diff --git a/.config/scripts/control-panel.py b/.config/scripts/control-panel.py
index 18d486a..a6d9352 100755
--- a/.config/scripts/control-panel.py
+++ b/.config/scripts/control-panel.py
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ CSS = b"""
 /* Glyphs come from the Nerd Font. Without an explicit family, GTK uses the
    desktop font (Noto Sans), which lacks them, and Pango's per-glyph fallback
    picks a font that ignores the css colour - that is why icons rendered black. */
-.icon, .tile-icon, .pw, .rowbtn, .title,
-.icon label, .pw label, .rowbtn label, .tile label {
+.icon, .tile-icon, .pw, .rowbtn, .volbtn, .title,
+.icon label, .pw label, .rowbtn label, .volbtn label, .tile label {
     font-family: "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font", "Symbols Nerd Font", monospace;
 }
-.pw label, .rowbtn label { color: #e9eefb; }
+.pw label, .rowbtn label, .volbtn label { color: #e9eefb; }
 .pw:hover label          { color: #e9eefb; }
 
 window.panel { background-color: transparent; }
@@ -74,9 +74,20 @@ window.panel { background-color: transparent; }
     border: none;
     border-radius: 10px;
     color: #e9eefb;
-    font-size: 19px;
-    padding: 9px 12px;
+    font-size: 14px;
+    padding: 10px 12px;
 }
+/* only the speaker/mic buttons beside a slider, not every list row */
+.volbtn {
+    background-image: none;
+    background-color: transparent;
+    border: none;
+    border-radius: 10px;
+    color: #e9eefb;
+    font-size: 19px;
+    padding: 6px 10px;
+}
+.volbtn:hover { background-color: rgba(146, 185, 234, 0.17); }
 .rowbtn:hover  { background-color: rgba(146, 185, 234, 0.17); }
 .rowbtn.chosen  { background-color: rgba(146, 185, 234, 0.22); color: #cfe0f7; }
 .rowbtn.unavail { color: #6f6889; }
@@ -441,7 +452,7 @@ class Panel(Gtk.Window):
     def slider_row(self, icon, on_change, on_click):
         row = Gtk.Box(spacing=10)
         btn = Gtk.Button(label=icon)
-        btn.get_style_context().add_class("rowbtn")
+        btn.get_style_context().add_class("volbtn")
         btn.connect("clicked", on_click)
         scale = Gtk.Scale.new_with_range(Gtk.Orientation.HORIZONTAL, 0, 100, 1)
         scale.set_draw_value(False)
@@ -540,7 +551,7 @@ class Panel(Gtk.Window):
         muted_icon = {ICON["vol"]: ICON["vol_mute"],
                       ICON["mic"]: ICON["mic_mute"]}.get(base, ICON["vol_mute"])
         mb = Gtk.Button(label=muted_icon if muted else base)
-        mb.get_style_context().add_class("rowbtn")
+        mb.get_style_context().add_class("volbtn")
         mb.connect("clicked", lambda *_: (
             sh(f"wpctl set-mute {idx} toggle" if wp
                else f"pactl set-sink-input-mute {idx} toggle"),
@@ -653,6 +664,7 @@ class Panel(Gtk.Window):
         if name != "main":
             {"bt": self.fill_bt, "net": self.fill_net, "audio": self.fill_audio}[name]()
         self.stack.set_visible_child_name(name)
+        GLib.idle_add(lambda: (self.resize(1, 1), False)[1])
 
     def on_key(self, _w, ev):
         if ev.keyval == Gdk.KEY_Escape: