diff --git a/orx-jvm/orx-gui/src/demo/kotlin/DemoXYParameter.kt b/orx-jvm/orx-gui/src/demo/kotlin/DemoXYParameter.kt
index 1300b7936..1773971c9 100644
--- a/orx-jvm/orx-gui/src/demo/kotlin/DemoXYParameter.kt
+++ b/orx-jvm/orx-gui/src/demo/kotlin/DemoXYParameter.kt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ fun main() = application {
         val settings = @Description("Settings") object {
             @XYParameter("Position", 0.0, 800.0, 0.0, 800.0,
                     precision = 2,
-                    invertY = true,
+                    invertY = false,
                     showVector = true)
             var position: Vector2 = Vector2(0.0,0.0)
         }
diff --git a/orx-jvm/orx-panel/src/main/kotlin/org/openrndr/panel/elements/XYPad.kt b/orx-jvm/orx-panel/src/main/kotlin/org/openrndr/panel/elements/XYPad.kt
index 99666f67c..9cc73d0b8 100644
--- a/orx-jvm/orx-panel/src/main/kotlin/org/openrndr/panel/elements/XYPad.kt
+++ b/orx-jvm/orx-panel/src/main/kotlin/org/openrndr/panel/elements/XYPad.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import org.openrndr.math.clamp
 import org.openrndr.math.map
 import org.openrndr.panel.style.Color
 import org.openrndr.panel.style.color
+import org.openrndr.shape.LineSegment
 import kotlin.math.pow
 import kotlin.math.round
 import kotlin.reflect.KMutableProperty0
@@ -155,38 +156,43 @@ class XYPad : Element(ElementType("xy-pad")) {
                 }
         )
 
+    private val grid = mutableListOf<LineSegment>()
+
     override fun draw(drawer: Drawer) {
+        if(grid.isEmpty()) {
+            repeat(21) { n ->
+                grid.add(
+                    LineSegment(
+                        0.0,
+                        layout.screenHeight / 20 * n,
+                        layout.screenWidth - 1.0,
+                        layout.screenHeight / 20 * n
+                    )
+                )
+                grid.add(
+                    LineSegment(
+                        layout.screenWidth / 20 * n,
+                        0.0,
+                        layout.screenWidth / 20 * n,
+                        layout.screenHeight - 1.0
+                    )
+                )
+            }
+
+        }
         computedStyle.let {
             drawer.pushTransforms()
             drawer.pushStyle()
+
             drawer.fill = ColorRGBa.GRAY
             drawer.stroke = null
             drawer.strokeWeight = 0.0
-
             drawer.rectangle(0.0, 0.0, layout.screenWidth, layout.screenHeight)
 
-
             // lines grid
-            drawer.stroke = ColorRGBa.GRAY.shade(1.2)
+            drawer.stroke = ColorRGBa.GRAY.shade(1.1)
             drawer.strokeWeight = 1.0
-
-            for (y in 0 until 21) {
-                drawer.lineSegment(
-                        0.0,
-                        layout.screenHeight / 20 * y,
-                        layout.screenWidth - 1.0,
-                        layout.screenHeight / 20 * y
-                )
-            }
-
-            for (x in 0 until 21) {
-                drawer.lineSegment(
-                        layout.screenWidth / 20 * x,
-                        0.0,
-                        layout.screenWidth / 20 * x,
-                        layout.screenHeight - 1.0
-                )
-            }
+            drawer.lineSegments(grid)
 
             // cross
             drawer.stroke = ColorRGBa.GRAY.shade(1.6)
@@ -206,19 +212,16 @@ class XYPad : Element(ElementType("xy-pad")) {
             val valueLabel = "${String.format("%.0${precision}f", value.x)}, ${String.format("%.0${precision}f", value.y)}"
 
             (root() as? Body)?.controlManager?.fontManager?.let {
-                val font = it.font(computedStyle)
                 val writer = Writer(drawer)
-                drawer.fontMap = (font)
+                drawer.fontMap = it.font(computedStyle)
                 val textWidth = writer.textWidth(valueLabel)
-                val textHeight = font.ascenderLength
 
                 drawer.fill = ((computedStyle.color as? Color.RGBa)?.color ?: ColorRGBa.WHITE).opacify(
                         if (disabled in pseudoClasses) 0.25 else 1.0
                 )
 
-
-                drawer.text(label, Vector2(4.0, 14.0))
-                drawer.text(valueLabel, Vector2(layout.screenWidth - textWidth - 4.0, layout.screenHeight - textHeight + 6.0))
+                drawer.text(valueLabel,layout.screenWidth - textWidth - 4.0, layout.screenHeight - 4.0)
+                drawer.text(label, 0.0, layout.screenHeight + 18.0)
             }
 
             drawer.popStyle()
diff --git a/orx-jvm/orx-panel/src/main/kotlin/org/openrndr/panel/style/DefaultStyles.kt b/orx-jvm/orx-panel/src/main/kotlin/org/openrndr/panel/style/DefaultStyles.kt
index b13557a75..be02f0058 100644
--- a/orx-jvm/orx-panel/src/main/kotlin/org/openrndr/panel/style/DefaultStyles.kt
+++ b/orx-jvm/orx-panel/src/main/kotlin/org/openrndr/panel/style/DefaultStyles.kt
@@ -133,8 +133,9 @@ fun defaultStyles(
             marginLeft = 5.px
             marginRight = 5.px
             marginTop = 5.px
-            marginBottom = 5.px
+            marginBottom = 25.px
             fontFamily = "default"
+            color = controlTextColor
 
             and(has state "hover") {
                 display = Display.BLOCK