diff --git a/experiments/outline-editor/editor.css b/experiments/outline-editor/editor.css
index 8726d6e..3a6e3b5 100755
--- a/experiments/outline-editor/editor.css
+++ b/experiments/outline-editor/editor.css
@@ -617,22 +617,29 @@
 	& pre,
 	&>code,
 	& :not(pre)>code {
-		padding: 0.1em 0.3em;
 		font-family: monospace;
 		background: rgba(0,0,0,0.07);
 		border-radius: 0.2em;
 		outline: none;
 	}
+	& :not(pre)>code {
+		padding: 0.1em 0.3em;
+	}
 	& pre>code {
+		--padding: 0.6em;
+
 		display: block;
+		min-width: calc(100% - var(--padding) * 2);
 		width: fit-content;
-		padding: 0.6em 0.6em;
-		padding-bottom: 0.8em;
+		padding: var(--padding) var(--padding);
+		padding-bottom: calc(var(--padding) + 0.2em);
 		outline: none;
 	}
 
 	/* scrollbar... */
 	& pre {
+		margin: 0.8em 0em;
+
 		overflow-x: visible;
 		overflow-y: auto;
 
diff --git a/experiments/outline-editor/editor.js b/experiments/outline-editor/editor.js
index dd73292..e6add2a 100755
--- a/experiments/outline-editor/editor.js
+++ b/experiments/outline-editor/editor.js
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ var quoted = {
 	quote: function(_, code){
 		return `<code>${ this.encode(code) }</code>` },
 
-	pre_pattern: /(?<!\\)```(.*\s*\n)((\n|.)*?)\h*(?<!\\)```/g,
+	pre_pattern: /(?<!\\)```(.*\s*\n)((\n|.)*?)\h*(?<!\\)```(?:[ \t]*$|[ \t]*\n)/g,
 	pre: function(_, language, code){
 		language = language.trim()
 		language = language ?
diff --git a/experiments/outline-editor/index.html b/experiments/outline-editor/index.html
index 8e3f1b5..58636ee 100755
--- a/experiments/outline-editor/index.html
+++ b/experiments/outline-editor/index.html
@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@ var setup = function(){
   - custom element / web component
     - BUG: selecting by _click-n-drag_ or _double/triple click_ for some reason does not work...
     - BUG/race: the non-value versions of custom elem seem to sometimes get loaded as empty...
-    - Q: can we get rid of the editor block??:
-      - CSS breaks if we do...
-      - need to figure out a way to handle autofocus for host/editor uniformly 
     - DONE data interface:
 	  collapsed:: true
       - the "natural" way to pass data is to use the same mechanism as `<textarea>` the problem is that we can't extend `HTMLTextAreaElement` as it can not have shadow dom (reject?)
@@ -71,9 +68,13 @@ var setup = function(){
     - DONE `.value` / `.code` should be both updated internally and also load new content when updated externally -- not yet sure how...
     - events 
     - test nesting...
+    - Q: can we get rid of the editor block??:
+      - CSS breaks if we do...
+      - need to figure out a way to handle autofocus for host/editor uniformly 
     - 
   - selection
-    - multiple node selection (via shift+motion)
+    - DONE multiple node selection (via shift+motion)
+      - fixed state -- while `shift` pressed select or deselect only depending on first action (a-la FAR)
     - touch/mouse (???)
   - Q: should we select text (mouse/touch) without first focusing??
     - _...logseq does not do this either_
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ var setup = function(){
   - search?
     - _...not sure if search should be internal or external yet..._
   - DONE add horizontal scroll to code blocks...
+    collapsed:: true
     - ```html
       <outline-editor session-storage="outline-text" value="initial text"></outline-editor>
       ```