diff --git a/build/css/ox.ui.classic.css b/build/css/ox.ui.classic.css
index 7d9071dc..1a3e6fd9 100644
--- a/build/css/ox.ui.classic.css
+++ b/build/css/ox.ui.classic.css
@@ -103,13 +103,12 @@ Forms
     background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, rgb(224, 224, 224), rgb(255, 255, 255));
     background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(rgb(224, 224, 224)), to(rgb(255, 255, 255)));
 }
-.OxThemeClassic textarea.OxInput:focus {
+.OxThemeClassic .OxInput:focus {
     border: 1px solid rgb(160, 160, 160);
     -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 2px rgb(128, 128, 128);
     -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 2px rgb(128, 128, 128);
 }
-.OxThemeClassic input.OxInput.OxPlaceholder,
-.OxThemeClassic textarea.OxInput.OxPlaceholder {
+.OxThemeClassic .OxInput.OxPlaceholder {
     color: rgb(160, 160, 160)
 }
 
diff --git a/build/js/ox.ui.js b/build/js/ox.ui.js
index 65979884..589e9641 100644
--- a/build/js/ox.ui.js
+++ b/build/js/ox.ui.js
@@ -1734,7 +1734,7 @@ requires
                     highlight: false,
                     id: "",
                     label: "",
-                    labelWidth: 0,
+                    labelWidth: 64,
                     placeholder: "",
                     selected: 0,
                     size: "medium",
@@ -1994,16 +1994,23 @@ requires
         }
 
         that.height = function(value) {
-            var percent = 8 / value * 100;
+            var stop = 8 / value;
             if (self.options.type == "textarea") {
-                that.$element.height(value);
+                that.$element
+                    .height(value)
+                    .css({
+                        background: "-moz-linear-gradient(top, rgb(224, 224, 224), rgb(208, 208, 208) " + (stop * 100) + "%, rgb(208, 208, 208) " + (100 - stop * 100) + "%, rgb(192, 192, 192))"
+                    })
+                    .css({
+                        background: "-webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(rgb(224, 224, 224)), color-stop(" + stop + ", rgb(208, 208, 208)), color-stop(" + (1 - stop) + ", rgb(208, 208, 208)), to(rgb(192, 192, 192)))"
+                    });
                 that.$input
                     .height(value)
                     .css({
-                        background: "-moz-linear-gradient(top, rgb(224, 224, 224), rgb(240, 240, 240) " + percent + "%, rgb(240, 240, 240) " + (100 - percent) + "%, rgb(255, 255, 255))"
+                        background: "-moz-linear-gradient(top, rgb(224, 224, 224), rgb(240, 240, 240) " + (stop * 100) + "%, rgb(240, 240, 240) " + (100 - stop * 100) + "%, rgb(255, 255, 255))"
                     })
                     .css({
-                        background: "-webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(rgb(224, 224, 224)), color-stop(" + (percent / 100) + ", rgb(240, 240, 240)), color-stop(" + (1 - percent / 100) + ", rgb(240, 240, 240)), to(rgb(255, 255, 255)))"
+                        background: "-webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(rgb(224, 224, 224)), color-stop(" + stop + ", rgb(240, 240, 240)), color-stop(" + (1 - stop) + ", rgb(240, 240, 240)), to(rgb(255, 255, 255)))"
                     });
             }
             return that;
@@ -2012,7 +2019,7 @@ requires
         that.width = function(value) {
             that.$element.width(value);
             that.$input.width(value - (self.options.type == "textarea" ? 0 : 2) -
-                    (self.options.labelWidth ? self.options.labelWidth + 18 : 0) -
+                    (self.options.label ? self.options.labelWidth + 18 : 0) -
                     (self.options.placeholder.length > 1 ? 26 : 0) -
                     (self.options.clear ? 31 : 0));
             // fixme: the values above are all weird guesswork
diff --git a/demos/test/index.html b/demos/test/index.html
index 7a2e940f..38e24d56 100644
--- a/demos/test/index.html
+++ b/demos/test/index.html
@@ -517,14 +517,12 @@
                 $("<br>").appendTo(mainPanel.$element);
                 $("<br>").appendTo(mainPanel.$element);
                 Ox.Input({
-                    label: "Label",
-                    labelWidth: 48,
+                    label: "Label"
                 }).width(400).addClass("margin").appendTo(mainPanel);
                 $("<br>").appendTo(mainPanel.$element);
                 $("<br>").appendTo(mainPanel.$element);
                 Ox.Input({
                     label: "Label",
-                    labelWidth: 48,
                     //placeholder: "some\ntext",
                     type: "textarea"
                 }).width(400).height(100).addClass("margin").appendTo(mainPanel);