diff --git a/Region.C b/Region.C
index 3aae149..22387a9 100644
--- a/Region.C
+++ b/Region.C
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ Region::init ( void )
     _end = 0;
     _scale = 1.0f;
     _clip = NULL;
+
+
+    _box_color = FL_CYAN;
+    _color = FL_BLUE;
 }
 
 Region::Region ( const Region & rhs )
@@ -296,14 +300,20 @@ Region::draw ( int X, int Y, int W, int H )
     int rx = timeline.ts_to_x( _offset ) - X;
     int rw = min( timeline.ts_to_x( _end - _start ), W );
 
-    fl_draw_box( FL_PLASTIC_UP_BOX, rx, Y, rw, H, FL_CYAN );
+    fl_push_clip( rx, Y, rw, H );
+
+    /* dirty hack to keep the box from flipping to vertical at small sizes */
+    fl_draw_box( FL_PLASTIC_UP_BOX, rx - 10, Y, rw + 50, H, _box_color );
 
 //    fl_push_clip( x() + Fl::box_dx( box() ), y(), w() - Fl::box_dw( box() ), h() );
 
-    draw_waveform( rx, Y, rw, H, _clip, _start, _end, _scale, FL_GREEN );
+    draw_waveform( rx, Y, rw, H, _clip, _start, _end, _scale, _color );
 
-//    fl_pop_clip();
+    fl_color( FL_BLACK );
+    fl_line( rx, Y, rx, Y + H );
+    fl_line( rx + rw - 1, Y, rx + rw - 1, Y + H );
 
+    fl_pop_clip();
 
     fl_font( FL_HELVETICA, 14 );
     fl_color( FL_BLACK );
diff --git a/Region.H b/Region.H
index 2da8e54..4a424fe 100644
--- a/Region.H
+++ b/Region.H
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@
 #include "Track.H"
 #include "Timeline.H"
 
+
+/* Regions are "virtual" FLTK widgets; this is necessary because the
+ * dimensions of real FLTK widgets are limited to 16-bits, which is
+ * far too little for our purposes */
+
 class Region
 {
 
@@ -40,6 +45,16 @@ class Region
 
     float _scale;                                               /* amplitude adjustment */
 
+    bool _selected;
+
+    Fl_Color _color;                                            /* color of waveform */
+    Fl_Color _box_color;                                        /* color of background (box) */
+
+
+    static Fl_Color _selection_color;
+    static Fl_Color selection_color ( void ) { return _selection_color; }
+    static void selection_color ( Fl_Color v ) { _selection_color = v; }
+
     enum trim_e { NO, LEFT, RIGHT };
     void trim ( enum trim_e t, int X );
     void init ( void );
@@ -54,6 +69,11 @@ public:
     int x ( void ) const { return _track->x() + timeline.ts_to_x( _offset - timeline.xoffset ); }
     int w ( void ) const { return timeline.ts_to_x( _end - _start ); }
 
+    Fl_Group * parent ( void ) const { return _track; }
+
+    Fl_Color color ( void ) { return _color; }
+    Fl_Color box_color ( void ) { return _box_color; }
+
     int handle ( int m );
     void draw ( int X, int Y, int W, int H );
     void resize ( void );
diff --git a/Track.C b/Track.C
index 7e690da..6355f9a 100644
--- a/Track.C
+++ b/Track.C
@@ -22,14 +22,21 @@
 
 #include "Region.H"
 
+#include <FL/fl_draw.H>
+
 void
 Track::draw ( void )
 {
     Fl_Group::draw();
+
+    fl_push_clip( x(), y(), w(), h() );
+
     for ( list <Region *>::iterator r = _regions.begin();  r != _regions.end(); r++ )
     {
         (*r)->draw( timeline.xoffset + x(), y(), w(), h() );
     }
+
+    fl_pop_clip();
 }
 
 void