diff --git a/ui (gen4)/experiments/browse-dialog.html b/ui (gen4)/experiments/browse-dialog.html
index fa625456..100436fc 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/experiments/browse-dialog.html	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/experiments/browse-dialog.html	
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@
 }
 
 
+.container.flat2 {
+	left: 500px;
+	top: 400px;
+}
+
+
 
 
 
@@ -145,9 +151,10 @@ TREE.dir_c.dir_b.tree = TREE
 var use_disabled = true
 var show_files = false
 
-requirejs(['../lib/keyboard', '../object', './browse-dialog'], function(k, o, browser){
+requirejs(['../lib/keyboard', '../object', './browse-dialog'], function(k, o, b){
 	keyboard = k
 	object = o
+	browser = b
 
 	// Tree demo...
 	b = browser.Browser($('.container.tree'), {
@@ -207,6 +214,10 @@ requirejs(['../lib/keyboard', '../object', './browse-dialog'], function(k, o, br
 						if(use_disabled && k == 'option 4'){
 							e.addClass('disabled')
 						}
+
+						if(k == 'option 3'){
+							e.on('open', function(){ alert('openning: option 3!') })
+						}
 						return k
 					})
 			},
@@ -214,6 +225,13 @@ requirejs(['../lib/keyboard', '../object', './browse-dialog'], function(k, o, br
 				console.log('OPEN:', path)
 			},
 		})
+
+	f = browser.makeList($('.container.flat2'), {
+			'option 1': function(_, p){ console.log('option:', p) },
+			'option 2': function(_, p){ console.log('option:', p) },
+			'option 3': function(_, p){ console.log('option:', p) },
+			'option 4': function(_, p){ console.log('option:', p) },
+		})
 })
 
 $(function(){
@@ -329,6 +347,9 @@ Files: <button id="theme" onclick="toggleFiles()">toggle</button>
 <div class="container flat">
 </div>
 
+<div class="container flat2">
+</div>
+
 </body>
 </html>
 <!-- vim:set ts=4 sw=4 : -->
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/experiments/browse-dialog.js b/ui (gen4)/experiments/browse-dialog.js
index b3316806..af46a397 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/experiments/browse-dialog.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/experiments/browse-dialog.js	
@@ -828,13 +828,19 @@ var BrowserPrototype = {
 
 	// Open action...
 	//
+	// XXX do we need to pass this to the event???
 	open: function(path){ 
 		path = path || this.path
 		var m = this.options.open
 		var res = m ? m.apply(this, arguments) : path
+		var elem = this.select('!')
 
+		// XXX do we need to pass this to the event???
 		this.trigger('open', path)
-		elem.trigger('open')
+		if(elem.length > 0){
+			// XXX do we need to pass this to the event???
+			elem.trigger('open', path)
+		}
 
 		return res
 	},
@@ -914,6 +920,45 @@ object.makeConstructor('Browser',
 		BrowserPrototype)
 
 
+// Construct a flat list selector...
+//
+//	makeList(<elem>, <list>)
+//		-> browser
+//
+//
+// <list> format:
+//		{
+//			<text>: <callback>,
+//			...
+//		}
+//
+//
+// XXX should this be an object???
+var makeList = 
+module.makeList = function(elem, list){
+	return browser.Browser(elem, {
+			data: list,
+
+			traversable: false,
+			flat: true,
+
+			list: function(path, make){
+				var that = this
+				return Object.keys(this.options.data)
+					.map(function(k){
+						// make the element...
+						var e = make(k)
+							.on('open', function(){ 
+								return that.options.data[k].apply(this, arguments)
+							})
+
+						return k
+					})
+			},
+		})
+}
+
+
 
 /**********************************************************************
 * vim:set ts=4 sw=4 :                                                */