diff --git a/css/grid-n-view.css b/css/grid-n-view.css
index eb625eb..a85a954 100644
--- a/css/grid-n-view.css
+++ b/css/grid-n-view.css
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 	--gallery-padding-right: var(--gallery-padding-horizontal);
 	--gallery-image-scroll-margin: calc(2 * var(--gallery-current-image-border));
 	--gallery-scrollbar-width: 0.5em;
+	--gallery-empty-height: 20em;
 
 	--lightbox-frame: 5vmin;
 	--lightbox-image-margin-top: 0.75;
@@ -95,6 +96,19 @@ body {
 	align-content: flex-start;
 	flex-flow: row wrap;
 }
+.gallery .images:empty {
+	height: var(--gallery-empty-height);
+	border: dashed 1px black;
+}
+.gallery .images:empty:after {
+	content: "Empty...";
+	position: absolute;
+	width: 100%;
+	left: 0;
+	top: 0;
+	padding: calc((var(--gallery-empty-height) - 1em) / 2) 0;
+	text-align: center;
+}
 .gallery .images img {
 	height: 300px;
 	width: auto;
diff --git a/grid-n-view.html b/grid-n-view.html
index 64388a8..eb8eb77 100644
--- a/grid-n-view.html
+++ b/grid-n-view.html
@@ -96,8 +96,11 @@ var restoreScroll = function(){
 - <s>Gallery: drag-n-drop</s>
 	- <s>drop files/images</s> -- add loading indicator
 	- <s>drag to sort</s>
+	- <b>drag marked</b>
 	- styling...
 - <s>Gallery: remove image</s>
+	- <s>basic delete</s>
+	- <b>delete marked</b>
 	- UI: mark images for deletion + delete marked
 - <s>Gallery: serialize / deserialize</s>
 - <s>Lightbox: navigation (keyboard / mouse)</s>
diff --git a/grid-n-view.js b/grid-n-view.js
index 441c8ba..25e0546 100644
--- a/grid-n-view.js
+++ b/grid-n-view.js
@@ -171,14 +171,15 @@ var keyboard = {
 		: gallery.unmark_current ?
 			(gallery.current = null) 
 		: null },
+	// XXX change to mark -> delete workflow...
 	Delete: function(evt){
 		if(gallery.current){
-			var remove = gallery.current
+			var to_remove = gallery.current
 			gallery.next()
 			// XXX this is a bit crude...
-			gallery.current === remove
+			gallery.current === to_remove
 				&& gallery.prev()
-			gallery.remove(remove) } },
+			gallery.remove(to_remove) } },
 	// selection...
 	' ': function(evt){
 		gallery.current
@@ -740,6 +741,7 @@ var Gallery = {
 					&& img.remove())
 			: null }
 		return this
+			.updateMarkers()
 			.update() },
 	clear: function(){
 		this.dom.querySelector('.images').innerHTML = ''