diff --git a/src/dlangui/platforms/common/platform.d b/src/dlangui/platforms/common/platform.d
index 42959d4e..eac15788 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/platforms/common/platform.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/platforms/common/platform.d
@@ -1222,6 +1222,14 @@ class Window : CustomEventTarget {
         Log.d("override scheduleSystemTimer to support timers");
     }
 
+    /// poll expired timers; returns true if update is needed
+    bool pollTimers() {
+        bool res = _timerQueue.notify();
+        if (res)
+            update(false);
+        return res;
+    }
+
     /// system timer interval expired - notify queue
     protected void onTimer() {
         //Log.d("window.onTimer");
diff --git a/src/dlangui/platforms/console/consoleapp.d b/src/dlangui/platforms/console/consoleapp.d
index 76497cb1..d3891923 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/platforms/console/consoleapp.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/platforms/console/consoleapp.d
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ class ConsolePlatform : Platform {
         _console.resizeEvent = &onConsoleResize;
         _console.inputIdleEvent = &onInputIdle;
         _console.init();
+        _console.setCursorType(ConsoleCursorType.Invisible);
         _drawBuf = new ConsoleDrawBuf(_console);
     }
 
@@ -154,7 +155,13 @@ class ConsolePlatform : Platform {
         }
         _needRedraw = false;
     }
+
     protected bool onInputIdle() {
+        checkClosedWindows();
+        foreach(w; _windowList) {
+            w.pollTimers();
+            w.handlePostedEvents();
+        }
         checkClosedWindows();
         redraw();
         _console.flush();
diff --git a/views/res/console_theme_default.xml b/views/res/console_theme_default.xml
index 099c5c19..26b7b10e 100644
--- a/views/res/console_theme_default.xml
+++ b/views/res/console_theme_default.xml
@@ -423,12 +423,12 @@
         padding="0,0,0,0"
         />
     <style id="TOOLTIP"
-        backgroundImageId="tooltip_background"
+        backgroundColor="#808080"
         layoutWidth="WRAP_CONTENT"
         layoutHeight="WRAP_CONTENT"
         margins="0,0,0,0"
         padding="1,0,1,0"
-	textColor="#404040"
+	textColor="#00FFFF"
         />
     <style id="TOOLBAR"
         backgroundColor="#000000"
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@
         padding="0,0,0,0"
         backgroundImageId="{'┌─┐' '│ │' '└─┘' 0x808000 bc 0xFFFFFFFF ninepatch 1 1 1 1 padding 1 1 1 1}"
         >
+        <state state_enabled="false" backgroundImageId="{'┌─┐' '│ │' '└─┘' 0x808080 bc 0xFFFFFFFF ninepatch 1 1 1 1 padding 1 1 1 1}"/>
         <state state_enabled="true" state_hover="true" backgroundImageId="{'┌─┐' '│ │' '└─┘' 0xFFFF00 bc 0xFFFFFFFF ninepatch 1 1 1 1 padding 1 1 1 1}"/>
     </style>
     <style id="TOOLBAR_CONTROL"