diff --git a/pd/nw/pdgui.js b/pd/nw/pdgui.js
index 0df09bcd820747c4c105a0f953d978b8abcfd261..3db15e1f2f12e6d9b8113f41c670718c96923da0 100644
--- a/pd/nw/pdgui.js
+++ b/pd/nw/pdgui.js
@@ -2871,16 +2871,17 @@ function gui_scalar_draw_select_rect(cid, tag, state, x1, y1, x2, y2, basex, bas
     // means all the coordinate parameters are in the screen position. But we need
     // the coords relative to the scalar's x/y-- hence we subtract the scalar's basex/basey
     // from the coords below
+    // Additionally, we're not actually drawing the rect here.  It's drawn
+    // as part of the scalar_vis function.  We're merely changing its coords
+    // and size
     //gui_post("drawselectrect: " + x1 + " " + y1 + " " + x2 + " " + y2 + " " + basex + " " + basey);
     var g = get_gobj(cid, tag);
     var b = g.querySelector('.border');
     configure_item(b, {
-        display: (state ? 'inline' : 'none'),
         x: (x1 - basex),
         y: (y1 - basey),
         width: x2 - x1,
         height: y2 - y1,
-//        stroke: 'blue',
     });
 }
 
diff --git a/pd/nw/todo.txt b/pd/nw/todo.txt
index cb3c90e14c92f0bcdcd7e23d17bffd8c8a69caae..5e10a282849f95fe6ea4bcf1173c7ab7c4f3bd14 100644
--- a/pd/nw/todo.txt
+++ b/pd/nw/todo.txt
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ Everything else: (A [x] means we've fixed it)
     yet.  Perhaps there's a better way to do it, without triggering a bunch
     of layouts.
 [ ] implement pdtk_canvas_editval and magicglassval
+[ ] move crispEdges value to CSS
+
 Crashers
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