diff --git a/packages/codemirror/themes/strudel-theme.mjs b/packages/codemirror/themes/strudel-theme.mjs
index 658a682f1..58c675638 100644
--- a/packages/codemirror/themes/strudel-theme.mjs
+++ b/packages/codemirror/themes/strudel-theme.mjs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export const settings = {
   background: '#222',
   lineBackground: '#22222299',
   foreground: '#fff',
-  muted: '#ffffff50',
+  muted: '#8a919966',
   caret: '#ffcc00',
   selection: 'rgba(128, 203, 196, 0.5)',
   selectionMatch: '#036dd626',
diff --git a/website/src/repl/components/Code.jsx b/website/src/repl/components/Code.jsx
index 8481cc272..e8cccb86f 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/components/Code.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/components/Code.jsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export function Code(Props) {
 
   return (
     <section
-      className={'text-gray-100 cursor-text pb-0 overflow-auto grow'}
+      className={'text-gray-100 cursor-text pb-0 overflow-auto grow z-10'}
       id="code"
       ref={(el) => {
         containerRef.current = el;
diff --git a/website/src/repl/components/Header.jsx b/website/src/repl/components/Header.jsx
index 19e7b8fad..e113cea0a 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/components/Header.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/components/Header.jsx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export function Header({ context, isEmbedded = false }) {
     <header
       id="header"
       className={cx(
-        'flex-none text-black z-[100] text-sm select-none min-h-10',
+        'border-b border-muted flex-none text-black z-[100] text-sm select-none min-h-10',
         !isZen && !isEmbedded && 'bg-lineHighlight',
         isZen ? 'h-12 w-8 fixed top-0 left-0' : 'sticky top-0 w-full justify-between',
         'flex items-center',
diff --git a/website/src/repl/components/button/action-button.jsx b/website/src/repl/components/button/action-button.jsx
index f413a1e97..846d36c7e 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/components/button/action-button.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/components/button/action-button.jsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import cx from '@src/cx.mjs';
 
 export function ActionButton({ children, label, labelIsHidden, className, ...buttonProps }) {
   return (
-    <button className={cx('hover:opacity-50 text-nowrap w-fit text-sm ', className)} title={label} {...buttonProps}>
+    <button className={cx('hover:opacity-50 text-nowrap w-fit', className)} title={label} {...buttonProps}>
       {labelIsHidden !== true && label}
       {children}
     </button>
diff --git a/website/src/repl/components/panel/ConsoleTab.jsx b/website/src/repl/components/panel/ConsoleTab.jsx
index a80442548..64981937f 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/components/panel/ConsoleTab.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/components/panel/ConsoleTab.jsx
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ export function ConsoleTab() {
   const log = useStore($strudel_log_history);
   const { fontFamily } = useSettings();
   return (
-    <div id="console-tab" className="break-all w-full text-sm p-2  h-full" style={{ fontFamily }}>
-      <div className="bg-background h-full w-full overflow-auto space-y-1 p-2 rounded-md">
+    <div id="console-tab" className="break-all w-full h-full" style={{ fontFamily }}>
+      <div className="h-full w-full overflow-auto space-y-1 p-2 rounded-md">
+        {' '}
+        {/* bg-background */}
         {log.map((l, i) => {
           const message = linkify(l.message);
           const color = l.data?.hap?.value?.color;
diff --git a/website/src/repl/components/panel/ExportTab.jsx b/website/src/repl/components/panel/ExportTab.jsx
index 071d8d695..c074f095a 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/components/panel/ExportTab.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/components/panel/ExportTab.jsx
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export default function ExportTab(Props) {
 
   return (
     <>
-      <div className="text-foreground w-full p-4 space-y-4">
+      <div className="text-foreground w-full space-y-4 p-4">
         <FormItem label="File name" disabled={exporting}>
           <Textbox
             onBlur={(e) => {
diff --git a/website/src/repl/components/panel/Forms.jsx b/website/src/repl/components/panel/Forms.jsx
index 11c893356..e4a3c15f5 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/components/panel/Forms.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/components/panel/Forms.jsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import cx from '@src/cx.mjs';
 
 export function ButtonGroup({ value, onChange, items }) {
   return (
-    <div className="flex max-w-lg space-x-0 text-sm">
+    <div className="flex max-w-lg space-x-0">
       {Object.entries(items).map(([key, label], i, arr) => (
         <button
           key={key}
diff --git a/website/src/repl/components/panel/Panel.jsx b/website/src/repl/components/panel/Panel.jsx
index 0eaa9b397..7e7ae86cd 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/components/panel/Panel.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/components/panel/Panel.jsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ function PanelCloseButton() {
     isPanelOpen && (
       <button
         onClick={() => setIsPanelOpened(false)}
-        className={cx('px-4 py-2 text-foreground hover:opacity-50')}
+        className={cx('px-4 py-1 text-foreground hover:opacity-50')}
         aria-label="Close Menu"
       >
         <XMarkIcon className="w-6 h-6" />
@@ -34,15 +34,15 @@ export function HorizontalPanel({ context }) {
     <PanelNav
       className={cx(
         isPanelOpen ? `min-h-[360px] max-h-[360px]` : 'min-h-10 max-h-10',
-        'overflow-hidden flex flex-col relative ',
+        'overflow-hidden flex flex-col relative',
       )}
     >
-      <div className="flex justify-between min-h-10 max-h-10 grid-cols-2 items-center">
+      <div className="flex justify-between min-h-10 max-h-10 grid-cols-2 items-center border-b border-muted">
         <Tabs setTab={setTab} tab={tab} />
         <PanelCloseButton />
       </div>
       {isPanelOpen && (
-        <div className="flex h-full overflow-auto w-full">
+        <div className="w-full h-full overflow-hidden">
           <PanelContent context={context} tab={tab} />
         </div>
       )}
@@ -59,10 +59,13 @@ export function VerticalPanel({ context }) {
   return (
     <PanelNav
       settings={settings}
-      className={cx(isPanelOpen ? `min-w-[min(600px,100vw)] max-w-[min(600px,80vw)]` : 'min-w-12 max-w-12')}
+      className={cx(
+        'border-l border-muted',
+        isPanelOpen ? `min-w-[min(600px,100vw)] max-w-[min(600px,80vw)]` : 'min-w-12 max-w-12',
+      )}
     >
       <div className={cx('flex flex-col h-full')}>
-        <div className="flex justify-between w-full ">
+        <div className="flex justify-between w-full border-b border-muted">
           <Tabs setTab={setTab} tab={tab} />
           <PanelCloseButton />
         </div>
@@ -134,7 +137,7 @@ function PanelTab({ label, isSelected, onClick }) {
       <button
         onClick={onClick}
         className={cx(
-          'h-8 px-2 text-sm text-foreground cursor-pointer hover:opacity-50 flex items-center space-x-1 border-b',
+          'h-8 px-2 text-sm text-foreground cursor-pointer hover:opacity-50 flex items-center space-x-1 border-b-2',
           isSelected ? 'border-foreground' : 'border-transparent',
         )}
       >
@@ -146,7 +149,7 @@ function PanelTab({ label, isSelected, onClick }) {
 function Tabs({ className }) {
   const { isPanelOpen, activeFooter: tab } = useSettings();
   return (
-    <div className={cx('flex select-none max-w-full overflow-auto items-center', className)}>
+    <div className={cx('w-full flex select-none max-w-full overflow-auto items-center', className)}>
       {Object.keys(tabNames).map((key) => {
         const val = tabNames[key];
         return <PanelTab key={key} isSelected={tab === val && isPanelOpen} label={key} onClick={() => setTab(val)} />;
@@ -164,7 +167,7 @@ export function PanelToggle({ isEmbedded, isZen }) {
       <button
         title="share"
         className={cx(
-          'absolute top-0 right-3  rounded-0  px-2 py-2 bg-background z-[1000] cursor-pointer hover:opacity-80 flex justify-center items-center space-x-1 text-foreground ',
+          'absolute top-0.5 right-3  rounded-0  px-2 py-2 bg-background z-[1000] cursor-pointer hover:opacity-80 flex justify-center items-center space-x-1 text-foreground ',
           isPanelOpen && 'hidden',
         )}
         onClick={() => setIsPanelOpened(!isPanelOpen)}
diff --git a/website/src/repl/components/panel/PatternsTab.jsx b/website/src/repl/components/panel/PatternsTab.jsx
index 4fadd9dfd..2fc0f67d9 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/components/panel/PatternsTab.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/components/panel/PatternsTab.jsx
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ function PatternButton({ showOutline, onClick, pattern, showHiglight }) {
       className={cx(
         'mr-4 hover:opacity-50 cursor-pointer block',
         showOutline && 'outline outline-1',
-        showHiglight && 'bg-selection',
+        showHiglight && 'ring-selection',
       )}
       onClick={onClick}
     >
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ function PatternButtons({ patterns, activePattern, onClick, started }) {
   const viewingPatternData = parseJSON(viewingPatternStore);
   const viewingPatternID = viewingPatternData.id;
   return (
-    <div className="">
+    <div className="p-2">
       {Object.values(patterns)
         .reverse()
         .map((pattern) => {
@@ -124,71 +124,68 @@ export function PatternsTab({ context }) {
   }, [search, viewingPatternStore]);
 
   return (
-    <div className="px-4 w-full text-foreground  space-y-2  flex flex-col overflow-hidden max-h-full h-full">
-      <div className="w-full flex">
-        <Textbox className="w-full" placeholder="Search" value={search} onChange={setSearch} />
+    <div className="w-full h-full text-foreground flex flex-col overflow-hidden">
+      <Textbox className="w-full border-0" placeholder="Search" value={search} onChange={setSearch} />
+      <div className="px-2 shrink-0 py-2 space-x-4 flex max-w-full overflow-x-auto border-y border-muted">
+        <ActionButton
+          label="new"
+          onClick={() => {
+            const { data } = userPattern.createAndAddToDB();
+            updateCodeWindow(context, data);
+          }}
+        />
+        <ActionButton
+          label="duplicate"
+          onClick={() => {
+            const { data } = userPattern.duplicate(viewingPatternData);
+            updateCodeWindow(context, data);
+          }}
+        />
+        <ActionButton
+          label="delete"
+          onClick={() => {
+            const { data } = userPattern.delete(viewingPatternID);
+            updateCodeWindow(context, { ...data, collection: userPattern.collection });
+          }}
+        />
+        <label className="hover:opacity-50 cursor-pointer">
+          <input
+            style={{ display: 'none' }}
+            type="file"
+            multiple
+            accept="text/plain,text/x-markdown,application/json"
+            onChange={(e) => importPatterns(e.target.files)}
+          />
+          import
+        </label>
+        <ActionButton label="export" onClick={exportPatterns} />
+
+        <ActionButton
+          label="delete-all"
+          onClick={() => {
+            const { data } = userPattern.clearAll();
+            updateCodeWindow(context, data);
+          }}
+        />
       </div>
-      <div className="flex flex-col gap-2 flex-grow overflow-hidden h-full pb-2 ">
-        <div className="pr-4 space-x-4  flex max-w-full overflow-x-auto">
-          <ActionButton
-            label="new"
-            onClick={() => {
-              const { data } = userPattern.createAndAddToDB();
-              updateCodeWindow(context, data);
-            }}
-          />
-          <ActionButton
-            label="duplicate"
-            onClick={() => {
-              const { data } = userPattern.duplicate(viewingPatternData);
-              updateCodeWindow(context, data);
-            }}
-          />
-          <ActionButton
-            label="delete"
-            onClick={() => {
-              const { data } = userPattern.delete(viewingPatternID);
-              updateCodeWindow(context, { ...data, collection: userPattern.collection });
-            }}
-          />
-          <label className="hover:opacity-50 cursor-pointer">
-            <input
-              style={{ display: 'none' }}
-              type="file"
-              multiple
-              accept="text/plain,text/x-markdown,application/json"
-              onChange={(e) => importPatterns(e.target.files)}
-            />
-            import
-          </label>
-          <ActionButton label="export" onClick={exportPatterns} />
 
-          <ActionButton
-            label="delete-all"
-            onClick={() => {
-              const { data } = userPattern.clearAll();
-              updateCodeWindow(context, data);
-            }}
-          />
-        </div>
+      <div className="overflow-auto">
+        {/* bg-background */}
+        {/* {patternFilter === patternFilterName.user && ( */}
+        <PatternButtons
+          onClick={(id) => {
+            updateCodeWindow(context, { ...userPatterns[id], collection: userPattern.collection }, patternAutoStart);
 
-        <div className="overflow-auto h-full bg-background p-2">
-          {/* {patternFilter === patternFilterName.user && ( */}
-          <PatternButtons
-            onClick={(id) => {
-              updateCodeWindow(context, { ...userPatterns[id], collection: userPattern.collection }, patternAutoStart);
-
-              if (context.started && activePattern === id) {
-                context.handleEvaluate();
-              }
-            }}
-            patterns={visiblePatterns}
-            started={context.started}
-            activePattern={activePattern}
-            viewingPatternID={viewingPatternID}
-          />
-          {/* )} */}
-        </div>
+            if (context.started && activePattern === id) {
+              context.handleEvaluate();
+            }
+          }}
+          patterns={visiblePatterns}
+          started={context.started}
+          activePattern={activePattern}
+          viewingPatternID={viewingPatternID}
+        />
+        {/* )} */}
       </div>
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/website/src/repl/components/panel/Reference.jsx b/website/src/repl/components/panel/Reference.jsx
index 9c98cbad4..5b297853f 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/components/panel/Reference.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/components/panel/Reference.jsx
@@ -112,11 +112,12 @@ export const Reference = memo(function Reference() {
   }, [selectedFunction]);
 
   return (
-    <div className="flex h-full w-full p-2 overflow-hidden">
-      <div className="h-full text-foreground flex flex-col gap-3 w-1/3 ">
+    <div className="flex h-full w-full overflow-hidden">
+      <div className="h-full text-foreground flex flex-col w-1/3  border-r border-muted">
+        {/* bg-background */}
         <div className="w-full flex">
           <Textbox
-            className="w-full"
+            className="w-full border-0 border-b border-muted"
             placeholder="Search"
             value={search}
             onChange={(e) => {
@@ -128,14 +129,14 @@ export const Reference = memo(function Reference() {
         {selectedTag && (
           <div className="w-72">
             <span
-              className="text-foreground border border-muted px-1 py-0.5 my-2 cursor-pointer font-sans"
+              className="text-foreground border border-muted border-t-0 border-l-0 px-1 py-0.5 my-2 cursor-pointer font-sans"
               onClick={onSearchTagFilterClick}
             >
               {selectedTag}
             </span>
           </div>
         )}
-        <div className="flex flex-col h-full overflow-y-auto gap-1.5 bg-background bg-opacity-50">
+        <div className="flex flex-col h-full py-2 overflow-y-auto gap-1.5 bg-opacity-50">
           {searchVisibleFunctions.map((entry, i) => (
             <Fragment key={`entry-${entry.name}`}>
               <a
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ export const Reference = memo(function Reference() {
         className="break-normal flex-col overflow-y-auto overflow-x-hidden p-2 flex relative"
         id="reference-container"
       >
-        <div className="prose dark:prose-invert min-w-full px-1 ">
+        <div className="prose dark:prose-invert min-w-full px-1 text-sm">
           <h2>API Reference</h2>
           <p className="font-sans text-md">
             This is the long list of functions you can use. Remember that you don't need to remember all of those and
diff --git a/website/src/repl/components/panel/SettingsTab.jsx b/website/src/repl/components/panel/SettingsTab.jsx
index 7999f44fd..69d4bb60a 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/components/panel/SettingsTab.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/components/panel/SettingsTab.jsx
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ export function SettingsTab({ started }) {
   const shouldAlwaysSync = isUdels();
   const canChangeAudioDevice = AudioContext.prototype.setSinkId != null;
   return (
-    <div className="text-foreground p-4 space-y-4 w-full" style={{ fontFamily }}>
+    <div className="p-4 text-foreground space-y-4 w-full" style={{ fontFamily }}>
       {canChangeAudioDevice && (
         <FormItem label="Audio Output Device">
           <AudioDeviceSelector
diff --git a/website/src/repl/components/panel/SoundsTab.jsx b/website/src/repl/components/panel/SoundsTab.jsx
index 406442cd2..7b8d154db 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/components/panel/SoundsTab.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/components/panel/SoundsTab.jsx
@@ -77,10 +77,10 @@ export function SoundsTab() {
     numRef.current = 0;
   });
   return (
-    <div id="sounds-tab" className="px-4 flex gap-2 flex-col w-full h-full text-foreground">
-      <Textbox placeholder="Search" value={search} onChange={(v) => setSearch(v)} />
+    <div id="sounds-tab" className="flex flex-col w-full h-full text-foreground">
+      <Textbox placeholder="Search" className="border-0" value={search} onChange={(v) => setSearch(v)} />
 
-      <div className=" flex shrink-0 flex-wrap">
+      <div className="flex shrink-0 flex-wrap border-y border-muted">
         <ButtonGroup
           value={soundsFilter}
           onChange={(value) => settingsMap.setKey('soundsFilter', value)}
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export function SoundsTab() {
         />
       )}
 
-      <div className="min-h-0 max-h-full grow overflow-auto  text-sm break-normal bg-background p-2 rounded-md">
+      <div className="min-h-0 max-h-full grow overflow-auto break-normal p-2">
         {soundEntries.map(([name, { data, onTrigger }]) => {
           return (
             <span
diff --git a/website/src/repl/components/panel/WelcomeTab.jsx b/website/src/repl/components/panel/WelcomeTab.jsx
index 671da4b7e..9d78edf85 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/components/panel/WelcomeTab.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/components/panel/WelcomeTab.jsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const baseNoTrailing = BASE_URL.endsWith('/') ? BASE_URL.slice(0, -1) : BASE_URL
 export function WelcomeTab({ context }) {
   const { fontFamily } = useSettings();
   return (
-    <div className="prose dark:prose-invert min-w-full pt-2 font-sans pb-8 px-4 " style={{ fontFamily }}>
+    <div className="prose dark:prose-invert min-w-full py-4 font-sans px-4 text-sm" style={{ fontFamily }}>
       <h3>welcome</h3>
       <p>
         You have found <span className="underline">strudel</span>, a new live coding platform to write dynamic music