diff --git a/runtime/ui/layout/manager.go b/runtime/ui/layout/manager.go
index ddccfe9..6bfe0aa 100644
--- a/runtime/ui/layout/manager.go
+++ b/runtime/ui/layout/manager.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func (lm *Manager) planAndLayoutColumns(g *gocui.Gui, area Area) (Area, error) {
 			widths[idx] = -1
 		}
 		variableColumns := len(elements)
-		availableWidth := area.maxX
+		availableWidth := area.maxX + 1
 
 		// first pass: planout the column sizes based on the given requests
 		for idx, element := range elements {
diff --git a/runtime/ui/layout/manager_test.go b/runtime/ui/layout/manager_test.go
index da61dcb..06c1a93 100644
--- a/runtime/ui/layout/manager_test.go
+++ b/runtime/ui/layout/manager_test.go
@@ -165,12 +165,12 @@ func Test_planAndLayoutColumns(t *testing.T) {
 			columns: []*testElement{newTestElement(t, -1, Area{
 				minX: -1,
 				minY: -1,
-				maxX: 119,
+				maxX: 120,
 				maxY: 80,
 			}, LocationColumn)},
 			expected: layoutReturn{
 				area: Area{
-					minX: 119,
+					minX: 120,
 					minY: -1,
 					maxX: 120,
 					maxY: 80,
@@ -214,13 +214,13 @@ func Test_planAndLayoutColumns(t *testing.T) {
 				newTestElement(t, -1, Area{
 					minX: 29,
 					minY: -1,
-					maxX: 119,
+					maxX: 120,
 					maxY: 80,
 				}, LocationColumn),
 			},
 			expected: layoutReturn{
 				area: Area{
-					minX: 119,
+					minX: 120,
 					minY: -1,
 					maxX: 120,
 					maxY: 80,
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ func Test_layout(t *testing.T) {
 					Area{
 						minX: -1,
 						minY: 0,
-						maxX: 119,
+						maxX: 120,
 						maxY: 79,
 					}, LocationColumn),
 			},
diff --git a/runtime/ui/view/filetree.go b/runtime/ui/view/filetree.go
index d306b97..a499aed 100644
--- a/runtime/ui/view/filetree.go
+++ b/runtime/ui/view/filetree.go
@@ -404,11 +404,11 @@ func (v *FileTree) KeyHelp() string {
 func (v *FileTree) Layout(g *gocui.Gui, minX, minY, maxX, maxY int) error {
 	logrus.Tracef("view.Layout(minX: %d, minY: %d, maxX: %d, maxY: %d) %s", minX, minY, maxX, maxY, v.Name())
 	attributeRowSize := 0
-	if !v.areAttributesVisible() {
+	if v.areAttributesVisible() {
 		attributeRowSize = 1
 	}
-	// header + attribute + border
-	headerSize := 1 + attributeRowSize + 1
+	// header + attribute header
+	headerSize := 1 + attributeRowSize
 	// note: maxY needs to account for the (invisible) border, thus a +1
 	header, headerErr := g.SetView(v.Name()+"header", minX, minY, maxX, minY+headerSize+1)
 	// we are going to overlap the view over the (invisible) border (so minY will be one less than expected).