.plane, @typeName(@This()), .dynamic),
diff --git a/src/tui/WidgetList.zig b/src/tui/WidgetList.zig
index 96fb03c..012dcd1 100644
--- a/src/tui/WidgetList.zig
+++ b/src/tui/WidgetList.zig
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ after_render: *const fn (ctx: ?*anyopaque, theme: *const Widget.Theme) void = on
 prepare_resize: *const fn (ctx: ?*anyopaque, self: *Self, box: Widget.Box) Widget.Box = prepare_resize_default,
 after_resize: *const fn (ctx: ?*anyopaque, self: *Self, box: Widget.Box) void = after_resize_default,
 on_layout: *const fn (ctx: ?*anyopaque, self: *Self) Widget.Layout = on_layout_default,
-style: *const Widget.Style,
+style: Widget.Style.Type,
 
 pub fn createH(allocator: Allocator, parent: Plane, name: [:0]const u8, layout_: Layout) error{OutOfMemory}!*Self {
-    return createHStyled(allocator, parent, name, layout_, Widget.Style.default);
+    return createHStyled(allocator, parent, name, layout_, .none);
 }
 
-pub fn createHStyled(allocator: Allocator, parent: Plane, name: [:0]const u8, layout_: Layout, style: *const Widget.Style) error{OutOfMemory}!*Self {
+pub fn createHStyled(allocator: Allocator, parent: Plane, name: [:0]const u8, layout_: Layout, style: Widget.Style.Type) error{OutOfMemory}!*Self {
     const self = try allocator.create(Self);
     errdefer allocator.destroy(self);
     self.* = try init(allocator, parent, name, .horizontal, layout_, Box{}, style);
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ pub fn createHStyled(allocator: Allocator, parent: Plane, name: [:0]const u8, la
 }
 
 pub fn createV(allocator: Allocator, parent: Plane, name: [:0]const u8, layout_: Layout) !*Self {
-    return createVStyled(allocator, parent, name, layout_, Widget.Style.default);
+    return createVStyled(allocator, parent, name, layout_, .none);
 }
 
-pub fn createVStyled(allocator: Allocator, parent: Plane, name: [:0]const u8, layout_: Layout, style: *const Widget.Style) !*Self {
+pub fn createVStyled(allocator: Allocator, parent: Plane, name: [:0]const u8, layout_: Layout, style: Widget.Style.Type) !*Self {
     const self = try allocator.create(Self);
     errdefer allocator.destroy(self);
     self.* = try init(allocator, parent, name, .vertical, layout_, Box{}, style);
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ pub fn createBox(allocator: Allocator, parent: Plane, name: [:0]const u8, dir: D
     return self;
 }
 
-fn init(allocator: Allocator, parent: Plane, name: [:0]const u8, dir: Direction, layout_: Layout, box_: Box, style: *const Widget.Style) !Self {
+fn init(allocator: Allocator, parent: Plane, name: [:0]const u8, dir: Direction, layout_: Layout, box_: Box, style: Widget.Style.Type) !Self {
     var self: Self = .{
         .plane = undefined,
         .parent = parent,
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ fn init(allocator: Allocator, parent: Plane, name: [:0]const u8, dir: Direction,
         .style = style,
         .deco_box = undefined,
     };
-    self.deco_box = self.from_client_box(box_);
+    const padding = Widget.Style.from_type(self.style).padding;
+    self.deco_box = self.from_client_box(box_, padding);
     self.plane = try Plane.init(&self.deco_box.opts(name), parent);
     return self;
 }
@@ -162,15 +163,17 @@ pub fn update(self: *Self) void {
 }
 
 pub fn render(self: *Self, theme: *const Widget.Theme) bool {
+    const widget_style = Widget.Style.from_type(self.style);
+    const padding = widget_style.padding;
     for (self.widgets.items) |*w| if (!w.layout.eql(w.widget.layout())) {
-        self.refresh_layout();
+        self.refresh_layout(padding);
         break;
     };
 
     self.on_render(self.ctx, theme);
-    self.render_decoration(theme);
+    self.render_decoration(theme, widget_style);
 
-    const client_box = self.to_client_box(self.deco_box);
+    const client_box = self.to_client_box(self.deco_box, padding);
 
     var more = false;
     for (self.widgets.items) |*w| {
@@ -188,12 +191,12 @@ pub fn render(self: *Self, theme: *const Widget.Theme) bool {
 
 fn on_render_default(_: ?*anyopaque, _: *const Widget.Theme) void {}
 
-fn render_decoration(self: *Self, theme: *const Widget.Theme) void {
-    const style = theme.editor_gutter_modified;
+fn render_decoration(self: *Self, theme: *const Widget.Theme, widget_style: *const Widget.Style) void {
+    const style = Widget.Style.theme_style_from_type(self.style, theme);
+    const padding = widget_style.padding;
+    const border = widget_style.border;
     const plane = &self.plane;
     const box = self.deco_box;
-    const padding = self.style.padding;
-    const border = self.style.border;
 
     plane.set_style(style);
     plane.fill(" ");
@@ -289,19 +292,19 @@ fn get_loc_b(self: *Self, pos: *Widget.Box) *usize {
     };
 }
 
-fn refresh_layout(self: *Self) void {
-    return self.handle_resize(self.to_client_box(self.deco_box));
+fn refresh_layout(self: *Self, padding: Widget.Style.Margin) void {
+    return self.handle_resize(self.to_client_box(self.deco_box, padding));
 }
 
 pub fn handle_resize(self: *Self, box: Widget.Box) void {
-    const client_box_ = self.prepare_resize(self.ctx, self, self.to_client_box(box));
-    self.deco_box = self.from_client_box(client_box_);
-    self.do_resize();
-    self.after_resize(self.ctx, self, self.to_client_box(self.deco_box));
+    const padding = Widget.Style.from_type(self.style).padding;
+    const client_box_ = self.prepare_resize(self.ctx, self, self.to_client_box(box, padding));
+    self.deco_box = self.from_client_box(client_box_, padding);
+    self.do_resize(padding);
+    self.after_resize(self.ctx, self, self.to_client_box(self.deco_box, padding));
 }
 
-pub inline fn to_client_box(self: *const Self, box_: Widget.Box) Widget.Box {
-    const padding = self.style.padding;
+pub inline fn to_client_box(_: *const Self, box_: Widget.Box, padding: Widget.Style.Margin) Widget.Box {
     const total_y_padding = padding.top + padding.bottom;
     const total_x_padding = padding.left + padding.right;
     var box = box_;
@@ -312,8 +315,7 @@ pub inline fn to_client_box(self: *const Self, box_: Widget.Box) Widget.Box {
     return box;
 }
 
-inline fn from_client_box(self: *const Self, box_: Widget.Box) Widget.Box {
-    const padding = self.style.padding;
+inline fn from_client_box(_: *const Self, box_: Widget.Box, padding: Widget.Style.Margin) Widget.Box {
     const total_y_padding = padding.top + padding.bottom;
     const total_x_padding = padding.left + padding.right;
     const y = if (box_.y < padding.top) padding.top else box_.y;
@@ -340,8 +342,8 @@ pub fn resize(self: *Self, box: Widget.Box) void {
     return self.handle_resize(box);
 }
 
-fn do_resize(self: *Self) void {
-    const client_box = self.to_client_box(self.deco_box);
+fn do_resize(self: *Self, padding: Widget.Style.Margin) void {
+    const client_box = self.to_client_box(self.deco_box, padding);
     const deco_box = self.deco_box;
     self.plane.move_yx(@intCast(deco_box.y), @intCast(deco_box.x)) catch return;
     self.plane.resize_simple(@intCast(deco_box.h), @intCast(deco_box.w)) catch return;
diff --git a/src/tui/WidgetStyle.zig b/src/tui/WidgetStyle.zig
index 5a94afa..818c913 100644
--- a/src/tui/WidgetStyle.zig
+++ b/src/tui/WidgetStyle.zig
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 padding: Margin = Margin.@"0",
-inner_padding: Margin = Margin.@"0",
 border: Border = Border.blank,
 
+pub const Type = enum {
+    none,
+    palette,
+    panel,
+    home,
+};
+
 pub const Padding = struct {
     pub const Unit = u16;
 };
@@ -69,13 +75,33 @@ pub const thick_boxed_static: @This() = .{
 pub const thick_boxed = &thick_boxed_static;
 
 pub const bars_top_bottom_static: @This() = .{
-    .padding = Margin.top_bottom_1,
-    .border = Border.thick_box,
+    .padding = Margin.@"top/bottom/1",
+    .border = Border.@"thick box (octant)",
 };
 pub const bars_top_bottom = &bars_top_bottom_static;
 
 pub const bars_left_right_static: @This() = .{
-    .padding = Margin.left_right_1,
+    .padding = Margin.@"left/right/1",
     .border = Border.box,
 };
 pub const bars_left_right = &bars_left_right_static;
+
+pub fn from_type(style_type: Type) *const @This() {
+    return switch (style_type) {
+        .none => default,
+        .palette => thick_boxed,
+        .panel => default,
+        .home => default,
+    };
+}
+
+const Widget = @import("Widget.zig");
+
+pub fn theme_style_from_type(style_type: Type, theme: *const Widget.Theme) Widget.Theme.Style {
+    return switch (style_type) {
+        .none => theme.editor,
+        .palette => .{ .fg = theme.editor_widget_border.fg, .bg = theme.editor_widget.bg },
+        .panel => .{ .fg = theme.editor_widget_border.fg, .bg = theme.editor.bg },
+        .home => .{ .fg = theme.editor_widget_border.fg, .bg = theme.editor.bg },
+    };
+}
diff --git a/src/tui/filelist_view.zig b/src/tui/filelist_view.zig
index cc1e289..2e65a0c 100644
--- a/src/tui/filelist_view.zig
+++ b/src/tui/filelist_view.zig
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ selected: ?usize = null,
 box: Widget.Box = .{},
 
 const path_column_ratio = 4;
+const widget_style_type: Widget.Style.Type = .panel;
 
 const Entry = struct {
     path: []const u8,
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ pub fn create(allocator: Allocator, parent: Plane) !Widget {
         .entries = std.ArrayList(Entry).init(allocator),
         .menu = try Menu.create(*Self, allocator, tui.plane(), .{
             .ctx = self,
+            .style = widget_style_type,
             .on_render = handle_render_menu,
             .on_scroll = EventHandler.bind(self, Self.handle_scroll),
             .on_click4 = mouse_click_button4,
@@ -85,11 +87,12 @@ fn scrollbar_style(sb: *scrollbar_v, theme: *const Widget.Theme) Widget.Theme.St
 }
 
 pub fn handle_resize(self: *Self, pos: Widget.Box) void {
+    const padding = Widget.Style.from_type(widget_style_type).padding;
     self.plane.move_yx(@intCast(pos.y), @intCast(pos.x)) catch return;
     self.plane.resize_simple(@intCast(pos.h), @intCast(pos.w)) catch return;
     self.box = pos;
     self.menu.container.resize(self.box);
-    const client_box = self.menu.container.to_client_box(pos);
+    const client_box = self.menu.container.to_client_box(pos, padding);
     self.view_rows = client_box.h;
     self.view_cols = client_box.w;
     self.update_scrollbar();
diff --git a/src/tui/home.zig b/src/tui/home.zig
index 198d68f..686c411 100644
--- a/src/tui/home.zig
+++ b/src/tui/home.zig
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ home_style_bufs: [][]const u8,
 
 const Self = @This();
 
+const widget_style_type: Widget.Style.Type = .home;
+
 pub fn create(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, parent: Widget) !Widget {
     const logger = log.logger("home");
     const self = try allocator.create(Self);
@@ -95,7 +97,11 @@ pub fn create(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, parent: Widget) !Widget {
         .allocator = allocator,
         .parent = parent.plane.*,
         .plane = n,
-        .menu = try Menu.create(*Self, allocator, w.plane.*, .{ .ctx = self, .on_render = menu_on_render }),
+        .menu = try Menu.create(*Self, allocator, w.plane.*, .{
+            .ctx = self,
+            .style = widget_style_type,
+            .on_render = menu_on_render,
+        }),
         .input_namespace = keybind.get_namespace(),
         .home_style = home_style,
         .home_style_bufs = home_style_bufs,
@@ -145,7 +151,8 @@ fn add_menu_command(self: *Self, command_name: []const u8, description: []const
             _ = try writer.write(leader);
         try writer.print(" :{s}", .{hint});
         const label = fis.getWritten();
-        self.menu_w = @max(self.menu_w, label.len + 1 + menu.container.style.padding.left + menu.container.style.padding.right);
+        const padding = Widget.Style.from_type(widget_style_type).padding;
+        self.menu_w = @max(self.menu_w, label.len + 1 + padding.left + padding.right);
     }
 
     var value = std.ArrayList(u8).init(self.allocator);
diff --git a/src/tui/mode/overlay/open_recent.zig b/src/tui/mode/overlay/open_recent.zig
index 499c229..0582129 100644
--- a/src/tui/mode/overlay/open_recent.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mode/overlay/open_recent.zig
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ const ModalBackground = @import("../../ModalBackground.zig");
 
 const Self = @This();
 const max_recent_files: usize = 25;
+const widget_style_type: Widget.Style.Type = .palette;
 
 allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
 f: usize = 0,
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ pub fn create(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !tui.Mode {
         .modal = try ModalBackground.create(*Self, allocator, tui.mainview_widget(), .{ .ctx = self }),
         .menu = try Menu.create(*Self, allocator, tui.plane(), .{
             .ctx = self,
+            .style = widget_style_type,
             .on_render = on_render_menu,
             .prepare_resize = prepare_resize_menu,
         }),
diff --git a/src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig b/src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig
index d85b1c9..caa79c1 100644
--- a/src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const ModalBackground = @import("../../ModalBackground.zig");
 pub const Menu = @import("../../Menu.zig");
 
 const max_menu_width = 80;
+const widget_style_type: Widget.Style.Type = .palette;
 
 pub fn Create(options: type) type {
     return struct {
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ pub fn Create(options: type) type {
                 }),
                 .menu = try Menu.create(*Self, allocator, tui.plane(), .{
                     .ctx = self,
+                    .style = widget_style_type,
                     .on_render = if (@hasDecl(options, "on_render_menu")) options.on_render_menu else on_render_menu,
                     .prepare_resize = prepare_resize_menu,
                     .after_resize = after_resize_menu,
@@ -169,9 +171,9 @@ pub fn Create(options: type) type {
             // self.start_query(0) catch {};
         }
 
-        fn do_resize(self: *Self) void {
+        fn do_resize(self: *Self, padding: Widget.Style.Margin) void {
             const box = self.prepare_resize();
-            self.menu.resize(self.menu.container.to_client_box(box));
+            self.menu.resize(self.menu.container.to_client_box(box, padding));
             self.after_resize();
         }
 
@@ -253,7 +255,8 @@ pub fn Create(options: type) type {
                 var i = n;
                 while (i > 0) : (i -= 1)
                     self.menu.select_down();
-                self.do_resize();
+                const padding = Widget.Style.from_type(widget_style_type).padding;
+                self.do_resize(padding);
                 tui.refresh_hover();
                 self.selection_updated();
             }