diff --git a/src/tui/mode/helix.zig b/src/tui/mode/helix.zig
index 0230b82..cadd990 100644
--- a/src/tui/mode/helix.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mode/helix.zig
@@ -522,17 +522,6 @@ const cmds_ = struct {
         try ed.add_cursor_next_match(.{});
     }
     pub const add_next_match_helix_meta: Meta = .{};
-
-    pub fn switch_to_lowercase(_: *void, ctx: Ctx) Result {
-        const mv = tui.mainview() orelse return;
-        const ed = mv.get_active_editor() orelse return;
-        const b = try ed.buf_for_update();
-        const root = try ed.with_cursels_mut_once_arg(b.root, switch_to_lowercase_cursel, ed.allocator, ctx);
-        try ed.update_buf(root);
-        ed.clamp();
-        ed.need_render();
-    }
-    pub const switch_to_lowercase_meta: Meta = .{ .description = "Switch to lowercase" };
 };
 
 fn match_bracket(root: Buffer.Root, cursel: *CurSel, ctx: command.Context, metrics: Buffer.Metrics) error{Stop}!void {
@@ -843,26 +832,31 @@ fn replace_cursel_with_character(ed: *Editor, root: Buffer.Root, cursel: *CurSel
     var egc: []const u8 = undefined;
     if (!(ctx.args.match(.{tp.extract(&egc)}) catch return error.Stop))
         return error.Stop;
-
-    const saved = cursel.*;
-    defer cursel.* = saved;
-
-    const selection = cursel.enable_selection(root, ed.metrics);
-    selection.normalize();
-
+    const no_selection = try select_char_if_no_selection(cursel, root, ed.metrics);
+    var begin: Cursor = undefined;
     var sel_length: usize = 1;
-    _ = root.get_range(selection.*, null, null, &sel_length, ed.metrics) catch return error.Stop;
-
+    if (cursel.selection) |*sel| {
+        sel.normalize();
+        begin = sel.*.begin;
+        _ = root.get_range(sel.*, null, null, &sel_length, ed.metrics) catch return error.Stop;
+    }
+    const total_length = sel_length * egc.len;
     var sfa = std.heap.stackFallback(4096, ed.allocator);
     const sfa_allocator = sfa.get();
-
-    const total_length = sel_length * egc.len;
     const replacement = sfa_allocator.alloc(u8, total_length) catch return error.Stop;
     defer sfa_allocator.free(replacement);
-
     for (0..sel_length) |i|
         @memcpy(replacement[i * egc.len .. (i + 1) * egc.len], egc);
-    return insert_replace_selection(ed, root, cursel, replacement, allocator) catch return error.Stop;
+
+    const root_ = insert_replace_selection(ed, root, cursel, replacement, allocator) catch return error.Stop;
+
+    if (no_selection) {
+        try cursel.cursor.move_left(root, ed.metrics);
+        cursel.disable_selection(root, ed.metrics);
+    } else {
+        cursel.selection = Selection{ .begin = begin, .end = cursel.cursor };
+    }
+    return root_;
 }
 
 fn move_noop(_: Buffer.Root, _: *Cursor, _: Buffer.Metrics) error{Stop}!void {}
@@ -1220,6 +1214,21 @@ fn move_cursor_carriage_return(root: Buffer.Root, cursel: CurSel, cursor: *Curso
     try Editor.move_cursor_right(root, cursor, metrics);
 }
 
+fn select_char_if_no_selection(cursel: *CurSel, root: Buffer.Root, metrics: Buffer.Metrics) !bool {
+    if (cursel.selection) |*sel_| {
+        const sel: *Selection = sel_;
+        if (sel.*.empty()) {
+            sel.*.begin = .{ .row = cursel.cursor.row, .col = cursel.cursor.col + 1, .target = cursel.cursor.target + 1 };
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    } else {
+        const sel = cursel.enable_selection(root, metrics);
+        sel.begin = .{ .row = cursel.cursor.row, .col = cursel.cursor.col + 1, .target = cursel.cursor.target + 1 };
+        return true;
+    }
+}
+
 fn is_cursel_from_extend_line_below(cursel: CurSel) bool {
     if (cursel.selection) |sel_| {
         var sel = sel_;
@@ -1229,29 +1238,6 @@ fn is_cursel_from_extend_line_below(cursel: CurSel) bool {
     return false;
 }
 
-fn switch_to_lowercase_cursel(
-    ed: *Editor,
-    root: Buffer.Root,
-    cursel: *CurSel,
-    allocator: Allocator,
-    _: command.Context,
-) error{Stop}!Buffer.Root {
-    const saved = cursel.*;
-    defer cursel.* = saved;
-
-    const selection = cursel.enable_selection(root, ed.metrics);
-
-    const ucased = blk: {
-        const selected_text = Editor.copy_selection(root, selection.*, allocator, ed.metrics) catch return error.Stop;
-        defer allocator.free(selected_text);
-
-        break :blk Buffer.unicode.to_lower(allocator, selected_text) catch return error.Stop;
-    };
-    defer allocator.free(ucased);
-
-    return insert_replace_selection(ed, root, cursel, ucased, allocator) catch return error.Stop;
-}
-
 const private = @This();
 // exports for unittests
 pub const test_internal = struct {
diff --git a/src/tui/status/bar.zig b/src/tui/status/bar.zig
index 529a247..ce5638b 100644
--- a/src/tui/status/bar.zig
+++ b/src/tui/status/bar.zig
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ fn on_layout(_: ?*anyopaque, w: *WidgetList) Widget.Layout {
 fn render_grip(ctx: ?*anyopaque, theme: *const Widget.Theme) void {
     const w: *WidgetList = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ctx.?));
     if (w.hover()) {
-        w.plane.cursor_move_yx(0, 0);
-        w.plane.set_base_style(theme.editor);
-        _ = w.plane.putstr("   ") catch {};
         w.plane.set_style(theme.statusbar_hover);
         w.plane.cursor_move_yx(0, 0);
         _ = w.plane.putstr("  ") catch {};