diff --git a/website/src/repl/components/panel/ConsoleTab.jsx b/website/src/repl/components/panel/ConsoleTab.jsx
index 02e40e48..f0fca584 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/components/panel/ConsoleTab.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/components/panel/ConsoleTab.jsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import cx from '@src/cx.mjs';
 
 export function ConsoleTab({ log }) {
   return (
-    <div id="console-tab" className="break-all px-4 dark:text-white text-stone-900 text-sm py-4">
+    <div id="console-tab" className="break-all px-4 dark:text-white text-stone-900 text-sm py-2">
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diff --git a/website/src/repl/components/panel/Panel.jsx b/website/src/repl/components/panel/Panel.jsx
index fea52786..bf67f725 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/components/panel/Panel.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/components/panel/Panel.jsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import useEvent from '@src/useEvent.mjs';
 import cx from '@src/cx.mjs';
 import { nanoid } from 'nanoid';
 import { useCallback, useState } from 'react';
-import { setActiveFooter as setTab, useSettings } from '../../../settings.mjs';
+import { setPanelPinned, setActiveFooter as setTab, useSettings } from '../../../settings.mjs';
 import { ConsoleTab } from './ConsoleTab';
 import { FilesTab } from './FilesTab';
 import { Reference } from './Reference';
@@ -16,50 +16,56 @@ import { ChevronLeftIcon } from '@heroicons/react/16/solid';
 const TAURI = typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.__TAURI__;
 
 export function HorizontalPanel({ context }) {
-  const [pinned, setPinned] = useState(true);
   const settings = useSettings();
-  const tab = settings.activeFooter;
+  const { isPanelPinned: pinned, activeFooter: tab } = settings;
+  const [isHovered, setIsHovered] = useState(false);
+  const showContent = isHovered || pinned;
+
   return (
     <PanelNav
+      onMouseEnter={(x) => setIsHovered(true)}
+      onMouseLeave={(x) => setIsHovered(false)}
       className={cx(
-        'hover:max-h-[360px] hover:min-h-[360px] flex flex-col overflow-hidden ',
-        pinned ? `min-h-[360px] max-h-[360px]` : 'min-h-8 max-h-8',
+        'hover:max-h-[360px] hover:min-h-[360px] justify-between flex flex-col',
+        pinned ? `min-h-[360px] max-h-[360px]` : 'min-h-10 max-h-10',
       )}
     >
-    
-      <div className={cx('group-hover:flex flex-col h-full overflow-auto', pinned ? 'flex' : 'hidden')}>
-        <PanelContent context={context} tab={tab} />
-      </div>
-      <div className="flex justify-between min-h-8 max-h-8">
+      {showContent && (
+        <div className="flex h-full overflow-auto">
+          <PanelContent context={context} tab={tab} />
+        </div>
+      )}
+      <div className="flex justify-between min-h-10 max-h-10 pr-2 items-center">
         <Tabs setTab={setTab} tab={tab} pinned={pinned} />
-        <PinButton pinned={pinned} setPinned={setPinned} />
+        <PinButton pinned={pinned} setPinned={setPanelPinned} />
       </div>
     </PanelNav>
   );
 }
 
 export function VerticalPanel({ context }) {
-  const [pinned, setPinned] = useState(true);
   const settings = useSettings();
-  const tab = settings.activeFooter;
+  const { isPanelPinned: pinned, activeFooter: tab } = settings;
+  const [isHovered, setIsHovered] = useState(false);
+  const showContent = isHovered || pinned;
+
   return (
     <PanelNav
-      className={cx(
-        'hover:min-w-[600px] hover:max-w-[600px]',
-        pinned ? `min-w-[600px] max-w-[600px]` : ' min-w-8 max-w-8',
-      )}
+      onMouseEnter={(x) => setIsHovered(true)}
+      onMouseLeave={(x) => setIsHovered(false)}
+      className={cx('hover:w-[600px]', pinned ? `w-[600px]` : 'w-8')}
     >
       <div className={cx('group-hover:flex flex-col h-full', pinned ? 'flex' : 'hidden')}>
-        <div className="flex justify-between">
+        <div className="flex justify-between w-full ">
           <Tabs setTab={setTab} tab={tab} pinned={pinned} />
-          <PinButton pinned={pinned} setPinned={setPinned} />
-        </div>
-
-        <div className="overflow-auto">
-          <PanelContent context={context} tab={tab} />
+          <PinButton pinned={pinned} setPinned={setPanelPinned} />
         </div>
+        {showContent && (
+          <div className="overflow-auto">
+            <PanelContent context={context} tab={tab} />
+          </div>
+        )}
       </div>
-
       <div className={cx(pinned ? 'hidden' : 'flex flex-col items-center justify-center  h-full group-hover:hidden ')}>
         <ChevronLeftIcon className="text-foreground opacity-50 w-6 h-6" />
       </div>
@@ -71,17 +77,21 @@ const tabNames = {
   welcome: 'intro',
   patterns: 'patterns',
   sounds: 'sounds',
-  console: 'console',
   reference: 'reference',
+  console: 'console',
   settings: 'settings',
 };
 if (TAURI) {
   tabNames.files = 'files';
 }
 
-function PanelNav({ children, className }) {
+function PanelNav({ children, className, ...props }) {
   return (
-    <nav aria-label="Settings Menu" className={cx('bg-lineHighlight group transition-all', className)}>
+    <nav
+      aria-label="Settings Menu"
+      className={cx('bg-lineHighlight group transition-all overflow-x-auto', className)}
+      {...props}
+    >
       {children}
     </nav>
   );
@@ -159,7 +169,7 @@ function PinButton({ pinned, setPinned }) {
     <button
       onClick={() => setPinned(!pinned)}
       className={cx(
-        'text-foreground w-8 h-8 items-center justify-center p-1.5 group-hover:flex',
+        'text-foreground max-h-8 min-h-8 max-w-8 min-w-8 items-center justify-center p-1.5 group-hover:flex',
         pinned ? 'flex' : 'hidden',
       )}
       aria-label="Pin Settings Menu"
@@ -168,6 +178,7 @@ function PinButton({ pinned, setPinned }) {
         stroke="currentColor"
         fill={'currentColor'}
         strokeWidth="0"
+        className="w-full h-full"
         opacity={pinned ? 1 : '.3'}
         viewBox="0 0 16 16"
         xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
diff --git a/website/src/repl/components/panel/PatternsTab.jsx b/website/src/repl/components/panel/PatternsTab.jsx
index bf26c2dc..31a82d96 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/components/panel/PatternsTab.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/components/panel/PatternsTab.jsx
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ function PatternButtons({ patterns, activePattern, onClick, started }) {
 
 function ActionButton({ children, onClick, label, labelIsHidden }) {
   return (
-    <button className="hover:opacity-50" onClick={onClick} title={label}>
+    <button className="hover:opacity-50 text-nowrap" onClick={onClick} title={label}>
       {labelIsHidden !== true && label}
       {children}
     </button>
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ export function PatternsTab({ context }) {
         </div>
       )}
 
-      <section className="flex overflow-y-scroll max-h-full flex-col pb-4">
+      <section className="flex overflow-y-scroll max-h-full flex-col">
         {patternFilter === patternFilterName.user && (
           <PatternButtons
             onClick={(id) =>
diff --git a/website/src/repl/components/panel/Reference.jsx b/website/src/repl/components/panel/Reference.jsx
index 6411ea7b..4a778a84 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/components/panel/Reference.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/components/panel/Reference.jsx
@@ -25,32 +25,34 @@ export function Reference() {
   }, [search]);
 
   return (
-    <div className="flex h-full w-full pt-2 text-foreground overflow-hidden">
-      <div className="w-42 flex-none h-full overflow-y-auto overflow-x-hidden pr-4">
-        <div class="w-full ml-2 mb-2 top-0 sticky">
+    <div className="flex h-full w-full p-2 text-foreground overflow-hidden">
+      <div className="h-full  flex flex-col gap-2 w-1/3 max-w-72 ">
+        <div class="w-full flex">
           <input
-            className="w-full p-1 bg-background rounded-md"
+            className="w-full p-1 bg-background rounded-md border-none"
             placeholder="Search"
             value={search}
             onInput={(event) => setSearch(event.target.value)}
           />
         </div>
-        {visibleFunctions.map((entry, i) => (
-          <a
-            key={i}
-            className="cursor-pointer block hover:bg-lineHighlight py-1 px-4"
-            onClick={() => {
-              const el = document.getElementById(`doc-${i}`);
-              const container = document.getElementById('reference-container');
-              container.scrollTo(0, el.offsetTop);
-            }}
-          >
-            {entry.name} {/* <span className="text-gray-600">{entry.meta.filename}</span> */}
-          </a>
-        ))}
+        <div className="flex flex-col h-full overflow-y-auto  gap-1.5 bg-background bg-opacity-50  rounded-md">
+          {visibleFunctions.map((entry, i) => (
+            <a
+              key={i}
+              className="cursor-pointer flex-none hover:bg-lineHighlight overflow-x-hidden  px-1 text-ellipsis"
+              onClick={() => {
+                const el = document.getElementById(`doc-${i}`);
+                const container = document.getElementById('reference-container');
+                container.scrollTo(0, el.offsetTop);
+              }}
+            >
+              {entry.name} {/* <span className="text-gray-600">{entry.meta.filename}</span> */}
+            </a>
+          ))}
+        </div>
       </div>
-      <div className="break-normal w-full h-full overflow-auto pl-4 flex relative" id="reference-container">
-        <div className="prose dark:prose-invert max-w-full pr-4">
+      <div className="break-normal flex-grow flex-col overflow-y-auto overflow-x-hidden   px-2 flex relative" id="reference-container">
+           <div className='prose dark:prose-invert min-w-full px-1 '>
           <h2>API Reference</h2>
           <p>
             This is the long list functions you can use! Remember that you don't need to remember all of those and that
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ export function Reference() {
               ))}
             </section>
           ))}
-        </div>
+      </div>
       </div>
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/website/src/repl/components/panel/SettingsTab.jsx b/website/src/repl/components/panel/SettingsTab.jsx
index 768af4ff..6f15b887 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/components/panel/SettingsTab.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/components/panel/SettingsTab.jsx
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export function SettingsTab({ started }) {
   const shouldAlwaysSync = isUdels();
   const canChangeAudioDevice = AudioContext.prototype.setSinkId != null;
   return (
-    <div className="text-foreground p-4 space-y-4">
+    <div className="text-foreground p-4 space-y-4 w-full">
       {canChangeAudioDevice && (
         <FormItem label="Audio Output Device">
           <AudioDeviceSelector
diff --git a/website/src/repl/components/panel/SoundsTab.jsx b/website/src/repl/components/panel/SoundsTab.jsx
index 27c89326..f2b9fbd1 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/components/panel/SoundsTab.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/components/panel/SoundsTab.jsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import useEvent from '@src/useEvent.mjs';
 import { useStore } from '@nanostores/react';
 import { getAudioContext, soundMap, connectToDestination } from '@strudel/webaudio';
-import React, { useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import { useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { settingsMap, useSettings } from '../../../settings.mjs';
 import { ButtonGroup } from './Forms.jsx';
 import ImportSoundsButton from './ImportSoundsButton.jsx';
@@ -53,14 +53,14 @@ export function SoundsTab() {
 
   return (
     <div id="sounds-tab" className="px-4 flex flex-col w-full h-full dark:text-white text-stone-900">
-      <div className="w-full ml-2 mb-2 top-0 sticky">
-        <input
-          className="w-full p-1 bg-background rounded-md"
+    
+    <input
+          className="w-full p-1 bg-background rounded-md pb-2"
           placeholder="Search"
           value={search}
           onChange={(e) => setSearch(e.target.value)}
         />
-      </div>
+
       <div className="pb-2 flex shrink-0 flex-wrap">
         <ButtonGroup
           value={soundsFilter}
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ export function SoundsTab() {
         ></ButtonGroup>
         <ImportSoundsButton onComplete={() => settingsMap.setKey('soundsFilter', 'user')} />
       </div>
-      <div className="min-h-0 max-h-full grow overflow-auto font-mono text-sm break-normal pb-4">
+     
+      <div className="min-h-0 max-h-full grow overflow-auto font-mono text-sm break-normal pb-2">
         {soundEntries.map(([name, { data, onTrigger }]) => {
           return (
             <span
diff --git a/website/src/settings.mjs b/website/src/settings.mjs
index e0e3ee7d..b16fb6ff 100644
--- a/website/src/settings.mjs
+++ b/website/src/settings.mjs
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ export const defaultSettings = {
   isZen: false,
   soundsFilter: 'all',
   patternFilter: 'community',
-  panelPosition: 'right',
+  panelPosition: 'bottom',
+  isPanelPinned: true,
   userPatterns: '{}',
   audioDeviceName: defaultAudioDeviceName,
   audioEngineTarget: audioEngineTargets.webaudio,
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ export function useSettings() {
   return {
     ...state,
     isZen: parseBoolean(state.isZen),
+    isPanelPinned: parseBoolean(state.isPanelPinned),
     isBracketMatchingEnabled: parseBoolean(state.isBracketMatchingEnabled),
     isBracketClosingEnabled: parseBoolean(state.isBracketClosingEnabled),
     isLineNumbersDisplayed: parseBoolean(state.isLineNumbersDisplayed),
@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@ export function useSettings() {
 }
 
 export const setActiveFooter = (tab) => settingsMap.setKey('activeFooter', tab);
+export const setPanelPinned = (isPinned) => settingsMap.setKey('isPanelPinned', isPinned);
 
 export const setIsZen = (active) => settingsMap.setKey('isZen', !!active);
 
diff --git a/website/src/styles/index.css b/website/src/styles/index.css
index e50a54cf..af02a277 100644
--- a/website/src/styles/index.css
+++ b/website/src/styles/index.css
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 }
 :root {
   --app-height: 100vh;
+  --app-width: 100vw;
 }
 
 #console-tab {
diff --git a/website/tailwind.config.cjs b/website/tailwind.config.cjs
index d92d5949..4c76159e 100644
--- a/website/tailwind.config.cjs
+++ b/website/tailwind.config.cjs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ module.exports = {
       },
       spacing: {
         'app-height': 'var(--app-height)',
+        'app-width': 'var(--app-width)'
       },
       typography(theme) {
         return {