diff --git a/code/apps/app-wget.lua b/code/apps/app-wget.lua
index b80b56f..99b73fd 100644
--- a/code/apps/app-wget.lua
+++ b/code/apps/app-wget.lua
@@ -8,55 +8,75 @@ local primaryINet = neo.requireAccess("c.internet", "internet access").list()()
 
 -- Enter URL dialog
 local running = true
+local sRunning = true
 -- useful to perform a system update
 local url = "http://20kdc.duckdns.org/neo/inst.lua"
-local w = neoux.create(25, 3, nil, neoux.tcwindow(25, 3, {
- neoux.tcrawview(1, 1, {"URL to download?"}),
- neoux.tcfield(1, 2, 25, function (t)
-  url = t or url
-  return url
- end),
- neoux.tcbutton(16, 3, "Confirm", function (w)
-  local nurl = url
-  local fd = neoux.fileDialog(true)
-  if not fd then return end
-  -- download!
-  local req, err = primaryINet.request(nurl)
-  if not req then
-   neoux.startDialog("failed request:\n" .. tostring(err))
-  end
-  -- OpenComputers#535
-  req.finishConnect()
-  while true do
-   local n, n2 = req.read(neo.readBufSize)
-   if not n then
-    req.close()
-    fd.close()
-    if n2 then
-     neoux.startDialog("failed download:\n" .. tostring(n2))
-     return
-    else
-     break
-    end
-   else
-    if n == "" then
-     yielder()
-    else
-     local o, r = fd.write(n)
-     if not o then
-      req.close()
-      fd.close()
-      neoux.startDialog("failed write:\n" .. tostring(r))
+local function doWorking()
+ return 25, 1, nil, neoux.tcwindow(25, 1, {
+  neoux.tcrawview(1, 1, {"Downloading now..."}),
+ }, function (w)
+  sRunning = false
+ end, 0xFFFFFF, 0)
+end
+local function doMainWin()
+ return 25, 3, nil, neoux.tcwindow(25, 3, {
+  neoux.tcrawview(1, 1, {"URL to download?"}),
+  neoux.tcfield(1, 2, 25, function (t)
+   url = t or url
+   return url
+  end),
+  neoux.tcbutton(16, 3, "Confirm", function (w)
+   sRunning = true
+   w.reset(doWorking())
+   local nurl = url
+   local fd = neoux.fileDialog(true)
+   if not fd then return end
+   -- download!
+   local req, err = primaryINet.request(nurl)
+   if not req then
+    neoux.startDialog("failed request:\n" .. tostring(err))
+    w.reset(doMainWin())
+    return
+   end
+   -- OpenComputers#535
+   req.finishConnect()
+   while sRunning do
+    local n, n2 = req.read(neo.readBufSize)
+    if not n then
+     req.close()
+     fd.close()
+     if n2 then
+      neoux.startDialog("failed download:\n" .. tostring(n2))
+      w.reset(doMainWin())
       return
+     else
+      break
+     end
+    else
+     if n == "" then
+      event.sleepTo(os.uptime() + 0.05)
+     else
+      local o, r = fd.write(n)
+      if not o then
+       req.close()
+       fd.close()
+       neoux.startDialog("failed write:\n" .. tostring(r))
+       w.reset(doMainWin())
+       return
+      end
      end
     end
    end
-  end
- end)
-}, function (w)
- w.close()
- running = false
-end, 0xFFFFFF, 0))
+   pcall(req.close)
+   pcall(fd.close)
+   w.reset(doMainWin())
+  end)
+ }, function (w)
+  w.close()
+  running = false
+ end, 0xFFFFFF, 0)
+end
+local w = neoux.create(doMainWin)
 
 while running do
  event.pull()
diff --git a/code/libs/fmttext.lua b/code/libs/fmttext.lua
index eece183..294218e 100644
--- a/code/libs/fmttext.lua
+++ b/code/libs/fmttext.lua
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 local fmt
 fmt = {
- pad = function (t, len, centre, cut)
+ pad = function (t, len, centre, cut, ra)
   local l = unicode.len(t)
   local add = len - l
   if add > 0 then
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ fmt = {
    end
   end
   if cut then
-   t = unicode.sub(t, 1, len)
+   local i = 0
+   if ra then
+    i = -math.min(0, add)
+   end
+   t = unicode.sub(t, i + 1, len + i)
   end
   return t
  end,
diff --git a/code/libs/neoux.lua b/code/libs/neoux.lua
index 499831f..abb7cbd 100644
--- a/code/libs/neoux.lua
+++ b/code/libs/neoux.lua
@@ -378,9 +378,7 @@ newNeoux = function (event, neo)
      bg = fg1
     end
     local text = unicode.safeTextFormat(textprop())
-    local txl = unicode.len(text)
-    local start = math.max(1, (txl - (w - 2)) + 1)
-    text = "[" .. neoux.pad(unicode.sub(text, start, start + (w - 3)), w - 2, false, true) .. "]"
+    text = "[" .. neoux.pad(text, w - 2, false, true, true) .. "]"
     window.span(x, y, text, bg, fg)
    end
   }
diff --git a/code/libs/sys-filedialog.lua b/code/libs/sys-filedialog.lua
index d423eda..a34f463 100644
--- a/code/libs/sys-filedialog.lua
+++ b/code/libs/sys-filedialog.lua
@@ -45,27 +45,26 @@ local function prepareNodeI(node)
  --
  local function format(a)
   if a <= 1 then
-   return true, true, node.name
+   return false, fmt.pad(unicode.safeTextFormat(node.name), w, true, true)
   end
   local camY = math.max(1, selection - 3)
   local idx = a + camY - 2
-  if node.unknownAvailable then
-   if idx == #l + 1 then
-    return selection == #l + 1, false, ":" .. unknownTx
-   end
+  local utx = (" "):rep(w)
+  if node.unknownAvailable and idx == #l + 1 then
+   utx = "<OK>[" .. fmt.pad(unicode.safeTextFormat(unknownTx), w - 6, false, true, true) .. "]"
   end
   if l[idx] then
-   return selection == idx, false, l[idx][1]
+   utx = "<" .. fmt.pad(unicode.safeTextFormat(l[idx][1]), w - 2, false, true) .. ">"
   end
-  return true, true, "~~~"
+  return selection == idx, utx
  end
  local function updateLine(wnd, a)
   local colA, colB = 0xFFFFFF, 0
-  local sel, cen, text = format(a)
+  local sel, text = format(a)
   if sel then
    colB, colA = 0xFFFFFF, 0
   end
-  wnd.span(1, a, fmt.pad(unicode.safeTextFormat(text), w, cen, true), colA, colB)
+  wnd.span(1, a, text, colA, colB)
  end
  local function flush(wnd)
   for i = 1, h do
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ local function prepareNodeI(node)
    elseif kc == 208 then
     h = h + 1
    elseif kc == 203 then
-    w = math.max(1, w - 1)
+    w = math.max(6, w - 1)
    elseif kc == 205 then
     w = w + 1
    else
@@ -156,7 +155,7 @@ local function prepareNodeI(node)
    if node.unknownAvailable then
     max = max + 1
    end
-   if ns == selection and selection ~= #l + 1 then
+   if ns == selection and ((selection ~= #l + 1) or (a <= 4)) then
     key(wnd, 13, 0, true)
    else
     selection = math.min(math.max(1, ns), max)
diff --git a/repository/apps/app-nbox2018.lua b/repository/apps/app-nbox2018.lua
index afa3a18..045f2a4 100644
--- a/repository/apps/app-nbox2018.lua
+++ b/repository/apps/app-nbox2018.lua
@@ -78,10 +78,7 @@ local fstatSwap = false
 local workingOnBox = nil
 
 local function runField(tx, l, r)
- local fieldContent = unicode.safeTextFormat(tx)
- fieldContent = fmttext.pad(fieldContent, 31, false, false)
- fieldContent = unicode.sub(fieldContent, math.max(1, unicode.len(fieldContent) - 30))
- return l .. fieldContent .. r
+ return l .. fmttext.pad(unicode.safeTextFormat(tx), 31, false, true, true) .. r
 end
 local function actField(tx, ka, kc)
  if kc == 211 or ka == 8 then
diff --git a/repository/docs/ul-fmttx b/repository/docs/ul-fmttx
index 7e77916..11f602d 100644
--- a/repository/docs/ul-fmttx
+++ b/repository/docs/ul-fmttx
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ Essentially, it's job is to take some
  into a column of a given width.
 
 It has two functions for this task:
- pad(text, len[, centre[, cut]]):
+ pad(text, len[, centre
+  [, cut[, ra]]]):
   Pads the given safeTextFormat'd
    string to a given width, returning
    the resulting string.
@@ -33,6 +34,11 @@ It has two functions for this task:
    be reduced in size if necessary.
   Otherwise, text that is too long is
    not reduced.
+  If ra is true, the text is "semi-
+   right-aligned" - it's left-aligned
+   as normal *if it can be*, but if
+   it exceeds the width, it becomes
+   right-aligned.
 
  fmtText(text, width):
   Formats the given safeTextFormat'd