diff --git a/src/tui/WidgetList.zig b/src/tui/WidgetList.zig
index 1024ece..c40ff2c 100644
--- a/src/tui/WidgetList.zig
+++ b/src/tui/WidgetList.zig
@@ -24,12 +24,14 @@ parent: Plane,
 allocator: Allocator,
 widgets: ArrayList(WidgetState),
 layout_: Layout,
+layout_empty: bool = true,
 direction: Direction,
 box: ?Widget.Box = null,
 ctx: ?*anyopaque = null,
 on_render: *const fn (ctx: ?*anyopaque, theme: *const Widget.Theme) void = on_render_default,
 after_render: *const fn (ctx: ?*anyopaque, theme: *const Widget.Theme) void = on_render_default,
 on_resize: *const fn (ctx: ?*anyopaque, self: *Self, pos_: Widget.Box) void = on_resize_default,
+on_layout: *const fn (ctx: ?*anyopaque, self: *Self) Widget.Layout = on_layout_default,
 
 pub fn createH(allocator: Allocator, parent: Plane, name: [:0]const u8, layout_: Layout) error{OutOfMemory}!*Self {
     const self = try allocator.create(Self);
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ pub fn widget(self: *Self) Widget {
 }
 
 pub fn layout(self: *Self) Widget.Layout {
-    return self.layout_;
+    return self.on_layout(self.ctx, self);
 }
 
 pub fn deinit(self: *Self, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) void {
@@ -214,6 +216,10 @@ fn on_resize_default(_: ?*anyopaque, self: *Self, pos: Widget.Box) void {
     self.resize(pos);
 }
 
+fn on_layout_default(_: ?*anyopaque, self: *Self) Widget.Layout {
+    return self.layout_;
+}
+
 pub fn resize(self: *Self, pos_: Widget.Box) void {
     self.box = pos_;
     var pos = pos_;
@@ -235,6 +241,7 @@ pub fn resize(self: *Self, pos_: Widget.Box) void {
             },
         }
     }
+    self.layout_empty = avail == total and dynamics == 0;
 
     const dyn_size = avail / if (dynamics > 0) dynamics else 1;
     const rounded: usize = if (dyn_size * dynamics < avail) avail - dyn_size * dynamics else 0;
diff --git a/src/tui/status/bar.zig b/src/tui/status/bar.zig
index 98d4c25..c9f8a63 100644
--- a/src/tui/status/bar.zig
+++ b/src/tui/status/bar.zig
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ pub fn create(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, parent: Plane, config: []const u8, s
     var w = try WidgetList.createH(allocator, parent, "statusbar", .{ .static = 1 });
     if (style == .grip) w.after_render = render_grip;
     w.ctx = w;
+    w.on_layout = on_layout;
     var it = std.mem.splitScalar(u8, config, ' ');
     while (it.next()) |widget_name| {
         try w.add(status_widget.create(widget_name, allocator, w.plane, event_handler) catch |e| switch (e) {
@@ -22,6 +23,13 @@ pub fn create(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, parent: Plane, config: []const u8, s
     return w.widget();
 }
 
+fn on_layout(_: ?*anyopaque, w: *WidgetList) Widget.Layout {
+    return if (w.layout_empty)
+        .{ .static = 0 }
+    else
+        .{ .static = 1 };
+}
+
 fn render_grip(ctx: ?*anyopaque, theme: *const Widget.Theme) void {
     const w: *WidgetList = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ctx.?));
     if (w.hover()) {
diff --git a/src/tui/status/modestate.zig b/src/tui/status/modestate.zig
index 16ab14d..bc91fcd 100644
--- a/src/tui/status/modestate.zig
+++ b/src/tui/status/modestate.zig
@@ -12,9 +12,16 @@ const Button = @import("../Button.zig");
 const tui = @import("../tui.zig");
 const CreateError = @import("widget.zig").CreateError;
 
-pub fn create(allocator: Allocator, parent: Plane, event_handler: ?EventHandler, _: ?[]const u8) CreateError!Widget {
-    return Button.create_widget(void, allocator, parent, .{
-        .ctx = {},
+const Style = enum {
+    plain,
+    fancy,
+};
+const default_style = .fancy;
+
+pub fn create(allocator: Allocator, parent: Plane, event_handler: ?EventHandler, arg: ?[]const u8) CreateError!Widget {
+    const style_ = if (arg) |str_style| std.meta.stringToEnum(Style, str_style) orelse default_style else default_style;
+    return Button.create_widget(Style, allocator, parent, .{
+        .ctx = style_,
         .label = tui.get_mode(),
         .on_click = on_click,
         .on_click2 = toggle_panel,
@@ -25,7 +32,7 @@ pub fn create(allocator: Allocator, parent: Plane, event_handler: ?EventHandler,
     });
 }
 
-pub fn layout(_: *void, btn: *Button.State(void)) Widget.Layout {
+pub fn layout(_: *Style, btn: *Button.State(Style)) Widget.Layout {
     const name = btn.plane.egc_chunk_width(tui.get_mode(), 0, 1);
     const logo = if (is_mini_mode() or is_overlay_mode()) 1 else btn.plane.egc_chunk_width(left ++ symbol ++ right, 0, 1);
     const padding: usize = 2;
@@ -41,9 +48,12 @@ fn is_overlay_mode() bool {
     return tui.input_mode_outer() != null;
 }
 
-pub fn render(_: *void, self: *Button.State(void), theme: *const Widget.Theme) bool {
+pub fn render(ctx: *Style, self: *Button.State(Style), theme: *const Widget.Theme) bool {
     const style_base = theme.statusbar;
-    const style_label = if (self.active) theme.editor_cursor else if (self.hover) theme.editor_selection else theme.statusbar_hover;
+    const style_label = switch (ctx.*) {
+        .fancy => if (self.active) theme.editor_cursor else if (self.hover) theme.editor_selection else theme.statusbar_hover,
+        .plain => if (self.active) theme.editor_cursor else if (self.hover or is_mini_mode()) theme.statusbar_hover else style_base,
+    };
     self.plane.set_base_style(theme.editor);
     self.plane.erase();
     self.plane.home();
@@ -68,7 +78,7 @@ pub fn render(_: *void, self: *Button.State(void), theme: *const Widget.Theme) b
     return false;
 }
 
-fn render_separator(self: *Button.State(void), theme: *const Widget.Theme) void {
+fn render_separator(self: *Button.State(Style), theme: *const Widget.Theme) void {
     self.plane.reverse_style();
     self.plane.set_base_style(.{ .bg = theme.editor.bg });
     if (theme.statusbar.bg) |bg| self.plane.set_style(.{ .bg = bg });
@@ -79,15 +89,13 @@ const left = " ";
 const symbol = "󱞏";
 const right = " ";
 
-fn render_logo(self: *Button.State(void), theme: *const Widget.Theme, base_style: Widget.Theme.Style) void {
-    // const style_symbol: Widget.Theme.Style = if (tui.find_scope_style(theme, "number")) |sty| .{ .fg = sty.style.fg, .bg = base_style.bg, .fs = base_style.fs } else base_style;
-    const style_symbol = if (self.active) theme.editor_cursor else if (self.hover) theme.editor_selection else theme.statusbar_hover;
-    const style_braces: Widget.Theme.Style = if (tui.find_scope_style(theme, "punctuation")) |sty| .{ .fg = sty.style.fg, .bg = base_style.bg, .fs = base_style.fs } else base_style;
+fn render_logo(self: *Button.State(Style), theme: *const Widget.Theme, style_label: Widget.Theme.Style) void {
+    const style_braces: Widget.Theme.Style = if (tui.find_scope_style(theme, "punctuation")) |sty| .{ .fg = sty.style.fg, .bg = style_label.bg, .fs = style_label.fs } else style_label;
     if (left.len > 0) {
         self.plane.set_style(style_braces);
         _ = self.plane.putstr(" " ++ left) catch {};
     }
-    self.plane.set_style(style_symbol);
+    self.plane.set_style(style_label);
     _ = self.plane.putstr(symbol) catch {};
     if (right.len > 0) {
         self.plane.set_style(style_braces);
@@ -95,7 +103,7 @@ fn render_logo(self: *Button.State(void), theme: *const Widget.Theme, base_style
     }
 }
 
-fn on_click(_: *void, _: *Button.State(void)) void {
+fn on_click(_: *Style, _: *Button.State(Style)) void {
     if (is_mini_mode()) {
         command.executeName("exit_mini_mode", .{}) catch {};
     } else if (is_overlay_mode()) {
@@ -105,6 +113,6 @@ fn on_click(_: *void, _: *Button.State(void)) void {
     }
 }
 
-fn toggle_panel(_: *void, _: *Button.State(void)) void {
+fn toggle_panel(_: *Style, _: *Button.State(Style)) void {
     command.executeName("toggle_panel", .{}) catch {};
 }
diff --git a/src/tui/status/selectionstate.zig b/src/tui/status/selectionstate.zig
index 6e0fec9..a8beb49 100644
--- a/src/tui/status/selectionstate.zig
+++ b/src/tui/status/selectionstate.zig
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ fn format(self: *Self) void {
         sel.normalize();
         const lines = sel.end.row - sel.begin.row;
         if (lines == 0) {
-            std.fmt.format(writer, "({d} selected)", .{sel.end.col - sel.begin.col}) catch {};
+            std.fmt.format(writer, "({d} columns selected)", .{sel.end.col - sel.begin.col}) catch {};
         } else {
             std.fmt.format(writer, "({d} lines selected)", .{if (sel.end.col == 0) lines else lines + 1}) catch {};
         }
diff --git a/src/tui/status/tabs.zig b/src/tui/status/tabs.zig
index f6bfad6..58ede12 100644
--- a/src/tui/status/tabs.zig
+++ b/src/tui/status/tabs.zig
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ const Widget = @import("../Widget.zig");
 const WidgetList = @import("../WidgetList.zig");
 const Button = @import("../Button.zig");
 
+const default_min_tabs = 2;
+
 const @"style.config" = struct {
+    default_minimum_tabs_shown: usize = 2,
+
     dirty_indicator: []const u8 = " ",
 
     spacer: []const u8 = "|",
@@ -52,10 +56,11 @@ const @"style.config" = struct {
 };
 pub const Style = @"style.config";
 
-pub fn create(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, parent: Plane, event_handler: ?EventHandler, _: ?[]const u8) @import("widget.zig").CreateError!Widget {
+pub fn create(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, parent: Plane, event_handler: ?EventHandler, arg: ?[]const u8) @import("widget.zig").CreateError!Widget {
+    const min_tabs = if (arg) |str_size| std.fmt.parseInt(usize, str_size, 10) catch null else null;
     const self = try allocator.create(TabBar);
     errdefer allocator.destroy(self);
-    self.* = try TabBar.init(allocator, parent, event_handler);
+    self.* = try TabBar.init(allocator, parent, event_handler, min_tabs);
     return Widget.to(self);
 }
 
@@ -67,6 +72,7 @@ const TabBar = struct {
     event_handler: ?EventHandler,
     tabs: []TabBarTab = &[_]TabBarTab{},
     active_buffer_ref: ?usize = null,
+    minimum_tabs_shown: usize,
 
     tab_style: Style,
     tab_style_bufs: [][]const u8,
@@ -78,7 +84,7 @@ const TabBar = struct {
         widget: Widget,
     };
 
-    fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, parent: Plane, event_handler: ?EventHandler) !Self {
+    fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, parent: Plane, event_handler: ?EventHandler, min_tabs: ?usize) !Self {
         var w = try WidgetList.createH(allocator, parent, "tabs", .dynamic);
         w.ctx = w;
         const tab_style, const tab_style_bufs = root.read_config(Style, allocator);
@@ -90,6 +96,7 @@ const TabBar = struct {
             .event_handler = event_handler,
             .tab_style = tab_style,
             .tab_style_bufs = tab_style_bufs,
+            .minimum_tabs_shown = min_tabs orelse tab_style.default_minimum_tabs_shown,
         };
     }
 
@@ -101,7 +108,10 @@ const TabBar = struct {
     }
 
     pub fn layout(self: *Self) Widget.Layout {
-        return self.widget_list_widget.layout();
+        return if (self.tabs.len >= self.minimum_tabs_shown)
+            self.widget_list_widget.layout()
+        else
+            .{ .static = 0 };
     }
 
     pub fn update(self: *Self) void {