diff --git a/ui (gen4)/lib/widget/browse.js b/ui (gen4)/lib/widget/browse.js
index da3f7d75..3fa64820 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/lib/widget/browse.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/lib/widget/browse.js	
@@ -42,7 +42,54 @@ var quoteWS = function(str){
 //		...it can be implemented trivially via an attribute and a :before
 //		CSS class...
 var BrowserClassPrototype = {
-	// construct the dom...
+
+	// Normalize path...
+	//
+	// This converts the path into a universal absolute array 
+	// representation, taking care of relative path constructs including
+	// '.' (current path) and '..' (up one level)
+	//
+	// XXX does this need to handle trailing '/'???
+	// 		...the problem is mainly encoding a trailing '/' into an 
+	// 		array, adding a '' at the end seems both obvious and 
+	// 		artificial...
+	// XXX is this the correct name???
+	// 		...should this be .normalizePath(..)???
+	path2list: function(path){
+		var splitter = /[\\\/]/
+
+		if(typeof(path) == typeof('str')){
+			path = path
+				.split(splitter)
+				.filter(function(e){ return e != '' })
+		}
+
+		// we've got a relative path...
+		if(path[0] == '.' || path[0] == '..'){
+			path = this.path.concat(path)
+		}
+
+		path = path
+			// clear the '..'...
+			// NOTE: we reverse to avoid setting elements with negative
+			// 		indexes if we have a leading '..'
+			.reverse()
+			.map(function(e, i){
+				if(e == '..'){
+					e = '.'
+					path[i] = '.'
+					path[i+1] = '.'
+				}
+				return e
+			})
+			.reverse()
+			// filter out '.'...
+			.filter(function(e){ return e != '.' })
+
+		return path
+	},
+
+	// Construct the dom...
 	make: function(options){
 		var browser = $('<div>')
 			.addClass('browse-widget')
@@ -254,50 +301,11 @@ var BrowserPrototype = {
 	},
 
 
-	// Normalize path...
+	// Call the constructor's .path2list(..)..
 	//
-	// This converts the path into a universal absolute array 
-	// representation, taking care of relative path constructs including
-	// '.' (current path) and '..' (up one level)
-	//
-	// XXX does this need to handle trailing '/'???
-	// 		...the problem is mainly encoding a trailing '/' into an 
-	// 		array, adding a '' at the end seems both obvious and 
-	// 		artificial...
-	// XXX is this the correct name???
-	// 		...should this be .normalizePath(..)???
-	path2list: function(path){
-		var splitter = /[\\\/]/
-
-		if(typeof(path) == typeof('str')){
-			path = path
-				.split(splitter)
-				.filter(function(e){ return e != '' })
-		}
-
-		// we've got a relative path...
-		if(path[0] == '.' || path[0] == '..'){
-			path = this.path.concat(path)
-		}
-
-		path = path
-			// clear the '..'...
-			// NOTE: we reverse to avoid setting elements with negative
-			// 		indexes if we have a leading '..'
-			.reverse()
-			.map(function(e, i){
-				if(e == '..'){
-					e = '.'
-					path[i] = '.'
-					path[i+1] = '.'
-				}
-				return e
-			})
-			.reverse()
-			// filter out '.'...
-			.filter(function(e){ return e != '.' })
-
-		return path
+	// See: BrowserClassPrototype.path2list(..) for docs...
+	path2list: function(){ 
+		return this.constructor.path2list.apply(this, arguments) 
 	},
 
 	// Trigger jQuery events on Browser...
@@ -738,12 +746,21 @@ var BrowserPrototype = {
 		// XXX support glob...
 		} else if(typeof(pattern) == typeof('str')){
 			//var pl = pattern.trim().split(/\s+/)
-			var pl = pattern.trim().split(/[^\\]\s/).filter(function(e){ return e.trim() != '' })
+			var pl = pattern.trim()
+				// split on whitespace but keep quoted chars...
+				.split(/\s*((?:\\\s|[^\s])*)\s*/g)
+				// remove empty strings...
+				.filter(function(e){ return e.trim() != '' })
+				// remove '\' -- enables direct string comparison...
+				.map(function(e){ return e.replace(/\\(\s)/g, '$1') })
 			var filter = function(i, e){
 				e = $(e)
 				var t = e.text()
 				for(var p=0; p < pl.length; p++){
-					var i = t.search(pl[p])
+					// NOTE: we are not using search here as it treats 
+					// 		the string as a regex and we need literal
+					// 		search...
+					var i = t.indexOf(pl[p])
 					if(!(i >= 0)){
 						if(rejected){
 							rejected.call(e, i, e)
@@ -1629,6 +1646,10 @@ ListPrototype.options = {
 			})
 	},
 }
+// XXX should we inherit or copy options???
+// 		...inheriting might pose problems with deleting values reverting
+// 		them to default instead of nulling them and mutable options might
+// 		get overwritten...
 ListPrototype.options.__proto__ = BrowserPrototype.options
 
 var List = 
@@ -1838,6 +1859,10 @@ PathListPrototype.options = {
 		}
 	},
 }
+// XXX should we inherit or copy options???
+// 		...inheriting might pose problems with deleting values reverting
+// 		them to default instead of nulling them and mutable options might
+// 		get overwritten...
 PathListPrototype.options.__proto__ = BrowserPrototype.options
 
 var PathList = 
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/lib/widget/drawer.js b/ui (gen4)/lib/widget/drawer.js
index cf1fbe54..d9c4d4e2 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/lib/widget/drawer.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/lib/widget/drawer.js	
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ var DrawerPrototype = {
 	client: null,
 
 	options: {
-		'close-at': 10,
+		'close-at': 40,
 		'fade-at': 100,
 		'animate': 120,
 
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/lib/widget/widget.js b/ui (gen4)/lib/widget/widget.js
index ff7f22ed..e9ef2146 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/lib/widget/widget.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/lib/widget/widget.js	
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ var WidgetPrototype = {
 }
 
 
-
 var Widget = 
 module.Widget = 
 object.makeConstructor('Widget', 
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/viewer.js b/ui (gen4)/viewer.js
index 72bab146..e8b9ea22 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/viewer.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/viewer.js	
@@ -2237,14 +2237,38 @@ var makeActionLister = function(list, filter, pre_order){
 		Object.keys(paths).forEach(function(k){
 			var n = paths[k][0]
 			var k = filter ? filter(k, n) : k
-			actions[k] = function(){
-				return a[n]()
+			// pass args to listers...
+			if(k.slice(-1) == '*'){
+				actions[k] = function(){
+					return a[n].apply(a, arguments)
+				}
+			// ignore args of actions...
+			} else {
+				actions[k] = function(){
+					return a[n]()
+				}
 			}
 		})
 
+		var closingPrevented = false
+
 		var o = overlay.Overlay($('body'), 
 			list(null, actions, path)
-				.open(function(){ o.close() }))
+				.open(function(evt){ 
+
+					evt.preventClosing = 
+						event.preventClosing = 
+							function(){ closingPrevented = true }
+
+					setTimeout(function(){
+						if(!closingPrevented){
+							o.close() 
+						}
+					}, 0)
+				}))
+
+		// XXX DEBUG
+		window.LIST = o.client
 
 		return this
 	}
@@ -2264,6 +2288,47 @@ var ActionTreeActions = actions.Actions({
 				return a +' ('+ l.join(', ') +')'
 			})],
 
+	// XXX lister test...
+	embededListerTest: ['Interface/Lister test (embeded)/*',
+		function(path, make){
+			make('a/')
+			make('b/')
+			make('c/')
+		}],
+	floatingListerTest: ['Interface/Lister test (floating)...',
+		function(path){
+			console.log('11111111')
+			event 
+				&& event.preventClosing 
+				&& event.preventClosing()
+
+			// we got an argument and can exit...
+			if(path){
+				console.log('PATH:', path)
+				return
+			}
+
+			// load the UI...
+			var that = this
+			var list = function(path, make){
+				
+				make('a/')
+				make('b/')
+				make('c/')
+			}
+
+			var o = overlay.Overlay($('body'), 
+				browse.makePathList(null, {
+					'a/*': list,
+					'b/*': list,
+					'c/*': list,
+				})
+					.open(function(evt, path){ 
+						o.close() 
+						that.floatingListerTest(path)
+					}))
+		}],
+
 	// XXX this is just a test...
 	drawerTest:['Interface/Drawer widget test',
 		function(){