diff --git a/src/view.rs b/src/view.rs
index ecf0719..cad70a0 100644
--- a/src/view.rs
+++ b/src/view.rs
@@ -67,14 +67,11 @@ impl Taggart {
     pub(crate) const FG_MODAL:  Color = Color::Rgb(255, 255, 255);
     pub(crate) const BG_MODAL:  Color = Color::Rgb(0, 0, 0);
     fn modal (content: impl Content<TuiOut>) -> impl Content<TuiOut> {
-        let position = |x|Fill::xy(
-            Align::c(x));
-        let style = |x|Tui::modify(false, Modifier::DIM,
-            Tui::fg_bg(Self::FG_MODAL, Self::BG_MODAL, x));
-        let border = |x|Margin::xy(1, 1, Bsp::b(
-            Border(true, Lozenge(true, Default::default())),
-            x));
-        position(style(border(content)))
+        let pos    = |x|Fill::xy( Align::c(x));
+        let style  = |x|Tui::modify(false, Modifier::DIM, Tui::fg_bg(Self::FG_MODAL, Self::BG_MODAL, x));
+        let border = |x|Margin::xy(1, 1, Bsp::b(Border(true, Lozenge(true, Default::default())), x));
+        let bg     = |x|Bsp::a(x, Repeat(" "));
+        pos(style(border(bg(content))))
     }
     fn title_bar (&self) -> impl Content<TuiOut> {
         status_bar(