diff --git a/build/js/ox.ui.js b/build/js/ox.ui.js
index 12589308..6fc41c50 100644
--- a/build/js/ox.ui.js
+++ b/build/js/ox.ui.js
@@ -5858,6 +5858,8 @@ requires
         self.onChange = function(key, value) {
             if (key == 'request') {
                 that.$element.options(key, value);
+            } else if (key == 'selected') {
+                that.$element.options(key, value);
             }
         }
 
@@ -6125,7 +6127,6 @@ requires
         }
 
         updateQuery(self.options.selected);
-        Ox.print('s.o', self.options)
         that.bindEvent(self.keyboardEvents);
         $window.resize(that.size);
 
@@ -6242,9 +6243,8 @@ requires
         function deselect(pos) {
             if (isSelected(pos)) {
                 self.selected.splice(self.selected.indexOf(pos), 1);
-                if (!Ox.isUndefined(self.$items[pos])) {
+                !Ox.isUndefined(self.$items[pos]) &&
                     self.$items[pos].removeClass('OxSelected');
-                }
                 triggerSelectEvent();
             }
         }
@@ -6744,6 +6744,35 @@ requires
             });
         }
 
+        function setSelected(ids) {
+            if (ids.length == 0) {
+                // fixme: can't use selectNone here,
+                // since it'd trigger a select event
+                $.each(self.$items, function(pos) {
+                    if (isSelected(pos)) {
+                        self.selected.splice(self.selected.indexOf(pos), 1);
+                        !Ox.isUndefined(self.$items[pos]) &&
+                            self.$items[pos].removeClass('OxSelected');
+                    }                    
+                });
+            }
+            // fixme: implement the rest of this
+            /*
+            self.selected.forEach(function(pos) {
+                if (value.indexOf(self.ids[pos]) == -1) {
+                    deselect(pos);
+                }
+            });
+            value.forEach(function(id) {
+                if (self.ids.indexOf(id) > -1) {
+                    addToSelection(pos)
+                } else {
+                    
+                }
+            });
+            */
+        }
+
         function toggleSelection(pos) {
             if (!isSelected(pos)) {
                 addToSelection(pos);
@@ -6852,10 +6881,12 @@ requires
             Ox.print('list onChange', key, value);
             if (key == 'request') {
                 updateQuery();
+            } else if (key == 'selected') {
+                setSelected(value);
             }
         };
 
-        that.clearCache = function() { // was used by TextList resizeColumn, now probably no longer necessary
+        that.clearCache = function() { // fixme: was used by TextList resizeColumn, now probably no longer necessary
             self.$pages = [];
             return that;
         };