diff --git a/examples/src/main/java/edu/umd/cs/piccolo/examples/ExampleRunner.java b/examples/src/main/java/edu/umd/cs/piccolo/examples/ExampleRunner.java
index 886db72..c08041f 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/java/edu/umd/cs/piccolo/examples/ExampleRunner.java
+++ b/examples/src/main/java/edu/umd/cs/piccolo/examples/ExampleRunner.java
@@ -29,9 +29,12 @@
 package edu.umd.cs.piccolo.examples;
 
 import java.awt.BorderLayout;
+import java.awt.Color;
 import java.awt.Container;
 import java.awt.GridLayout;
 import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
 import javax.swing.JButton;
@@ -40,67 +43,31 @@
 import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
 import javax.swing.JPanel;
 import javax.swing.WindowConstants;
+import javax.swing.border.TitledBorder;
 
 import edu.umd.cs.piccolo.util.PDebug;
 import edu.umd.cs.piccolox.PFrame;
 
 public class ExampleRunner extends JFrame {
-
-    /**
-     * 
-     */
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
     public ExampleRunner() {
         setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
         setTitle("Piccolo Example Runner");
-        setSize(426, 335);
+        setSize(650, 600);
         getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
         createExampleButtons();
+        
+        getContentPane().setBackground(new Color(200, 200, 200));
         validate();
-        pack();
         setVisible(true);
     }
 
     public void createExampleButtons() {
         final Container c = getContentPane();
-        JPanel panel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(0, 1));
-        c.add(BorderLayout.NORTH, panel);
-
-        panel.add(new JCheckBox(new AbstractAction("Print Frame Rates to Console") {
-            /**
-             * 
-             */
-            private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
-            public void actionPerformed(final ActionEvent e) {
-                PDebug.debugPrintFrameRate = !PDebug.debugPrintFrameRate;
-            }
-        }));
-
-        panel.add(new JCheckBox(new AbstractAction("Show Region Managment") {
-            /**
-             * 
-             */
-            private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
-            public void actionPerformed(final ActionEvent e) {
-                PDebug.debugRegionManagement = !PDebug.debugRegionManagement;
-            }
-        }));
-
-        panel.add(new JCheckBox(new AbstractAction("Show Full Bounds") {
-            /**
-             * 
-             */
-            private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
-            public void actionPerformed(final ActionEvent e) {
-                PDebug.debugFullBounds = !PDebug.debugFullBounds;
-            }
-        }));
-
-        panel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(0, 2));
+        
+        c.add(buildOptions(), BorderLayout.NORTH);
+        JPanel panel= new JPanel(new GridLayout(0, 2));
         c.add(BorderLayout.CENTER, panel);
 
         addExampleButtons(panel, new Class[] { ActivityExample.class, AngleNodeExample.class,
@@ -110,12 +77,41 @@
                 HandleExample.class, HelloWorldExample.class, HierarchyZoomExample.class, HtmlViewExample.class,
                 KeyEventFocusExample.class, LayoutExample.class, LensExample.class, NavigationExample.class,
                 NodeCacheExample.class, NodeEventExample.class, NodeExample.class, NodeLinkExample.class,
-                P3DRectExample.class, PanToExample.class, PathExample.class, PositionExample.class, PositionPathActivityExample.class,
-                PulseExample.class, ScrollingExample.class, SelectionExample.class, ShadowExample.class,
-                SquiggleExample.class, StickyExample.class, StickyHandleLayerExample.class, StrokeExample.class,
-                TextExample.class, TooltipExample.class, TwoCanvasExample.class, WaitForActivitiesExample.class });
+                P3DRectExample.class, PanToExample.class, PathExample.class, PositionExample.class,
+                PositionPathActivityExample.class, PulseExample.class, ScrollingExample.class, SelectionExample.class,
+                ShadowExample.class, SquiggleExample.class, StickyExample.class, StickyHandleLayerExample.class,
+                StrokeExample.class, TextExample.class, TooltipExample.class, TwoCanvasExample.class,
+                WaitForActivitiesExample.class });
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param c
+     */
+    private JPanel buildOptions() {
+        JPanel optionsPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(3, 1));        
+        optionsPanel.setBorder(new TitledBorder("Display Options"));
+               
+        optionsPanel.add(new JCheckBox(new AbstractAction("Print Frame Rates to Console") {
+            public void actionPerformed(final ActionEvent e) {
+                PDebug.debugPrintFrameRate = !PDebug.debugPrintFrameRate;
+            }
+        }));
+
+        optionsPanel.add(new JCheckBox(new AbstractAction("Show Region Managment") {
+            public void actionPerformed(final ActionEvent e) {
+                PDebug.debugRegionManagement = !PDebug.debugRegionManagement;
+            }
+        }));
+
+        optionsPanel.add(new JCheckBox(new AbstractAction("Show Full Bounds") {
+            public void actionPerformed(final ActionEvent e) {
+                PDebug.debugFullBounds = !PDebug.debugFullBounds;
+            }
+        }));
+        
+        return optionsPanel;
+    } 
+
     private void addExampleButtons(final JPanel panel, final Class[] exampleClasses) {
         for (int i = 0; i < exampleClasses.length; i++) {
             panel.add(buildExampleButton(exampleClasses[i]));
@@ -125,7 +121,8 @@
     private JButton buildExampleButton(final Class exampleClass) {
         final String fullClassName = exampleClass.getName();
         final String simpleClassName = fullClassName.substring(fullClassName.lastIndexOf('.') + 1);
-        return new JButton(new AbstractAction(simpleClassName) {                  
+        final String exampleLabel = camelToProper(simpleClassName);
+        JButton button = new JButton(new AbstractAction(exampleLabel) {
             public void actionPerformed(final ActionEvent event) {
                 try {
                     final PFrame example = (PFrame) exampleClass.newInstance();
@@ -136,7 +133,25 @@
                             "A problem was encountered running the example.\n\n" + e.getMessage());
                 }
             }
-        });
+        });        
+        button.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
+        button.setHorizontalAlignment(JButton.LEFT);                
+        return button;
+    }
+
+    private String camelToProper(String camel) {
+        Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("[a-z]([A-Z])");
+        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(camel);
+        StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer();
+        int lastIndex = 0;
+        while (matcher.find()) {
+            int nextWord = matcher.start(1);
+            result.append(camel.substring(lastIndex, nextWord));
+            result.append(' ');
+            lastIndex = nextWord;
+        }
+        result.append(camel.substring(lastIndex, camel.length()));
+        return result.toString();
     }
 
     public static void main(final String[] args) {