diff --git a/tailbone/menus.py b/tailbone/menus.py
index a9de79dc..e956685d 100644
--- a/tailbone/menus.py
+++ b/tailbone/menus.py
@@ -501,20 +501,10 @@ class MenuHandler(GenericHandler):
                     'perm': 'luigi.list',
                 },
                 {
-                    'title': "Tables",
-                    'route': 'tables',
-                    'perm': 'tables.list',
-                },
-                {
-                    'title': "App Info",
+                    'title': "App Details",
                     'route': 'appinfo',
                     'perm': 'appinfo.list',
                 },
-                {
-                    'title': "Configure App",
-                    'route': 'appinfo.configure',
-                    'perm': 'appinfo.configure',
-                },
                 {
                     'title': "Upgrades",
                     'route': 'upgrades',
diff --git a/tailbone/templates/appinfo/index.mako b/tailbone/templates/appinfo/index.mako
index 4bf70354..9b50b8a9 100644
--- a/tailbone/templates/appinfo/index.mako
+++ b/tailbone/templates/appinfo/index.mako
@@ -3,6 +3,31 @@
 
 <%def name="render_grid_component()">
 
+  <div class="buttons">
+
+    <once-button type="is-primary"
+                 tag="a" href="${url('tables')}"
+                 icon-pack="fas"
+                 icon-left="eye"
+                 text="Tables">
+    </once-button>
+
+    <once-button type="is-primary"
+                 tag="a" href="${url('model_views')}"
+                 icon-pack="fas"
+                 icon-left="eye"
+                 text="Model Views">
+    </once-button>
+
+    <once-button type="is-primary"
+                 tag="a" href="${url('configure_menus')}"
+                 icon-pack="fas"
+                 icon-left="cog"
+                 text="Configure Menus">
+    </once-button>
+
+  </div>
+
   <b-collapse class="panel" open>
 
     <template #trigger="props">
diff --git a/tailbone/templates/configure-menus.mako b/tailbone/templates/configure-menus.mako
index 495b5c65..c0200912 100644
--- a/tailbone/templates/configure-menus.mako
+++ b/tailbone/templates/configure-menus.mako
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
 </%def>
 
 <%def name="form_content()">
+
+  ## nb. must be root to configure menus!  otherwise some of the
+  ## currently-defined menus may not appear on the page, so saving
+  ## would inadvertently remove them!
+  % if request.is_root:
+
   ${h.hidden('menus', **{':value': 'JSON.stringify(allMenuData)'})}
 
   <h3 class="is-size-3">Top-Level Menus</h3>
@@ -182,6 +188,24 @@
 
   </div>
 
+  % else:
+      ## not root!
+
+      <b-notification type="is-warning">
+        You must become root to configure menus!
+      </b-notification>
+
+  % endif
+
+</%def>
+
+## TODO: should probably make some global "editable" flag that the
+## base configure template has knowledge of, and just set that to
+## false for this view
+<%def name="purge_button()">
+  % if request.is_root:
+      ${parent.purge_button()}
+  % endif
 </%def>
 
 <%def name="modify_this_page_vars()">
diff --git a/tailbone/templates/themes/falafel/base.mako b/tailbone/templates/themes/falafel/base.mako
index adbcd893..2db0547f 100644
--- a/tailbone/templates/themes/falafel/base.mako
+++ b/tailbone/templates/themes/falafel/base.mako
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@
                                    tag="a"
                                    href="${url('{}.configure'.format(route_prefix))}"
                                    icon-left="cog"
-                                   text="Configure">
+                                   text="${(configure_button_title or "Configure") if configure_button_title is not Undefined else "Configure"}">
                       </once-button>
                     </div>
                 % endif
diff --git a/tailbone/views/menus.py b/tailbone/views/menus.py
index 37c2536c..a25b1543 100644
--- a/tailbone/views/menus.py
+++ b/tailbone/views/menus.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 #
 #  Rattail -- Retail Software Framework
-#  Copyright © 2010-2022 Lance Edgar
+#  Copyright © 2010-2023 Lance Edgar
 #
 #  This file is part of Rattail.
 #
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ class MenuConfigView(View):
         context = {
             'config_title': "Menus",
             'use_buefy': True,
-            'index_title': "App Settings",
-            'index_url': self.request.route_url('appsettings'),
+            'index_title': "App Details",
+            'index_url': self.request.route_url('appinfo'),
         }
 
         possible_index_options = sorted(
@@ -173,9 +173,7 @@ class MenuConfigView(View):
                          '/configure-menus')
         config.add_view(cls, attr='configure',
                         route_name='configure_menus',
-                        # nb. must be root to configure menus!  b/c
-                        # otherwise some route options may be hidden
-                        permission='admin',
+                        permission='appinfo.configure',
                         renderer='/configure-menus.mako')
         config.add_tailbone_config_page('configure_menus', "Menus", 'admin')
 
diff --git a/tailbone/views/settings.py b/tailbone/views/settings.py
index 72ee704e..190b8b78 100644
--- a/tailbone/views/settings.py
+++ b/tailbone/views/settings.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class AppInfoView(MasterView):
     route_prefix = 'appinfo'
     model_key = 'UNUSED'
     model_title = "UNUSED"
-    model_title_plural = "App Info"
+    model_title_plural = "App Details"
     creatable = False
     viewable = False
     editable = False
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ class AppInfoView(MasterView):
     ]
 
     def get_index_title(self):
-        return "App Info for {}".format(self.rattail_config.app_title())
+        return "{} for {}".format(self.get_model_title_plural(),
+                                  self.rattail_config.app_title())
 
     def get_data(self, session=None):
         pip = os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'bin', 'pip')
@@ -95,6 +96,11 @@ class AppInfoView(MasterView):
             'editable_project_location', foldcase=True)
         g.set_searchable('editable_project_location')
 
+    def template_kwargs_index(self, **kwargs):
+        kwargs = super(AppInfoView, self).template_kwargs_index(**kwargs)
+        kwargs['configure_button_title'] = "Configure App"
+        return kwargs
+
     def configure_get_context(self, **kwargs):
         context = super(AppInfoView, self).configure_get_context(**kwargs)
 
diff --git a/tailbone/views/views.py b/tailbone/views/views.py
index 64f94112..25828cde 100644
--- a/tailbone/views/views.py
+++ b/tailbone/views/views.py
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ class ModelViewView(MasterView):
         g.sorters['label'] = g.make_simple_sorter('label')
         g.set_sort_defaults('label')
         g.set_link('label')
+        g.set_searchable('label')
 
         # model_name
         g.sorters['model_name'] = g.make_simple_sorter('model_name', foldcase=True)
@@ -93,12 +94,14 @@ class ModelViewView(MasterView):
 
         # route
         g.sorters['route'] = g.make_simple_sorter('route')
+        g.set_searchable('route')
 
         # permission
         g.sorters['permission'] = g.make_simple_sorter('permission')
+        g.set_searchable('permission')
 
-    def default_view_url(self, view, i=None):
-        return self.request.route_url(view['route_prefix'])
+    def default_view_url(self):
+        return lambda view, i: self.request.route_url(view['route_prefix'])
 
     def make_form_schema(self):
         return ModelViewSchema()