diff --git a/plugin/preset/ui.lua b/plugin/preset/ui.lua
index 563cb916..f9e3720c 100644
--- a/plugin/preset/ui.lua
+++ b/plugin/preset/ui.lua
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ ui = {
 		NONE = 0,
 		TOP = 1,
 		RIGHT = 2,
-		BOTTOM = 3,
-		LEFT = 4,
+		BOTTOM = 4,
+		LEFT = 8,
+		ALL = 15,
 	},
 
 	Base = setmetatable({
@@ -21,6 +22,14 @@ ui = {
 	}, {
 		__call = function(_, ...) return ui.Base.new(...) end,
 	}),
+	Border = setmetatable({
+		PLAIN = 0,
+		ROUNDED = 1,
+		DOUBLE = 2,
+		THICK = 3,
+	}, {
+		__call = function(_, ...) return ui.Border.new(...) end,
+	}),
 	Padding = setmetatable({
 		left = function(left) return ui.Padding.new(left, 0, 0, 0) end,
 		right = function(right) return ui.Padding.new(0, right, 0, 0) end,
@@ -28,6 +37,7 @@ ui = {
 		bottom = function(bottom) return ui.Padding.new(0, 0, 0, bottom) end,
 		x = function(x) return ui.Padding.new(x, x, 0, 0) end,
 		y = function(y) return ui.Padding.new(0, 0, y, y) end,
+		xy = function(xy) return ui.Padding.new(xy, xy, xy, xy) end,
 	}, {
 		__call = function(_, ...) return ui.Padding.new(...) end,
 	}),
diff --git a/plugin/src/components/components.rs b/plugin/src/components/components.rs
index 9009a54a..f23386c3 100644
--- a/plugin/src/components/components.rs
+++ b/plugin/src/components/components.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use mlua::{AnyUserData, Table};
 use shared::RoCell;
 
 use super::Base;
-use crate::{layout::{Bar, Gauge, List, Paragraph}, GLOBALS};
+use crate::{layout::{Bar, Border, Gauge, List, Paragraph}, GLOBALS};
 
 pub(super) static COMP_FOLDER: RoCell<Table> = RoCell::new();
 pub(super) static COMP_HEADER: RoCell<Table> = RoCell::new();
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ pub(super) fn layout(
 			c.render(buf)
 		} else if let Ok(c) = value.take::<Base>() {
 			c.render(cx, buf)
+		} else if let Ok(c) = value.take::<Border>() {
+			c.render(buf)
 		} else if let Ok(c) = value.take::<Gauge>() {
 			c.render(buf)
 		}
diff --git a/plugin/src/layout/bar.rs b/plugin/src/layout/bar.rs
index b7f98ac9..6f53dc97 100644
--- a/plugin/src/layout/bar.rs
+++ b/plugin/src/layout/bar.rs
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ impl Bar {
 					position: match direction {
 						1 => ratatui::widgets::Borders::TOP,
 						2 => ratatui::widgets::Borders::RIGHT,
-						3 => ratatui::widgets::Borders::BOTTOM,
-						4 => ratatui::widgets::Borders::LEFT,
+						4 => ratatui::widgets::Borders::BOTTOM,
+						8 => ratatui::widgets::Borders::LEFT,
 						_ => ratatui::widgets::Borders::NONE,
 					},
 					symbol:   Default::default(),
diff --git a/plugin/src/layout/border.rs b/plugin/src/layout/border.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b68035a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/src/layout/border.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+use mlua::{AnyUserData, FromLua, Lua, Table, UserData, Value};
+use ratatui::widgets::Widget;
+
+use super::{Rect, Style};
+use crate::{GLOBALS, LUA};
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct Border {
+	area: ratatui::layout::Rect,
+
+	position: ratatui::widgets::Borders,
+	type_:    ratatui::widgets::BorderType,
+	style:    Option<ratatui::style::Style>,
+}
+
+impl Border {
+	pub(crate) fn install() -> mlua::Result<()> {
+		let ui: Table = GLOBALS.get("ui")?;
+		let border: Table = ui.get("Border")?;
+		border.set(
+			"new",
+			LUA.create_function(|_, (area, position): (Rect, u8)| {
+				Ok(Self {
+					area:     area.0,
+					position: ratatui::widgets::Borders::from_bits_truncate(position),
+					type_:    Default::default(),
+					style:    Default::default(),
+				})
+			})?,
+		)
+	}
+
+	pub fn render(self, buf: &mut ratatui::buffer::Buffer) {
+		let mut block =
+			ratatui::widgets::Block::default().borders(self.position).border_type(self.type_);
+
+		if let Some(style) = self.style {
+			block = block.border_style(style);
+		}
+
+		block.render(self.area, buf);
+	}
+}
+
+impl<'lua> FromLua<'lua> for Border {
+	fn from_lua(value: Value<'lua>, _: &'lua Lua) -> mlua::Result<Self> {
+		match value {
+			Value::UserData(ud) => Ok(ud.borrow::<Self>()?.clone()),
+			_ => Err(mlua::Error::FromLuaConversionError {
+				from:    value.type_name(),
+				to:      "Border",
+				message: Some("expected a Border".to_string()),
+			}),
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+impl UserData for Border {
+	fn add_methods<'lua, M: mlua::UserDataMethods<'lua, Self>>(methods: &mut M) {
+		methods.add_function("type", |_, (ud, value): (AnyUserData, u8)| {
+			ud.borrow_mut::<Self>()?.type_ = match value {
+				1 => ratatui::widgets::BorderType::Rounded,
+				2 => ratatui::widgets::BorderType::Double,
+				3 => ratatui::widgets::BorderType::Thick,
+				_ => ratatui::widgets::BorderType::Plain,
+			};
+			Ok(ud)
+		});
+		methods.add_function("style", |_, (ud, value): (AnyUserData, Value)| {
+			{
+				let mut me = ud.borrow_mut::<Self>()?;
+				match value {
+					Value::Nil => me.style = None,
+					Value::Table(tbl) => me.style = Some(Style::from(tbl).0),
+					Value::UserData(ud) => me.style = Some(ud.borrow::<Style>()?.0),
+					_ => return Err(mlua::Error::external("expected a Style or Table or nil")),
+				}
+			}
+			Ok(ud)
+		});
+	}
+}
diff --git a/plugin/src/layout/layout.rs b/plugin/src/layout/layout.rs
index 7586c766..a16284bc 100644
--- a/plugin/src/layout/layout.rs
+++ b/plugin/src/layout/layout.rs
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ impl UserData for Layout {
 			let me = ud.borrow::<Self>()?;
 
 			let mut layout = ratatui::layout::Layout::new()
-				.direction(
-					me.direction
-						.then_some(ratatui::layout::Direction::Vertical)
-						.unwrap_or(ratatui::layout::Direction::Horizontal),
-				)
+				.direction(if me.direction {
+					ratatui::layout::Direction::Vertical
+				} else {
+					ratatui::layout::Direction::Horizontal
+				})
 				.constraints(me.constraints.as_slice());
 
 			if let Some(margin) = me.margin {
diff --git a/plugin/src/layout/mod.rs b/plugin/src/layout/mod.rs
index 4354bb08..c81fa327 100644
--- a/plugin/src/layout/mod.rs
+++ b/plugin/src/layout/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #![allow(clippy::module_inception)]
 
 mod bar;
+mod border;
 mod constraint;
 mod gauge;
 mod layout;
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ mod span;
 mod style;
 
 pub(super) use bar::*;
+pub(super) use border::*;
 pub(super) use constraint::*;
 pub(super) use gauge::*;
 pub(super) use layout::*;
diff --git a/plugin/src/plugin.rs b/plugin/src/plugin.rs
index 3bdccfde..8b4d8e46 100644
--- a/plugin/src/plugin.rs
+++ b/plugin/src/plugin.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ pub fn init() {
 		components::Base::install()?;
 
 		layout::Bar::install()?;
+		layout::Border::install()?;
 		layout::Constraint::install()?;
 		layout::Gauge::install()?;
 		layout::Layout::install()?;