diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/keyboard.js b/ui (gen4)/features/keyboard.js
index 0adf1942..babf387a 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/keyboard.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/keyboard.js	
@@ -1160,13 +1160,6 @@ var KeyboardUIActions = actions.Actions({
 									sortModes(cur.parent())
 								}
 							}],
-						// XXX make this work on click...
-						// XXX focus resulting mode...
-						['⋯', function(_, cur){
-							that.editKeyboardMode(
-									cur.attr('mode'),
-									function(e){ to_select = e })
-								.close(function(){ dialog.update() }) }],
 					],
 					mode_actions: [
 						// XXX focus resulting key...
@@ -1201,7 +1194,6 @@ var KeyboardUIActions = actions.Actions({
 								function(e){ to_select = e })
 
 					// mode...
-					// XXX BUG: for some reason modes are unclickable...
 					} else if(cur.hasClass('mode')){
 						sub_dialog = that
 							.editKeyboardMode(
@@ -1217,7 +1209,8 @@ var KeyboardUIActions = actions.Actions({
 
 					sub_dialog 
 						&& sub_dialog
-							.close(function(){ dialog.update() })
+							.close(function(evt, mode){ 
+								mode != 'cancel' && dialog.update() })
 				}) 
 				// select updated/new items...
 				.on('update', function(){
@@ -1330,7 +1323,7 @@ var KeyboardUIActions = actions.Actions({
 						buttons: [
 							['Cancel edit', function(){ 
 								abort = true
-								make.dialog.close()
+								make.dialog.close('cancel')
 							}],
 						],
 					})
@@ -1436,7 +1429,7 @@ var KeyboardUIActions = actions.Actions({
 						buttons: [
 							['Cancel edit', function(){ 
 								abort = true
-								make.dialog.close()
+								make.dialog.close('cancel')
 							}],
 						],
 					})
@@ -1474,7 +1467,7 @@ var KeyboardUIActions = actions.Actions({
 
 			dialog.abort = function(){
 				abort = true
-				this.close()
+				this.close('cancel')
 			}
 			dialog.keyboard
 				.handler('General', 'Q', 'abort')
@@ -1550,7 +1543,7 @@ var KeyboardUIActions = actions.Actions({
 						buttons: [
 							['Cancel edit', function(){ 
 								abort = true
-								make.dialog.close()
+								make.dialog.close('cancel')
 							}],
 						],
 					})
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/ui-widgets.js b/ui (gen4)/features/ui-widgets.js
index 73933cb8..5ea62c42 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/ui-widgets.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/ui-widgets.js	
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ module.makeUIContainer = function(make){
 
 		o
 			// notify the client that we are closing...
-			.close(function(){ o.client.trigger('close', 'reject') })
+			.close(function(evt, mode){ o.client.trigger('close', mode) })
 			.client
 				// NOTE: strictly this is the responsibility of the client
 				// 		but it is less error prone to just in case also do
@@ -1560,7 +1560,9 @@ var WidgetTestActions = actions.Actions({
 					to_bottom_button: true,
 				})
 
-				make.Heading('Numbers:')
+				make.Heading('Numbers:', {
+					doc: 'Sortable list, use sort handle to the right to sort...'
+				})
 				make.EditableList(letters, { 
 					list_id: 'letters', 
 					sortable: 'y',
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/lib/widget/browse.js b/ui (gen4)/lib/widget/browse.js
index 1beb9245..bf2ea5c1 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/lib/widget/browse.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/lib/widget/browse.js	
@@ -566,6 +566,7 @@ function(data, options){
 //
 // Temporary state is stored in the dialog object:
 // 	.__list			- cached input list
+// 	.__editable		- list editable status
 // 	.__to_remove	- list of items to remove
 // 	.__editable_list_handlers
 // 					- indicator that the dialog handlers are set up
@@ -594,6 +595,7 @@ function(list, options){
 	}
 
 	dialog.__list = dialog.__list || {}
+	dialog.__editable = dialog.__editable || {}
 	dialog.__to_remove = dialog.__to_remove || {}
 	dialog.__editable_list_handlers = dialog.__editable_list_handlers || {}
 
@@ -610,16 +612,22 @@ function(list, options){
 	}
 	options = opts
 
-	var lst = list instanceof Function ? 
-		list() 
-		: list
-	var editable = lst instanceof Array
-	// view objects...
-	// NOTE: we .slice() here to make the changes a bit better packaged
-	// 		or discrete and not done as they come in...
-	lst = !editable ? Object.keys(lst) : lst.slice()
+	if(id in dialog.__list){
+		var lst = dialog.__list[id]
+		var editable = dialog.__editable[id]
 
-	dialog.__list[id] = lst
+	} else {
+		var lst = list instanceof Function ? 
+			list() 
+			: list
+		var editable = dialog.__editable[id] = lst instanceof Array
+		// view objects...
+		// NOTE: we .slice() here to make the changes a bit better packaged
+		// 		or discrete and not done as they come in...
+		lst = !editable ? Object.keys(lst) : lst.slice()
+
+		dialog.__list[id] = lst
+	}
 
 	var buttons = options.buttons = (options.buttons || []).slice()
 	var _buttons = {}