diff --git a/src/demos/mod.rs b/src/demos/mod.rs
index f832b29..06766a8 100644
--- a/src/demos/mod.rs
+++ b/src/demos/mod.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pub fn app(screen: Arc<Screen>) -> Rsx {
             move |_, _: &crossterm::event::Event| {
                 screen.close();
         }});
-        FlexRow {
+        FlexRow, gap: 1, {
             FlexCol {
                 @Transform::new().padding(2, 2);
                 @Style { foreground: None, background: Background::RoundedOutline(0x00ff00) };
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ pub fn app(screen: Arc<Screen>) -> Rsx {
                 }
 
                 // TODO: div with width full
-            } (1)
+            }
 
             FlexCol {
-                Div {
+                static Div { // static only affects the element, not children
                     %count
                     "This will increment every second: {count}"
                 }
-            } (2)
-        } (0)
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/elements/flex.rs b/src/elements/flex.rs
index 3dc95e3..71849a1 100644
--- a/src/elements/flex.rs
+++ b/src/elements/flex.rs
@@ -6,33 +6,33 @@ use crate::{
 };
 
 pub struct FlexRow {
-    gap: u16,
+    pub gap: u16,
     children: Mutex<Vec<Arc<Widget>>>,
     size: (u16, u16),
 }
 
 pub struct FlexCol {
-    gap: u16,
+    pub gap: u16,
     children: Mutex<Vec<Arc<Widget>>>,
     size: (u16, u16),
 }
 
 impl FlexRow {
-    pub fn new(gap: u16) -> Self {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
         Self {
             children: Mutex::new(Vec::new()),
             size: (0, 0),
-            gap,
+            gap: 0,
         }
     }
 }
 
 impl FlexCol {
-    pub fn new(gap: u16) -> Self {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
         Self {
             children: Mutex::new(Vec::new()),
             size: (0, 0),
-            gap,
+            gap: 0,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/frontend.rs b/src/frontend.rs
index f50b086..2d47ac2 100644
--- a/src/frontend.rs
+++ b/src/frontend.rs
@@ -46,13 +46,11 @@ impl Rsx {
         for rsx_elem in self.0 {
             match rsx_elem {
                 RsxElement::DynElement(f, dep, child) => {
-                    let w = if let Some(parent) = &parent {
-                        let w = screen.draw_box_dyn(f);
+                    let w = screen.draw_box_dyn(f);
+
+                    if let Some(parent) = &parent {
                         parent.get_elem().draw_child(&w);
-                        w
-                    } else {
-                        screen.draw_box_dyn(f)
-                    };
+                    }
 
                     for d in dep {
                         w.dependency_box(d);
diff --git a/src/macros.rs b/src/macros.rs
index 7ae8b76..4b4ed3c 100644
--- a/src/macros.rs
+++ b/src/macros.rs
@@ -256,24 +256,31 @@ macro_rules! rsx_inner {
     };
 
     // static
-    ($r:expr, $(@$comp:expr;)* static $name:path { $($inner:tt)* } ($($e:expr),*) $($rest:tt)*) => {
-        let w = $crate::widget::StaticWidget::new(Box::new(<$name>::new($($e),*)));
+    ($r:expr, $(@$comp:expr;)* static $name:path, $($f:ident $(: $v:expr)?),+, { $($inner:tt)* } $($rest:tt)*) => {
+        let w = $crate::widget::StaticWidget::new(Box::new({
+            let mut elem = <$name>::new();
+            $(elem.$f = $($v)?;)+
+            elem
+        }));
         $(w.component($comp);)*
-        $r.create_element_static(w, $crate::frontend::Rsx(Vec::new()));
+        $r.create_element_static(w, $crate::rsx!{ $($inner)* });
         $crate::rsx_inner! { $r, $($rest)* };
     };
 
-    // static
     ($r:expr, $(@$comp:expr;)* static $name:path { $($inner:tt)* } $($rest:tt)*) => {
         let w = $crate::widget::StaticWidget::new(Box::new(<$name>::new()));
         $(w.component($comp);)*
-        $r.create_element_static(w, $crate::frontend::Rsx(Vec::new()));
+        $r.create_element_static(w, $crate::rsx!{ $($inner)* });
         $crate::rsx_inner! { $r, $($rest)* };
     };
 
-    ($r:expr, $(@$comp:expr;)* $(%$dep:ident)* $name:path { $($inner:tt)* } ($($e:expr),*) $($rest:tt)*) => {
+    ($r:expr, $(@$comp:expr;)* $(%$dep:ident)* $name:path, $($f:ident $(: $v:expr)?),+, { $($inner:tt)* } $($rest:tt)*) => {
         $r.create_element({ $(let $dep = $dep.clone();)* move || {
-            $crate::widget::WidgetLoad::new(<$name>::new($($e),*)) $(.component($comp))*
+            $crate::widget::WidgetLoad::new({
+                let mut elem = <$name>::new();
+                $(elem.$f = $($v)?;)+
+                elem
+            }) $(.component($comp))*
         } }, vec![$(Box::new($dep.clone())),*], $crate::rsx!{ $($inner)* });
         $crate::rsx_inner! { $r, $($rest)* };
     };
diff --git a/src/widget.rs b/src/widget.rs
index a2e282d..8b12285 100644
--- a/src/widget.rs
+++ b/src/widget.rs
@@ -173,13 +173,16 @@ impl Widget {
 
     pub fn inject<F: FnMut(WidgetLoad) -> WidgetLoad + 'static + Send + Sync>(
         self: &Arc<Self>,
-        f: F,
+        mut f: F,
     ) {
         match &**self {
             Widget::Dynamic(w) => {
                 w.inject(f);
             }
-            Widget::Static(_) => {}
+            Widget::Static(w) => {
+                let wl = WidgetLoad::new(String::new());
+                w.1.lock().unwrap().extend(f(wl).1);
+            }
         }
     }