diff --git a/src/layout/axis.rs b/src/layout/axis.rs
index 0ea9cfa..1a02ab8 100644
--- a/src/layout/axis.rs
+++ b/src/layout/axis.rs
@@ -308,9 +308,11 @@ impl <'a, S: Screen, I: Draw<S>> Draw<S> for Full<'a, S, I> {
             Self::WH(..) => (Some(x0), Some(y0), Some(w0), Some(h0)),
             _ => unreachable!()
         };
-        Ok(to.draw(to.area(), item)?.map(|XYWH(x2, y2, w2, h2)|XYWH(
-            x1.unwrap_or(x2), y1.unwrap_or(y2), w1.unwrap_or(w2), h1.unwrap_or(h2),
-        )))
+        Ok(to
+            .draw(to.area(), item)?
+            .map(|XYWH(x2, y2, w2, h2)|XYWH(
+                x1.unwrap_or(x2), y1.unwrap_or(y2), w1.unwrap_or(w2), h1.unwrap_or(h2),
+            )))
     }
 }
 
@@ -326,14 +328,14 @@ impl <'a, S: Screen, I: Draw<S>, X: Into<Option<S::Unit>> + Copy> Draw<S> for Ex
         };
         let w1 = w1.unwrap_or(w0);
         let h1 = h1.unwrap_or(h0);
-        let area = XYWH(x0, y0, w1, h1);
-        let area = to.draw(area, item)?;
-        Ok(area.map(|XYWH(x2, y2, w2, h2)|match self {
-            Self::W(..)  => XYWH(x0, y2, w1, h2),
-            Self::H(..)  => XYWH(x2, y0, w2, h1),
-            Self::WH(..) => XYWH(x0, y0, w1, h1),
-            _ => unreachable!()
-        }))
+        Ok(to
+            .draw(XYWH(x0, y0, w1, h1), item)?
+            .map(|XYWH(x2, y2, w2, h2)|match self {
+                Self::W(..)  => XYWH(x0, y2, w1, h2),
+                Self::H(..)  => XYWH(x2, y0, w2, h1),
+                Self::WH(..) => XYWH(x0, y0, w1, h1),
+                _ => unreachable!()
+            }))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/layout/azimuth.rs b/src/layout/azimuth.rs
index 53c8853..c948a9a 100644
--- a/src/layout/azimuth.rs
+++ b/src/layout/azimuth.rs
@@ -185,6 +185,52 @@ fn_kw_layout!(kw_split |state, output, expr| {
     #[default] Below
 }
 
+/// Two components, first one has fixed size along the transverse axis.
+pub struct Bar<N, A, B>(Split, N, A, B);
+
+/// Define a split with first component having fixed size along the transverse axis.
+pub fn bar <S: Screen, A: Draw<S>, B: Draw<S>> (
+    split: Split, n: impl Into<S::Unit>, a: A, b: B
+)  -> Bar<S::Unit, A, B> {
+    Bar(split, n.into(), a, b)
+}
+
+impl<S: Screen, A: Draw<S>, B: Draw<S>> Draw<S> for Bar<S::Unit, A, B> {
+    fn draw (&self, to: &mut S) -> Drawn<S::Unit> {
+        #[cfg(feature = "prof")] profiling::scope!("bar_draw");
+        let Self(split, n, a, b, ..) = self;
+        let (area_a, area_b) = bar_areas(to, split, *n, a, b)?;
+        let (drawn_a, drawn_b) = draw_stacks(split, to, a, area_a, None, b, area_b, None)?;
+        Ok(stack_drawn(split, drawn_a, drawn_b))
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn bar_areas <'a, S: Screen> (
+    to: &mut S, split: &Split, n: S::Unit, a: impl Draw<S>, b: impl Draw<S>,
+) -> UsuallyRef<'a, (Option<XYWH<S::Unit>>, Option<XYWH<S::Unit>>)> {
+    let XYWH(x0, y0, w0, h0) = to.area();
+    Ok(match split {
+        Split::South => (
+            to.size(XYWH(x0, y0, w0, n),          a)?,
+            to.size(XYWH(x0, y0 + n, w0, h0 - n), b)?,
+        ),
+        Split::East => (
+            to.size(XYWH(x0, y0, n, h0),          a)?,
+            to.size(XYWH(x0 + n, y0, w0 - n, h0), b)?,
+        ),
+        Split::North => (
+            to.size(XYWH(x0, y0 + h0 - n, w0, n), a)?,
+            to.size(XYWH(x0, y0, w0, h0 - n),     b)?,
+        ),
+        Split::West => (
+            to.size(XYWH(x0 + w0 - n, y0, n, h0), a)?,
+            to.size(XYWH(x0, y0, w0 - n, h0),     b)?,
+        ),
+        _ => todo!()
+    })
+}
+
+/// Dynamically laid out split
 pub struct Pair<A, B>(Split, A, B);
 
 /// ```
@@ -200,7 +246,7 @@ pub struct Pair<A, B>(Split, A, B);
 /// assert_eq!(size_of(&split(East,  split(South, "foo", "bar"), "baz"))?, Some(XYWH(0, 0, 6, 2)));
 /// # return Ok(()); }
 /// ```
-pub fn split <'a, S: Screen, A: Draw<S>, B: Draw<S>> (
+pub fn split <S: Screen, A: Draw<S>, B: Draw<S>> (
     split: Split, a: A, b: B
 ) -> Pair<A, B> {
     Pair(split, a, b)
@@ -258,10 +304,7 @@ fn draw_stacks <'a, S: Screen> (
 /// # Ok(()) }
 /// ```
 pub fn stack_areas <'a, S: Screen> (
-    split: &Split,
-    to:    &mut S,
-    a:     impl Draw<S>,
-    b:     impl Draw<S>,
+    split: &Split, to: &mut S, a: impl Draw<S>, b: impl Draw<S>,
 ) -> UsuallyRef<'a, (Option<XYWH<S::Unit>>, Option<XYWH<S::Unit>>)> {
     let area_a = to.size(None, a)?;
     Ok(match split {
@@ -329,6 +372,21 @@ fn stack_drawn <S: Coord> (
 
 impl Split {
 
+    /// ```
+    /// use tengri::*;
+    /// let _ = Split::Above.stack(&"", &"");
+    /// let _ = Split::Below.stack(&"", &"");
+    /// let _ = Split::North.stack(&"", &"");
+    /// let _ = Split::South.stack(&"", &"");
+    /// let _ = Split::East.stack(&"", &"");
+    /// let _ = Split::West.stack(&"", &"");
+    /// ```
+    pub const fn bar <'a, S: Screen, A: Draw<S>, B: Draw<S>> (&self, n: S::Unit, a: A, b: B)
+        -> impl Draw<S>
+    {
+        Bar(*self, n, a, b)
+    }
+
     /// ```
     /// use tengri::*;
     /// let _ = Split::Above.stack(&"", &"");
diff --git a/src/term.rs b/src/term.rs
index d18cad7..dffe505 100644
--- a/src/term.rs
+++ b/src/term.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use crate::*;
-use Color::*;
 //use unicode_width::{UnicodeWidthStr, UnicodeWidthChar};
 //use rand::distributions::uniform::UniformSampler;
 pub(crate) use ::{
@@ -268,7 +267,7 @@ impl Tui {
         let Size { width, height } = backend.size().expect("get size failed");
         let mut prev = Tui::new(width, height);
         let mut next = Tui::new(width, height);
-        Ok(Task::new_sleep(Some("tengri output"), exited.clone(), sleep, move |perf| {
+        Ok(Task::new_sleep(Some("tengri output"), exited.clone(), sleep, move |_perf| {
             let Size { width, height } = backend.size().expect("get size failed");
             if let Some(state) = state.try_read() {
                 prev.resize(&mut backend, width, height);