diff --git a/docs/examples/events/dictionary.py b/docs/examples/events/dictionary.py
index 207474629..483abed2d 100644
--- a/docs/examples/events/dictionary.py
+++ b/docs/examples/events/dictionary.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class DictionaryApp(App):
 
     def compose(self) -> ComposeResult:
         yield TextInput(placeholder="Search for a word")
-        yield Vertical(Static(id="results", fluid=False), id="results-container")
+        yield Vertical(Static(id="results"), id="results-container")
 
     async def on_text_input_changed(self, message: TextInput.Changed) -> None:
         """A coroutine to handle a text changed message."""
diff --git a/examples/code_browser.css b/examples/code_browser.css
index e342b7a00..a2a54199c 100644
--- a/examples/code_browser.css
+++ b/examples/code_browser.css
@@ -18,9 +18,12 @@ CodeBrowser.-show-tree #tree-view {
 
 DirectoryTree {
     padding-right: 1;   
-    padding-right: 1;
 }
 
+#code-view {
+    overflow: auto scroll;      
+    
+}
 #code {
     width: auto;
 }
diff --git a/examples/code_browser.py b/examples/code_browser.py
index 4d1c4ee97..b917ebe51 100644
--- a/examples/code_browser.py
+++ b/examples/code_browser.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class CodeBrowser(App):
         yield Header()
         yield Container(
             Vertical(DirectoryTree(path), id="tree-view"),
-            Vertical(Static(id="code"), id="code-view"),
+            Vertical(Static(id="code", expand=True), id="code-view"),
         )
         yield Footer()
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class CodeBrowser(App):
             syntax = Syntax.from_path(
                 event.path,
                 line_numbers=True,
-                word_wrap=True,
+                word_wrap=False,
                 indent_guides=True,
                 theme="github-dark",
             )
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class CodeBrowser(App):
             self.sub_title = event.path
 
     def action_toggle_files(self) -> None:
+        """Called in response to key binding."""
         self.show_tree = not self.show_tree
 
 
diff --git a/examples/dictionary.css b/examples/dictionary.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf40b9cc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/dictionary.css
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+Screen {
+    background: $panel;
+}
+
+TextInput {
+    dock: top;
+    border: tall $background;
+    width: 100%;
+    height: 1;
+    padding: 0 1;
+    margin: 1 1 0 1;
+    background: $boost;
+}
+
+TextInput:focus {
+    border: tall $accent;
+}
+
+#results {
+    width: auto;   
+    min-height: 100%;
+    padding: 0 1;
+    
+}
+
+#results-container {
+    background: $background 50%;
+    margin: 1 2;    
+    height: 100%;
+    overflow: hidden auto;
+}
diff --git a/examples/dictionary.py b/examples/dictionary.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e128ae374
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/dictionary.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import asyncio
+from typing import Any
+
+try:
+    import httpx
+except ImportError:
+    raise ImportError("Please install httpx with 'pip install httpx' ")
+
+from rich.markdown import Markdown
+
+from textual.app import App, ComposeResult
+from textual.layout import Vertical
+from textual.widgets import Static, TextInput
+
+
+class DictionaryApp(App):
+    """Searches ab dictionary API as-you-type."""
+
+    CSS_PATH = "dictionary.css"
+
+    def compose(self) -> ComposeResult:
+        yield TextInput(placeholder="Search for a word")
+        yield Vertical(Static(id="results"), id="results-container")
+
+    async def on_text_input_changed(self, message: TextInput.Changed) -> None:
+        """A coroutine to handle a text changed message."""
+        if message.value:
+            # Look up the word in the background
+            asyncio.create_task(self.lookup_word(message.value))
+        else:
+            # Clear the results
+            self.query_one("#results", Static).update()
+
+    async def lookup_word(self, word: str) -> None:
+        """Looks up a word."""
+        url = f"https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/api/v2/entries/en/{word}"
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+            results = (await client.get(url)).json()
+
+        if word == self.query_one(TextInput).value:
+            markdown = self.make_word_markdown(results)
+            self.query_one("#results", Static).update(Markdown(markdown))
+
+    def make_word_markdown(self, results: list[Any]) -> str:
+        """Convert the results in to markdown."""
+        lines = []
+        for result in results:
+            lines.append(f"# {result['word']}")
+            lines.append("")
+            for meaning in result.get("meanings", []):
+                lines.append(f"_{meaning['partOfSpeech']}_")
+                lines.append("")
+                for definition in meaning.get("definitions", []):
+                    lines.append(f" - {definition['definition']}")
+                lines.append("---")
+
+        return "\n".join(lines)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    app = DictionaryApp()
+    app.run()
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index c6c1d2d27..78e98b3b2 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ tests_no_zope = ["coverage[toml] (>=5.0.2)", "hypothesis", "pympler", "pytest (>
 
 [[package]]
 name = "black"
-version = "22.6.0"
+version = "22.8.0"
 description = "The uncompromising code formatter."
 category = "dev"
 optional = false
@@ -103,6 +103,14 @@ category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "certifi"
+version = "2022.9.14"
+description = "Python package for providing Mozilla's CA Bundle."
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.6"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cfgv"
 version = "3.3.1"
@@ -166,7 +174,7 @@ toml = ["tomli"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "distlib"
-version = "0.3.5"
+version = "0.3.6"
 description = "Distribution utilities"
 category = "dev"
 optional = false
@@ -208,7 +216,7 @@ dev = ["twine", "markdown", "flake8", "wheel"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "griffe"
-version = "0.22.0"
+version = "0.22.1"
 description = "Signatures for entire Python programs. Extract the structure, the frame, the skeleton of your project, to generate API documentation or find breaking changes in your API."
 category = "dev"
 optional = false
@@ -222,7 +230,7 @@ async = ["aiofiles (>=0.7,<1.0)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "identify"
-version = "2.5.3"
+version = "2.5.5"
 description = "File identification library for Python"
 category = "dev"
 optional = false
@@ -233,7 +241,7 @@ license = ["ukkonen"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "idna"
-version = "3.3"
+version = "3.4"
 description = "Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA)"
 category = "main"
 optional = false
@@ -345,7 +353,7 @@ mkdocs = ">=1.1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mkdocs-material"
-version = "8.4.2"
+version = "8.5.3"
 description = "Documentation that simply works"
 category = "dev"
 optional = false
@@ -358,6 +366,7 @@ mkdocs = ">=1.3.0"
 mkdocs-material-extensions = ">=1.0.3"
 pygments = ">=2.12"
 pymdown-extensions = ">=9.4"
+requests = ">=2.26"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mkdocs-material-extensions"
@@ -473,11 +482,11 @@ pyparsing = ">=2.0.2,<3.0.5 || >3.0.5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pathspec"
-version = "0.9.0"
+version = "0.10.1"
 description = "Utility library for gitignore style pattern matching of file paths."
 category = "dev"
 optional = false
-python-versions = "!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*,!=3.4.*,>=2.7"
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "platformdirs"
@@ -663,9 +672,27 @@ python-versions = ">=3.6"
 [package.dependencies]
 pyyaml = "*"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "requests"
+version = "2.28.1"
+description = "Python HTTP for Humans."
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7, <4"
+
+[package.dependencies]
+certifi = ">=2017.4.17"
+charset-normalizer = ">=2,<3"
+idna = ">=2.5,<4"
+urllib3 = ">=1.21.1,<1.27"
+
+[package.extras]
+socks = ["PySocks (>=1.5.6,!=1.5.7)"]
+use_chardet_on_py3 = ["chardet (>=3.0.2,<6)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rich"
-version = "12.5.1"
+version = "12.6.0a1"
 description = "Render rich text, tables, progress bars, syntax highlighting, markdown and more to the terminal"
 category = "main"
 optional = false
@@ -730,9 +757,22 @@ category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "urllib3"
+version = "1.26.12"
+description = "HTTP library with thread-safe connection pooling, file post, and more."
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*, !=3.5.*, <4"
+
+[package.extras]
+brotli = ["brotlicffi (>=0.8.0)", "brotli (>=1.0.9)", "brotlipy (>=0.6.0)"]
+secure = ["pyOpenSSL (>=0.14)", "cryptography (>=1.3.4)", "idna (>=2.0.0)", "certifi", "urllib3-secure-extra", "ipaddress"]
+socks = ["PySocks (>=1.5.6,!=1.5.7,<2.0)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "virtualenv"
-version = "20.16.3"
+version = "20.16.5"
 description = "Virtual Python Environment builder"
 category = "dev"
 optional = false
@@ -790,7 +830,7 @@ dev = ["aiohttp", "click", "msgpack"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "1.1"
 python-versions = "^3.7"
-content-hash = "61db56567f708cd9ca1c27f0e4a4b4aa3dd808fc8411f80967a90995d7fdd8c8"
+content-hash = "675b2fee0c6462eb36040dfbb19cf2c72451c73dfd619b1e830962c5f21ad529"
 
 [metadata.files]
 aiohttp = [
@@ -881,35 +921,12 @@ asynctest = [
 ]
 atomicwrites = []
 attrs = []
-black = [
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-    {file = "black-22.6.0-cp310-cp310-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:6797f58943fceb1c461fb572edbe828d811e719c24e03375fd25170ada53825e"},
-    {file = "black-22.6.0-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:c85928b9d5f83b23cee7d0efcb310172412fbf7cb9d9ce963bd67fd141781def"},
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-    {file = "black-22.6.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:6c6d39e28aed379aec40da1c65434c77d75e65bb59a1e1c283de545fb4e7c6c9"},
-]
+black = []
 cached-property = [
     {file = "cached-property-1.5.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:9fa5755838eecbb2d234c3aa390bd80fbd3ac6b6869109bfc1b499f7bd89a130"},
     {file = "cached_property-1.5.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:df4f613cf7ad9a588cc381aaf4a512d26265ecebd5eb9e1ba12f1319eb85a6a0"},
 ]
+certifi = []
 cfgv = [
     {file = "cfgv-3.3.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c6a0883f3917a037485059700b9e75da2464e6c27051014ad85ba6aaa5884426"},
     {file = "cfgv-3.3.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f5a830efb9ce7a445376bb66ec94c638a9787422f96264c98edc6bdeed8ab736"},
@@ -937,10 +954,7 @@ ghp-import = [
 ]
 griffe = []
 identify = []
-idna = [
-    {file = "idna-3.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:84d9dd047ffa80596e0f246e2eab0b391788b0503584e8945f2368256d2735ff"},
-    {file = "idna-3.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:9d643ff0a55b762d5cdb124b8eaa99c66322e2157b69160bc32796e824360e6d"},
-]
+idna = []
 importlib-metadata = [
     {file = "importlib_metadata-4.12.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:7401a975809ea1fdc658c3aa4f78cc2195a0e019c5cbc4c06122884e9ae80c23"},
     {file = "importlib_metadata-4.12.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:637245b8bab2b6502fcbc752cc4b7a6f6243bb02b31c5c26156ad103d3d45670"},
@@ -1174,10 +1188,7 @@ packaging = [
     {file = "packaging-21.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:ef103e05f519cdc783ae24ea4e2e0f508a9c99b2d4969652eed6a2e1ea5bd522"},
     {file = "packaging-21.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:dd47c42927d89ab911e606518907cc2d3a1f38bbd026385970643f9c5b8ecfeb"},
 ]
-pathspec = [
-    {file = "pathspec-0.9.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:7d15c4ddb0b5c802d161efc417ec1a2558ea2653c2e8ad9c19098201dc1c993a"},
-    {file = "pathspec-0.9.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e564499435a2673d586f6b2130bb5b95f04a3ba06f81b8f895b651a3c76aabb1"},
-]
+pathspec = []
 platformdirs = [
     {file = "platformdirs-2.5.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:027d8e83a2d7de06bbac4e5ef7e023c02b863d7ea5d079477e722bb41ab25788"},
     {file = "platformdirs-2.5.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:58c8abb07dcb441e6ee4b11d8df0ac856038f944ab98b7be6b27b2a3c7feef19"},
@@ -1256,6 +1267,7 @@ pyyaml-env-tag = [
     {file = "pyyaml_env_tag-0.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:af31106dec8a4d68c60207c1886031cbf839b68aa7abccdb19868200532c2069"},
     {file = "pyyaml_env_tag-0.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:70092675bda14fdec33b31ba77e7543de9ddc88f2e5b99160396572d11525bdb"},
 ]
+requests = []
 rich = []
 six = [
     {file = "six-1.16.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:8abb2f1d86890a2dfb989f9a77cfcfd3e47c2a354b01111771326f8aa26e0254"},
@@ -1297,6 +1309,7 @@ typed-ast = [
     {file = "typed_ast-1.5.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:39e21ceb7388e4bb37f4c679d72707ed46c2fbf2a5609b8b8ebc4b067d977df2"},
 ]
 typing-extensions = []
+urllib3 = []
 virtualenv = []
 watchdog = [
     {file = "watchdog-2.1.9-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_9_universal2.whl", hash = "sha256:a735a990a1095f75ca4f36ea2ef2752c99e6ee997c46b0de507ba40a09bf7330"},
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 71eb976e5..3d022f9ca 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ textual = "textual.cli.cli:run"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.7"
-rich = "^12.5.0"
+rich = "^12.6.0a1"
 #rich = {path="../rich", develop=true}
 importlib-metadata = "^4.11.3"
 typing-extensions = { version = "^4.0.0", python = "<3.8" }
diff --git a/sandbox/will/basic.css b/sandbox/will/basic.css
index e69cdf021..fbbbbba61 100644
--- a/sandbox/will/basic.css
+++ b/sandbox/will/basic.css
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ App > Screen {
   layers: base sidebar;  
   layout: vertical;
   overflow: hidden;
+
 }
 
 #tree-container {
diff --git a/sandbox/will/basic.py b/sandbox/will/basic.py
index a4adb9d76..0b89151fa 100644
--- a/sandbox/will/basic.py
+++ b/sandbox/will/basic.py
@@ -104,9 +104,11 @@ class Success(Static):
         return Text("This is a success  message", justify="center")
 
 
-class BasicApp(App, css_path="basic.css"):
+class BasicApp(App):
     """A basic app demonstrating CSS"""
 
+    CSS_PATH = "basic.css"
+
     def on_load(self):
         """Bind keys here."""
         self.bind("s", "toggle_class('#sidebar', '-active')", description="Sidebar")
diff --git a/src/textual/render.py b/src/textual/render.py
index 5de558857..ca8fe72bd 100644
--- a/src/textual/render.py
+++ b/src/textual/render.py
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ def measure(console: Console, renderable: RenderableType, default: int) -> int:
     Returns:
         int: Width in cells
     """
+    width = default
     renderable = rich_cast(renderable)
     get_console_width = getattr(renderable, "__rich_measure__", None)
     if get_console_width is not None:
-        render_width = get_console_width(console, console.options).normalize().maximum
-        return max(0, render_width)
-    return default
+        render_width = get_console_width(console, console.options).maximum
+        width = max(0, render_width)
+    return width
diff --git a/src/textual/widget.py b/src/textual/widget.py
index dcd079091..7ec579ca0 100644
--- a/src/textual/widget.py
+++ b/src/textual/widget.py
@@ -87,8 +87,13 @@ class Widget(DOMNode):
     COMPONENT_CLASSES: ClassVar[set[str]] = set()
 
     can_focus: bool = False
+    """Widget may receive focus."""
     can_focus_children: bool = True
-    fluid = Reactive(True)
+    """Widget's children may receive focus."""
+    expand = Reactive(True)
+    """Rich renderable may expand."""
+    shrink = Reactive(True)
+    """Rich renderable may shrink."""
 
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -237,26 +242,6 @@ class Widget(DOMNode):
         """Clear arrangement cache, forcing a new arrange operation."""
         self._arrangement = None
 
-    def watch_show_horizontal_scrollbar(self, value: bool) -> None:
-        """Watch function for show_horizontal_scrollbar attribute.
-
-        Args:
-            value (bool): Show horizontal scrollbar flag.
-        """
-        if not value:
-            # reset the scroll position if the scrollbar is hidden.
-            self.scroll_to(0, 0, animate=False)
-
-    def watch_show_vertical_scrollbar(self, value: bool) -> None:
-        """Watch function for show_vertical_scrollbar attribute.
-
-        Args:
-            value (bool): Show vertical scrollbar flag.
-        """
-        if not value:
-            # reset the scroll position if the scrollbar is hidden.
-            self.scroll_to(0, 0, animate=False)
-
     def mount(self, *anon_widgets: Widget, **widgets: Widget) -> None:
         """Mount child widgets (making this widget a container).
 
@@ -350,7 +335,9 @@ class Widget(DOMNode):
         renderable = self._render()
 
         width = measure(console, renderable, container.width)
-        if self.fluid:
+        if self.expand:
+            width = max(container.width, width)
+        if self.shrink:
             width = min(width, container.width)
 
         self._content_width_cache = (cache_key, width)
@@ -514,6 +501,11 @@ class Widget(DOMNode):
         elif overflow_y == "auto":
             show_vertical = self.virtual_size.height > height
 
+        if overflow_x == "auto" and show_vertical and not show_horizontal:
+            show_horizontal = (
+                self.virtual_size.width + styles.scrollbar_size_vertical > width
+            )
+
         self.show_horizontal_scrollbar = show_horizontal
         self.show_vertical_scrollbar = show_vertical
         self.horizontal_scrollbar.display = show_horizontal
diff --git a/src/textual/widgets/_static.py b/src/textual/widgets/_static.py
index bab12cfa3..93381f666 100644
--- a/src/textual/widgets/_static.py
+++ b/src/textual/widgets/_static.py
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ class Static(Widget):
     Args:
         renderable (RenderableType, optional): A Rich renderable, or string containing console markup.
             Defaults to "".
-        fluid (bool, optional): Enable fluid content (adapts to size of window). Defaults to True.
+        expand (bool, optional): Rich renderable may expand beyond optimal. Defaults to False.
+        shrink (bool, optional): Rich renderable may shrink below optional. Defaults to False.
         name (str | None, optional): Name of widget. Defaults to None.
         id (str | None, optional): ID of Widget. Defaults to None.
         classes (str | None, optional): Space separated list of class names. Defaults to None.
@@ -43,14 +44,16 @@ class Static(Widget):
     }
     """
 
-    fluid = reactive(True, layout=True)
+    expand = reactive(False)
+    shrink = reactive(False)
     _renderable: RenderableType
 
     def __init__(
         self,
         renderable: RenderableType = "",
         *,
-        fluid: bool = True,
+        expand: bool = False,
+        shrink: bool = False,
         markup: bool = True,
         name: str | None = None,
         id: str | None = None,
@@ -58,7 +61,8 @@ class Static(Widget):
     ) -> None:
 
         super().__init__(name=name, id=id, classes=classes)
-        self.fluid = fluid
+        self.expand = expand
+        self.shrink = shrink
         self.markup = markup
         self.renderable = renderable
         _check_renderable(renderable)