diff --git a/src/Sketch.js b/src/Sketch.js
index d5670a9..89b0d70 100644
--- a/src/Sketch.js
+++ b/src/Sketch.js
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ class Sketch {
 
 
   activate() {
+    console.log('activatee')
     window.addEventListener('keydown', this.onKeyPress)
     this.canvas.addEventListener('pointerdown', this.onPick)
     this.canvas.addEventListener('pointermove', this.onHover)
diff --git a/src/react/app.css b/src/react/app.css
index 0569650..9b68c36 100644
--- a/src/react/app.css
+++ b/src/react/app.css
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ body {
   height: 100%;
   font-family: sans-serif;
   overflow: hidden;
-  --topNavH: 48px;
-  --sideNavW: 240px;
+  --topNavH: 3rem;
+  --sideNavW: 15rem;
 }
 
 #c {
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ body {
 
 .dialog {
   position: absolute;
-  top: var(--topNavH);
-  left: var(--sideNavW);
+  height: var(--topNavH);
+  left:0;
+  right:0;
+  top:0;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/react/app.jsx b/src/react/app.jsx
index 95afbdd..96dd500 100644
--- a/src/react/app.jsx
+++ b/src/react/app.jsx
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'
 import React, { useState } from 'react'
 
-import { createStore, applyMiddleware} from 'redux'
+import { createStore, applyMiddleware } from 'redux'
 import { Provider } from 'react-redux'
 import { reducer } from './reducer'
 import logger from 'redux-logger'
 
 import { Tree } from './tree'
 import { NavBar } from './navBar'
-import { ToolTip} from './toolTip'
-import { Dialog } from './dialog'
+import { ToolTip } from './toolTip'
+
 
 import './app.css'
 
@@ -31,14 +31,15 @@ const preloadedState = {
 const store = createStore(reducer, {}, applyMiddleware(logger))
 // const store = createStore(reducer, sc.loadState(), applyMiddleware(logger))
 
+
 const App = ({ store }) => {
-  const [dialog, setDialog] = useState()
+
 
   return <Provider store={store}>
-    <NavBar setDialog={setDialog}/>
+
+    <NavBar />
     <Tree />
-    <Dialog {...{dialog, setDialog}}/>
-    <ToolTip/>
+    <ToolTip />
   </Provider>
 };
 
diff --git a/src/react/dialog.jsx b/src/react/dialog.jsx
index 4967b90..7d33999 100644
--- a/src/react/dialog.jsx
+++ b/src/react/dialog.jsx
@@ -3,64 +3,71 @@
 import React, { useEffect, useReducer, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 
 import { useDispatch, useSelector } from 'react-redux'
-
 import { MdDone, MdClose } from 'react-icons/md'
-import { GiVerticalFlip } from 'react-icons/gi'
 import * as Icon from "./icons";
 
 
-export const Dialog = ({ dialog, setDialog }) => {
-  if (!dialog) return null
 
+
+export const Dialog = () => {
+
+  const dialog = useSelector(state => state.ui.dialog)
   const dispatch = useDispatch()
-  const treeEntriesById = useSelector(state => state.treeEntries.byId)
-  const activeSketchId = useSelector(state => state.treeEntries.activeSketchId)
 
   const ref = useRef()
+
   useEffect(() => {
+    if (!ref.current) return
     ref.current.focus()
-  }, [])
+  }, [dialog])
 
   const extrude = () => {
-    let sketch
-    if (sc.activeSketch) {
-      sketch = sc.activeSketch 
-    } else if (sc.selected.length === 1 && sc.selected[0].userData.type == 'sketch') {
-      sketch = treeEntriesById[sc.selected[0].name] 
-    } else {
-      console.log('invalid selection')
-      return
-    }
-
-    setDialog(null)
-    sc.extrude(sketch, ref.current.value)
-
+    sc.extrude(dialog.target, ref.current.value)
     sc.render()
-    forceUpdate()    
-  }
 
+    dispatch({ type: "clear-dialog" })
+    forceUpdate()
+
+  }
 
   const [_, forceUpdate] = useReducer(x => x + 1, 0);
 
-  return <div className='dialog w-40 h-10 flex items-center bg-gray-700'>
-  {/* return <div className='w-40 h-full flex items-center bg-gray-700'> */}
-    <input className='w-1/2' type="number" {...useNumField(1)} step="0.1" ref={ref} />
-    <Icon.Flip className="btn w-auto h-full p-2"
-      onClick={() => ref.current.value *= -1}
-    />
-    <MdDone
-      className="btn w-auto h-full p-2"
-      onClick={extrude}
-    />
-    <MdClose className="btn w-auto h-full p-2"
-      onClick={() => setDialog(null)}
-    />
-  </div>
+  switch (dialog.action) {
+    case 'extrude':
+      return <>
+        <input className='w-1/2' type="number" defaultValue="1" step="0.1" ref={ref} />
+        <Icon.Flip className="btn w-auto h-full p-2"
+          onClick={() => ref.current.value *= -1}
+        />
+        <MdDone
+          className="btn w-auto h-full p-2"
+          onClick={extrude}
+        />
+        <MdClose className="btn w-auto h-full p-2"
+          onClick={() => dispatch({ type: "clear-dialog" })}
+        />
+      </>
+    case 'sketch':
+      return <>
+        <MdDone
+          className="btn w-auto h-full p-2"
+          onClick={() => {
+            // dispatch({ type: 'update-descendents', sketch})
+            sc.activeSketch.deactivate()
+            sc.render()
+            forceUpdate()
+          }}
+        />
+        <MdClose className="btn w-auto h-full p-2"
+          onClick={() => dispatch({ type: "clear-dialog" })}
+        />
+      </>
+    default:
+      return null
+  }
 }
 
 
-export const useNumField = (initValue = 0) => {
-  const [value, setValue] = useState(initValue);
-  const onChange = e => setValue(e.target.value);
-  return { value, onChange };
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+
+
+
diff --git a/src/react/navBar.jsx b/src/react/navBar.jsx
index 5e0a29d..1625d83 100644
--- a/src/react/navBar.jsx
+++ b/src/react/navBar.jsx
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ import { useDispatch, useSelector } from 'react-redux'
 import { FaEdit } from 'react-icons/fa'
 import { MdDone, MdSave, MdFolder } from 'react-icons/md'
 import * as Icon from "./icons";
+import { Dialog } from './dialog'
 
-
-export const NavBar = ({ setDialog }) => {
+export const NavBar = () => {
   const dispatch = useDispatch()
   const activeSketchId = useSelector(state => state.treeEntries.activeSketchId)
-
+  const treeEntriesById = useSelector(state => state.treeEntries.byId)
 
   const boolOp = (code) => {
     if (sc.selected.length != 2 || !sc.selected.every(e => e.userData.type == 'mesh')) return
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ export const NavBar = ({ setDialog }) => {
     sc.render()
     forceUpdate()
   }
-  const extrude = () => { setDialog(true) }
 
   const addSketch = () => {
     sc.addSketch()
-    console.log(!!sc.activeSketch, 'state')
+    dispatch({ type: 'set-dialog', action: 'sketch' })
+
     forceUpdate()
   }
 
@@ -45,14 +45,18 @@ export const NavBar = ({ setDialog }) => {
   // }, [treeEntriesById])
 
 
-  const btnz = [
-    [MdDone, () => {
+  const sketchModeButtons = [
+    // [MdDone, () => {
+    //   // dispatch({ type: 'update-descendents', sketch})
+
+    //   sc.activeSketch.deactivate()
+    //   sc.render()
+    //   forceUpdate()
+    // }, 'Finish'],
+    [Icon.Extrude, () => {
       sc.activeSketch.deactivate()
-      // dispatch({ type: 'update-descendents', sketch})
-      sc.render()
-      forceUpdate()
-    }, 'Finish'],
-    [Icon.Extrude, extrude, 'Extrude [e]'],
+      dispatch({ type: 'set-dialog', action: 'extrude', target: sc.activeSketch })
+    }, 'Extrude [e]'],
     [Icon.Dimension, () => sc.activeSketch.command('d'), 'Dimension [d]'],
     [Icon.Line, () => sc.activeSketch.command('l'), 'Line [l]'],
     [Icon.Arc, () => sc.activeSketch.command('a'), 'Arc [a]'],
@@ -63,9 +67,12 @@ export const NavBar = ({ setDialog }) => {
   ]
 
 
-  const btnz2 = [
+  const partModeButtons = [
     [FaEdit, addSketch, 'Sketch [s]'],
-    [Icon.Extrude, extrude, 'Extrude [e]'],
+    [Icon.Extrude, () => {
+      dispatch({ type: 'set-dialog', action: 'extrude', target: treeEntriesById[sc.selected[0].name] })
+    }, 'Extrude [e]'],
+
     [Icon.Union, () => boolOp('u'), 'Union'],
     [Icon.Subtract, () => boolOp('s'), 'Subtract'],
     [Icon.Intersect, () => boolOp('i'), 'Intersect'],
@@ -77,19 +84,26 @@ export const NavBar = ({ setDialog }) => {
   const [_, forceUpdate] = useReducer(x => x + 1, 0);
 
   return <div className='topNav flex justify-center items-center bg-gray-700'>
+
+    <div className='w-40 h-full flex items-center mr-12'>
+      <Dialog />
+    </div>
     {
       activeSketchId ?
-        btnz.map(([Icon, fcn, txt, shortcut], idx) => (
+        sketchModeButtons.map(([Icon, fcn, txt, shortcut], idx) => (
           <Icon className="btn w-auto h-full p-3.5" tooltip={txt}
             onClick={fcn} key={idx}
           />
         ))
         :
-        btnz2.map(([Icon, fcn, txt, shortcut], idx) => (
+        partModeButtons.map(([Icon, fcn, txt, shortcut], idx) => (
           <Icon className="btn w-auto h-full p-3.5" tooltip={txt}
             onClick={fcn} key={idx}
           />
         ))
     }
+    <div className='w-40 h-full flex items-center'>
+    </div>
+
   </div>
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/react/reducer.js b/src/react/reducer.js
index 36fd3af..cc95fb8 100644
--- a/src/react/reducer.js
+++ b/src/react/reducer.js
@@ -82,9 +82,25 @@ export function treeEntries(state = defaultState, action) {
   }
 }
 
+export function ui(state = {dialog:{}}, action) {
+  switch (action.type) {
+
+    case 'set-dialog':
+      return update(state, {
+        dialog: { $set: { target: action.target, action: action.action } },
+      })
+    case 'clear-dialog':
+      return update(state, {
+        dialog: { $set: {} },
+      })
+    default:
+      return state
+  }
+}
 
 
 
 export const reducer = combineReducers({
+  ui,
   treeEntries
 })
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/react/tree.jsx b/src/react/tree.jsx
index d186cda..cea99fa 100644
--- a/src/react/tree.jsx
+++ b/src/react/tree.jsx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export const Tree = () => {
 
   return <div className='sideNav flex flex-col bg-gray-800'>
     {treeEntries.allIds.map((entId, idx) => (
-      <TreeEntry key={idx} entId={entId} />
+      <TreeEntry key={idx} entId={entId}/>
     ))}
   </div>
 
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ const treeIcons = {
 
 const TreeEntry = ({ entId }) => {
 
+
+
   const state = useSelector(state => state.treeEntries)
   const treeEntries = useSelector(state => state.treeEntries.byId)
   const dispatch = useDispatch()
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ const TreeEntry = ({ entId }) => {
         sketch.activate()
         sc.clearSelection()
         sc.activeSketch = sketch;
+        dispatch({ type: 'set-dialog', action: 'sketch' })
         sc.render()
       }