diff --git a/lib/ugui.c3l/src/ugui_core.c3 b/lib/ugui.c3l/src/ugui_core.c3
index c96725a..144d236 100644
--- a/lib/ugui.c3l/src/ugui_core.c3
+++ b/lib/ugui.c3l/src/ugui_core.c3
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ alias ElemCache = cache::Cache{Id, Elem, MAX_ELEMENTS};
 
 alias CmdQueue = fifo::Fifo{Cmd};
 
-faultdef INVALID_SIZE, EVENT_UNSUPPORTED, UNEXPECTED_ELEMENT, WRONG_ELEMENT_TYPE, WRONG_ID;
+faultdef INVALID_SIZE, EVENT_UNSUPPORTED, WRONG_ELEMENT_TYPE, WRONG_ID;
 
 const Rect DIV_FILL = { .x = 0, .y = 0, .w = 0, .h = 0 };
 
@@ -117,7 +117,10 @@ struct Ctx {
 fn Elem*? Ctx.get_parent(&ctx)
 {
 	Id parent_id = ctx.tree.get(ctx.active_div)!;
-	return ctx.cache.search(parent_id);
+	Elem*? parent = ctx.cache.search(parent_id);
+	if (catch parent) return parent;
+	if (parent.type != ETYPE_DIV) return WRONG_ELEMENT_TYPE?;
+	return parent; 
 }
 
 macro @bits(#a) => $typeof(#a).sizeof*8;
diff --git a/lib/ugui.c3l/src/ugui_layout.c3 b/lib/ugui.c3l/src/ugui_layout.c3
index e59cb66..805b2c9 100644
--- a/lib/ugui.c3l/src/ugui_layout.c3
+++ b/lib/ugui.c3l/src/ugui_layout.c3
@@ -9,51 +9,25 @@ enum Layout {
 
 fn void? Ctx.layout_set_row(&ctx)
 {
-	Id parent_id = ctx.tree.get(ctx.active_div)!;
-	Elem *parent = ctx.cache.search(parent_id)!;
-
-	if (parent.type != ETYPE_DIV) {
-		// what?
-		return UNEXPECTED_ELEMENT?;
-	}
-
+	Elem *parent = ctx.get_parent()!;
 	parent.div.layout = LAYOUT_ROW;
 }
 
 fn void? Ctx.layout_set_column(&ctx)
 {
-	Id parent_id = ctx.tree.get(ctx.active_div)!;
-	Elem *parent = ctx.cache.search(parent_id)!;
-
-	if (parent.type != ETYPE_DIV) {
-		// what?
-		return UNEXPECTED_ELEMENT?;
-	}
-
+	Elem *parent = ctx.get_parent()!;
 	parent.div.layout = LAYOUT_COLUMN;
 }
 
 fn void? Ctx.layout_set_floating(&ctx)
 {
-	Id parent_id = ctx.tree.get(ctx.active_div)!;
-	Elem *parent = ctx.cache.search(parent_id)!;
-
-	if (parent.type != ETYPE_DIV) {
-		// what?
-		return UNEXPECTED_ELEMENT?;
-	}
-
+	Elem *parent = ctx.get_parent()!;
 	parent.div.layout = LAYOUT_FLOATING;
 }
 
 fn void? Ctx.layout_next_row(&ctx)
 {
-	Id parent_id = ctx.tree.get(ctx.active_div)!;
-	Elem *parent = ctx.cache.search(parent_id)!;
-
-	if (parent.type != ETYPE_DIV) {
-		return UNEXPECTED_ELEMENT?;
-	}
+	Elem *parent = ctx.get_parent()!;
 
 	parent.div.origin_r = {
 		.x = parent.bounds.x,
@@ -64,12 +38,7 @@ fn void? Ctx.layout_next_row(&ctx)
 
 fn void? Ctx.layout_next_column(&ctx)
 {
-	Id parent_id = ctx.tree.get(ctx.active_div)!;
-	Elem *parent = ctx.cache.search(parent_id)!;
-
-	if (parent.type != ETYPE_DIV) {
-		return UNEXPECTED_ELEMENT?;
-	}
+	Elem *parent = ctx.get_parent()!;
 
 	parent.div.origin_c = {
 		.x = parent.div.children_bounds.bottom_right().x,