diff --git a/ui/css/editor.css b/ui/css/editor.css
index 0604d140..968fa7b4 100755
--- a/ui/css/editor.css
+++ b/ui/css/editor.css
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
 	color: red;
 	text-shadow: 0px 0px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
 }
+.panel .panel-content {
+	display: block;
+	min-height: 30px;
+}
 .panel button,
 .panel details,
 .panel .state {
diff --git a/ui/editor.js b/ui/editor.js
index db70aa30..bdb7f9b7 100755
--- a/ui/editor.js
+++ b/ui/editor.js
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ var toggleEditor = createCSSClassToggler(
 							// XXX add handlers for saving data to images...
 							// XXX
 							// make clicks on unfocusable elements remove focus...
+							.on('panelClosing', function(){
+								toggleEditor('off')
+							})
 							.click(function(){
 								if(event.target != $('.panel :focus')[0]){
 									$('.panel :focus').blur()
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ var toggleEditor = createCSSClassToggler(
 				} else {
 					ed.show()
 				}
+
 				// update the state...
 				reloadControls('.current.image')
 
diff --git a/ui/keybindings.js b/ui/keybindings.js
index 946fe39d..59dc91fd 100755
--- a/ui/keybindings.js
+++ b/ui/keybindings.js
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ var KEYBOARD_CONFIG = {
 				// blur focused element, if nothing focused close...
 				} else if(toggleEditor('?') == 'on'){
 					$(':focus').blur()
+					return false
 				}
 			}),
 	},
@@ -659,6 +660,7 @@ var KEYBOARD_CONFIG = {
 						//} 
 						centerRibbons()
 					}),
+				ctrl: doc('Show mark dialog', function(){ markImagesDialog() }),
 			},
 		Ins: doc('Toggle mark on current image', function(){ toggleImageMark() }),
 		'invert-marks': doc('Invert image marks', 
diff --git a/ui/layout.css b/ui/layout.css
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index d5f88461..fc14abe0
--- a/ui/layout.css
+++ b/ui/layout.css
@@ -1214,11 +1214,16 @@ button:hover {
 }
 /* XXX this is experimental... */
 .viewer.overlay .ribbon-set {
-  /* XXX blur makes things slow with transparency... */
+	/* XXX blur makes things slow with transparency... */
 
-  -webkit-filter: /*blur(2px)*/ grayscale(0.5);
-  filter: /*blur(2px)*/ grayscale(0.5);
-  /*
+	/*
+	-webkit-filter: blur(2px);
+	filter: blur(2px);
+	*/
+	-webkit-filter: grayscale(0.5);
+	filter: grayscale(0.5);
+
+	/*
 	-webkit-animation-name: testAnim;
 	-webkit-animation-duration: .2s;
 	-webkit-animation-iteration-count: 1;
diff --git a/ui/lib/editor.js b/ui/lib/editor.js
index aea05b33..42cf6b63 100755
--- a/ui/lib/editor.js
+++ b/ui/lib/editor.js
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ function sortFilterSliders(order){
 // Load state of sliders from target...
 //
 function loadSliderState(target){
+	// break the feedback loop that if present will write the state 
+	// back...
+	var filters = $('.filter-list input[type=range]')
+		.prop('disabled', true)
+
 	var res = $(target)
 		.css('-webkit-filter')
 	var state = res
@@ -113,7 +118,6 @@ function loadSliderState(target){
 	})
 	// set the saved values...
 	while(state.length > 0){
-		// XXX avoid using ids...
 		var e = $('[filter='+state.pop()+']')
 		if(e.prop('normalize')){
 			e.val(v2r(parseFloat(state.pop()))).change()
@@ -121,6 +125,9 @@ function loadSliderState(target){
 			e.val(parseFloat(state.pop())).change()
 		}
 	}
+
+	filters
+		.prop('disabled', false)
 	return res
 }
 
@@ -191,6 +198,7 @@ function makeAbsRange(text, filter, target, min, max, dfl, step, translate, norm
 	$('<span class="title"/>')
 		.html(text)
 		.appendTo(elem)
+	// NOTE: the range element is the main "writer"...
 	var range = $('<input class="slider" type="range">')
 		.attr({
 			filter: filter,
@@ -204,7 +212,9 @@ function makeAbsRange(text, filter, target, min, max, dfl, step, translate, norm
 		.change(function(){
 			var val = this.valueAsNumber
 			value.val(val)
-			updateFilter(target, filter, translate(val))
+			if(!elem.prop('disabled') && !$(this).prop('disabled')){
+				updateFilter(target, filter, translate(val))
+			}
 			if(parseFloat(val) == dfl){
 				elem.addClass('at-default')
 			} else {
@@ -236,21 +246,25 @@ function makeLogRange(text, filter, target){
 }
 
 
-// XXX add panel update events to help save settings...
-function makeEditorControls(target){
+function makePanel(title, open){
+	title = title == null ? '&nbsp;' : title
+
 	// tool panel...
-	var panel = $('<details open/>')
+	var panel = $('<details/>')
+		.prop('open', open == null ? true : open)
 		.addClass('panel')
 		.css({
 			position: 'absolute',
 			top: '100px',
 			left: '100px',
 		})
-		.append($('<summary>Edit</summary>')
+		.append($('<summary>'+title+'</summary>')
 			.append($('<span/>')
 				.addClass('close-button')
 				.click(function(){
-					$(this).parents('.panel').hide()
+					panel
+						.trigger('panelClosing')
+						.hide()
 					return false
 				})
 				.html('&times;')))
@@ -270,11 +284,33 @@ function makeEditorControls(target){
 			opacity: 0.7,
 		})
 		.appendTo(panel)
+	return panel
+}
 
-	// filters...
-	$('<details open/>')
-		.append($('<summary>Filters</summary>'))
-		.append($('<div class="sub-panel-content"/>')
+
+function makeSubPanel(title, open, parent){
+	title = title == null ? '&nbsp;' : title
+
+	var sub_panel = $('<details/>')
+		.prop('open', open == null ? true : open)
+		.append($('<summary>'+title+'</summary>'))
+		.append($('<div class="sub-panel-content"/>'))
+
+	if(parent != null){
+		if(parent.hasClass('panel-content')){
+			sub_panel.appendTo(parent)
+		} else {
+			sub_panel.appendTo(parent.find('.panel-content'))
+		}
+	}
+
+	return sub_panel
+}
+
+
+function makeFilterPanel(parent, target){
+	return makeSubPanel('Filters', true, parent)
+		.find('.sub-panel-content')
 			.append($('<div class="filter-list"/>')
 				//.append(makeLogRange('Gamma:', 'gamma', target))
 				.append(makeLogRange('Brightness:', 'brightness', target))
@@ -307,13 +343,12 @@ function makeEditorControls(target){
 				.click(function(){
 					$('.reset').click()
 					sortFilterSliders(DEFAULT_FILTER_ORDER)
-				})))
-		.appendTo(content)
+				}))
+}
 
-	// snapshots...
-	$('<details open/>')
-		.append($('<summary>Snapshots</summary>'))
-		.append($('<div class="sub-panel-content"/>')
+function makeSnapshotsPanel(parent, target){
+	return makeSubPanel('Snapshots', true, parent)
+		.find('.sub-panel-content')
 			.append($('<div class="states"/>'))
 			.append($('<hr>'))
 			.append($('<button/>')
@@ -335,8 +370,20 @@ function makeEditorControls(target){
 						ui.helper.remove()
 					}
 					
-				})))
-		.appendTo(content)
+				}))
+}
+
+
+// XXX add panel update events to help save settings...
+function makeEditorControls(target){
+
+	var panel = makePanel()
+
+	// filters...
+	makeFilterPanel(panel, target)
+
+	// snapshots...
+	makeSnapshotsPanel(panel, target)
 
 	return panel
 }
diff --git a/ui/marks.js b/ui/marks.js
index 50a67d56..beccdddd 100755
--- a/ui/marks.js
+++ b/ui/marks.js
@@ -105,15 +105,14 @@ var toggleMarkesView = createCSSClassToggler(
 var toggleImageMark = createCSSClassToggler(
 	'.current.image', 
 	'marked',
-	function(action){
+	function(action, elem){
 		toggleMarkesView('on')
-		// XXX
 		if(action == 'on'){
-			_addMark('selected')
+			_addMark('selected', getImageGID(elem), elem)
 		} else {
-			_removeMark('selected')
+			_removeMark('selected', getImageGID(elem), elem)
 		}
-		$('.viewer').trigger('togglingMark', [getImage(), action])
+		$('.viewer').trigger('togglingMark', [elem, action])
 	})
 
 
@@ -126,13 +125,17 @@ function removeImageMarks(mode){
 		var ribbon = getRibbon()
 		var res = ribbon
 			.find('.marked')
-				.removeClass('marked')
+				.each(function(){
+					toggleImageMark(this, 'off')
+				})
 		$('.viewer').trigger('removeingRibbonMarks', [ribbon])
 
 	// remove all marks...
 	} else if(mode == 'all'){
 		var res = $('.marked')
-			.removeClass('marked')
+			.each(function(){
+				toggleImageMark(this, 'off')
+			})
 		$('.viewer').trigger('removeingAllMarks')
 	} 
 	return res
@@ -140,16 +143,22 @@ function removeImageMarks(mode){
 
 
 function markAll(mode){
-	// remove marks from current ribbon (default)...
+	// current ribbon (default)...
 	if(mode == 'ribbon' || mode == null){
 		var ribbon = getRibbon()
 		var res = ribbon
 			.find('.image:not(.marked)')
-				.addClass('marked')
+				.each(function(){
+					toggleImageMark(this, 'on')
+				})
 		$('.viewer').trigger('markingRibbon', [ribbon])
 
+	// mark everything...
 	} else if(mode == 'all'){
-		var res = $('.image:not(.marked)').addClass('marked')
+		var res = $('.image:not(.marked)')
+			.each(function(){
+				toggleImageMark(this, 'on')
+			})
 		$('.viewer').trigger('markingAll')
 	}
 	return res
@@ -161,7 +170,9 @@ function invertImageMarks(){
 	var ribbon = getRibbon()
 	var res = ribbon
 		.find('.image')
-			.toggleClass('marked')
+			.each(function(){
+				toggleImageMark(this, 'next')
+			})
 	$('.viewer').trigger('invertingMarks', [ribbon])
 	return res
 }
@@ -179,6 +190,7 @@ function toggleImageMarkBlock(image){
 	var state = toggleImageMark()
 	var _convert = function(){
 		if(toggleImageMark(this, '?') == state){
+			// stop the iteration...
 			return false
 		}
 		toggleImageMark(this, state)
@@ -264,5 +276,75 @@ function shiftMarkedImagesRight(){
 
 
 
+/**********************************************************************
+* Dialogs... 
+*/
+
+function markImagesDialog(){
+
+	updateStatus('Mark...').show()
+
+	var alg = 'Mark images: |'+
+		'Use Esc and Shift-Esc to exit crop modes.'+
+		'\n\n'+
+		'NOTE: all crop modes will produce a single ribbon unless\n'+
+		'otherwise stated.'
+
+	var cur = toggleImageMark('?') == 'on' ? 'Unmark' : 'Mark'
+
+	cfg = {}
+	cfg[alg] = [
+		cur + ' current image',
+		cur + ' current block | '+
+			'A block is a set of similarly marked images\n'+
+			'to the left and right of the current image,\n'+
+			'up until the closest images marked differently',
+		'Invert marks in current ribbon',
+		'Mark all in current ribbon',
+		'Unmark all in current ribbon',
+		'Unmark all images'
+	]
+
+	formDialog(null, '', 
+			cfg,
+			'OK', 
+			'markImagesDialog')
+		.done(function(res){
+			res = res[alg]
+
+			// NOTE: these must be in order of least-specific last...
+			if(/current image/.test(res)){
+				toggleImageMark()
+				var msg = (cur + ' image').toLowerCase()
+
+			} else if(/current block/.test(res)){
+				toggleImageMarkBlock()
+				var msg = 'toggled block marks'
+
+			} else if(/Invert/.test(res)){
+				invertImageMarks()
+				var msg = 'inverted ribbon marks'
+
+			} else if(/Mark all/.test(res)){
+				markAll()
+				var msg = 'marked ribbon'
+
+			} else if(/Unmark all in/.test(res)){
+				removeImageMarks('ribbon')
+				var msg = 'unmarked ribbon'
+
+			} else if(/Unmark all images/.test(res)){
+				removeImageMarks('all')
+				var msg = 'unmarked all'
+			}
+
+			showStatusQ('Mark: '+msg+'...')
+		})
+		.fail(function(){
+			showStatusQ('Marking: canceled.')
+		})
+}
+
+
 /**********************************************************************
 * vim:set ts=4 sw=4 :                                                */
diff --git a/ui/setup.js b/ui/setup.js
index 813c5373..1ab4490d 100755
--- a/ui/setup.js
+++ b/ui/setup.js
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ function setupDataBindings(viewer){
 
 			// skip all but the curent ribbon in single image view...
 			if(toggleSingleImageMode('?') == 'on' && r != getRibbonIndex()){
-				console.log('>>>> skipping ribbon:', r)
 				return 
 			}
 
@@ -114,7 +113,6 @@ function setupDataBindings(viewer){
 			var t = getRelativeVisualPosition(viewer, ribbon).top 
 			// XXX also check for visibility...
 			if( t+h <= 0 || t >= H ){
-				//console.log('#### skipping align of ribbon:', r)
 				return
 			}