diff --git a/Viewer/features/filesystem.js b/Viewer/features/filesystem.js
index 8d8346ca..edd92bc5 100755
--- a/Viewer/features/filesystem.js
+++ b/Viewer/features/filesystem.js
@@ -2787,7 +2787,11 @@ var FileSystemWriterUIActions = actions.Actions({
 			var res = make(['Filename $pattern: ', pattern], {
 				open: widgets.makeNestedConfigListEditor(actions, parent,
 					'export-preview-name-patterns',
-					'export-settings.preview-name-pattern', {
+					function(value){
+						return arguments.length == 0 ?
+							settings['preview-name-pattern']
+							: (settings['preview-name-pattern'] = value) },
+					{
 						length_limit: 10,
 						events: {
 							menu: function(_, p){ showExaples(p) },
@@ -2825,7 +2829,11 @@ var FileSystemWriterUIActions = actions.Actions({
 				.on('open', 
 					widgets.makeNestedConfigListEditor(actions, parent,
 						'export-level-directory-names', 
-						'export-settings.level-directory-name', {
+						function(value){
+							return arguments.length == 0 ?
+								settings['level-directory-name']
+								: (settings['level-directory-name'] = value) },
+						{
 							length_limit: 10,
 						})) },
 		// XXX should we merge this with 'size_limit'????
@@ -2838,7 +2846,10 @@ var FileSystemWriterUIActions = actions.Actions({
 				.on('open', 
 					widgets.makeNestedConfigListEditor(actions, parent,
 						'export-preview-sizes',
-						'export-settings.preview-size',
+						function(value){
+							return arguments.length == 0 ?
+								settings['preview-size']
+								: (settings['preview-size'] = value) },
 						{
 							length_limit: 10,
 							sort: function(a, b){ return parseInt(a) - parseInt(b) },
@@ -2859,7 +2870,10 @@ var FileSystemWriterUIActions = actions.Actions({
 				.on('open', 
 					widgets.makeNestedConfigListEditor(actions, parent,
 						'export-preview-size-limits',
-						'export-settings.preview-size-limit',
+						function(value){
+							return arguments.length == 0 ?
+								settings['preview-size-limit']
+								: (settings['preview-size-limit'] = value) },
 						{
 							length_limit: 10,
 							// sort ascending + keep 'no limit' at top...
@@ -2903,7 +2917,6 @@ var FileSystemWriterUIActions = actions.Actions({
 								function(path){ 
 									settings['path'] = path
 									actions.config['export-paths'].splice(0, 0, path)
-
 									parent.update()
 									parent.select(txt)
 								})
@@ -2911,7 +2924,10 @@ var FileSystemWriterUIActions = actions.Actions({
 						// XXX BUG: closing this breaks on parant.focus()...
 						['history', widgets.makeNestedConfigListEditor(actions, parent,
 							'export-paths',
-							'export-settings.path',
+							function(value){
+								return arguments.length == 0 ?
+									settings.path
+									: (settings.path = value) },
 							{
 								length_limit: 10,
 								new_item: false,
@@ -3042,7 +3058,10 @@ var FileSystemWriterUIActions = actions.Actions({
 							//widgets.makeNestedConfigListEditor(that, o,
 							open: widgets.makeNestedConfigListEditor(that, make.dialog,
 								'export-dialog-modes',
-								'export-settings.mode',
+								function(value){
+									return arguments.length == 0 ?
+										settings.mode
+										: (settings.mode = value) },
 								{
 									length_limit: 10,
 									new_item: false,
@@ -3105,12 +3124,6 @@ var FileSystemWriterUIActions = actions.Actions({
 		'exportDialog: "images"'],
 
 
-	// XXX BUG: changing values from history (button) changes the default 
-	// 		and not the current preset...
-	// 		...bug in exportDialog(..)
-	// XXX ASAP BUG: running a preset from the editor will use the default 
-	// 		settings and not the loaded preset...
-	// 		...can't reproduce... (revise)
 	// XXX UI:
 	// 		- element format:
 	// 			TITLE
diff --git a/Viewer/features/ui-widgets.js b/Viewer/features/ui-widgets.js
index 9ff4d38b..ffeb119a 100755
--- a/Viewer/features/ui-widgets.js
+++ b/Viewer/features/ui-widgets.js
@@ -246,66 +246,56 @@ function(actions, path, value_path, options, setup){
 
 	var stateValue = function(value){
 		var path = value_path instanceof Function ?
-			value_path(value)
+			value_path(...arguments)
 			: value_path.split('.')
 
-		var key = path.pop()
+		if(value_path instanceof Function 
+				&& !(path instanceof Array)){
+			return path }
 
+		var key = path.pop()
 		var target = actions.config
 		path.forEach(function(p){
-			target = target[p] = target[p] || {}
-		})
+			target = target[p] = target[p] || {} })
 
+		// set...
 		if(value){
 			target[key] = value
 
+		// get...
 		} else {
-			return target[key]
-		}
-	}
+			return target[key] } }
 	var save = function(value){
 		stateValue(value)
-		dialog.close()
-	}
+		dialog.close() }
 
 	if(value_path 
 			&& (options.overflow == null 
 				|| options.overflow == 'save')){
-		options.overflow = save
-	}
+		options.overflow = save }
 
 	// set the path...
 	if(value_path && !options.path){
-		options.path = stateValue()
-	}
+		options.path = stateValue() }
 
 	var dialog = browse.makeListEditor(function(lst){
 			var target = actions.config
 			path.forEach(function(p){
 				target = target[p] = target[p] || {}
 			})
-
 			// get...
 			if(lst === undefined){
 				return target[key]
 
 			// set...
 			} else {
-				target[key] = lst
-			}
-		}, options)
-
+				target[key] = lst } }, options)
 
 	value_path
-		&& dialog.open(function(){
-			save(dialog.selected)
-		})
-
+		&& dialog.open(function(){ save(dialog.selected) })
 	setup
 		&& setup.call(dialog, dialog)
-
-	return dialog
-}
+	return dialog }
 
 
 // Wrapper around makeListEditor(..) enabling it to be used as an event