diff --git a/tailbone/static/js/tailbone.buefy.form.js b/tailbone/static/js/tailbone.buefy.form.js
index e6aa7fa8..77181271 100644
--- a/tailbone/static/js/tailbone.buefy.form.js
+++ b/tailbone/static/js/tailbone.buefy.form.js
@@ -3,5 +3,3 @@ let TailboneForm = {
     template: '#tailbone-form-template',
     methods: {}
 }
-
-let TailboneFormData = {}
diff --git a/tailbone/static/js/tailbone.buefy.oncebutton.js b/tailbone/static/js/tailbone.buefy.oncebutton.js
index dd229791..47dbf79f 100644
--- a/tailbone/static/js/tailbone.buefy.oncebutton.js
+++ b/tailbone/static/js/tailbone.buefy.oncebutton.js
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ const OnceButton = {
         '<b-button',
         ':type="type"',
         ':native-type="nativeType"',
+        ':tag="tag"',
+        ':href="href"',
+        ':title="title"',
         ':disabled="disabled"',
         '@click="clicked"',
         '>',
@@ -15,7 +18,10 @@ const OnceButton = {
     props: {
         type: String,
         nativeType: String,
+        tag: String,
+        href: String,
         text: String,
+        title: String,
         working: String,
         workingText: String,
         disabled: Boolean
diff --git a/tailbone/subscribers.py b/tailbone/subscribers.py
index 7d81b5b1..4f1d7388 100644
--- a/tailbone/subscribers.py
+++ b/tailbone/subscribers.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 #
 #  Rattail -- Retail Software Framework
-#  Copyright © 2010-2018 Lance Edgar
+#  Copyright © 2010-2019 Lance Edgar
 #
 #  This file is part of Rattail.
 #
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ import rattail
 from rattail.db import model
 from rattail.db.auth import cache_permissions
 
+import colander
+import deform
 from pyramid import threadlocal
 from webhelpers2.html import tags
 
@@ -97,6 +99,8 @@ def before_render(event):
     renderer_globals['six'] = six
     renderer_globals['json'] = json
     renderer_globals['datetime'] = datetime
+    renderer_globals['colander'] = colander
+    renderer_globals['deform'] = deform
 
     # theme  - we only want do this for classic web app, *not* API
     # TODO: so, clearly we need a better way to distinguish the two
diff --git a/tailbone/templates/batch/view.mako b/tailbone/templates/batch/view.mako
index 94b9b5f5..07a44a61 100644
--- a/tailbone/templates/batch/view.mako
+++ b/tailbone/templates/batch/view.mako
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@
   % if master.batch_refreshable(batch) and request.has_perm('{}.refresh'.format(permission_prefix)):
       % if use_buefy:
           ## TODO: this should surely use a POST request?
-          <a class="button"
-             href="${url('{}.refresh'.format(route_prefix), uuid=batch.uuid)}">
-            Refresh Data
-          </a>
+          <once-button tag="a"
+                       href="${url('{}.refresh'.format(route_prefix), uuid=batch.uuid)}"
+                       text="Refresh Data">
+          </once-button>
       % else:
           <button type="button" class="button" id="refresh-data">Refresh Data</button>
       % endif
@@ -74,17 +74,16 @@
 </%def>
 
 <%def name="execute_submit_button()">
-  <button type="submit"
-          class="button is-primary"
-          % if not execute_enabled:
-          disabled="disabled"
-          % endif
-          % if why_not_execute:
-          title="${why_not_execute}"
-          % endif
-          >
-    ${execute_title}
-  </button>
+  <once-button type="is-primary"
+               native-type="submit"
+               % if not execute_enabled:
+               disabled
+               % endif
+               % if why_not_execute:
+               title="${why_not_execute}"
+               % endif
+               text="${execute_title}">
+  </once-button>
 </%def>
 
 <%def name="execute_button()">
@@ -145,30 +144,21 @@
   % endif
 </%def>
 
-<div style="display: flex; justify-content: space-between;">
+<%def name="render_form()">
+  ## TODO: should use self.render_form_buttons()
+  ## ${form.render(form_id='batch-form', buttons=capture(self.render_form_buttons))|n}
+  ${form.render(form_id='batch-form', buttons=capture(buttons))|n}
+</%def>
 
-  <div class="form-wrapper">
-    ${form.render(form_id='batch-form', buttons=capture(buttons))|n}
-  </div><!-- form-wrapper -->
 
-  <div style="display: flex; align-items: flex-start;">
-
-    <div class="object-helpers">
-      ${self.object_helpers()}
-    </div>
-
-    <ul id="context-menu">
-      ${self.context_menu_items()}
-    </ul>
-
-  </div>
-
-</div>
+${self.render_form_complete()}
 
 % if use_buefy:
     <br /><br />
     ## TODO: stop using |n filter
     ${rows_grid.render_buefy(allow_save_defaults=False, tools=rows_grid_tools)|n}
+    ${self.make_tailbone_form_app()}
+    ${self.make_tailbone_grid_app()}
 % else:
     ## no buefy, so do the traditional thing
     ${rows_grid|n}
diff --git a/tailbone/templates/deform/file_upload.pt b/tailbone/templates/deform/file_upload.pt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8daab2f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tailbone/templates/deform/file_upload.pt
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<!-- -*- mode: html; -*- -->
+<tal:block tal:define="oid oid|field.oid;
+                       css_class css_class|field.widget.css_class;
+                       style style|field.widget.style;
+                       field_name field_name|field.name;
+                       use_buefy use_buefy|0;">
+
+  <div tal:condition="not use_buefy" tal:omit-tag="">
+    ${field.start_mapping()}
+    <input type="file" name="upload" id="${oid}"
+           tal:attributes="style style;
+                           accept accept|field.widget.accept;
+                           data-filename cstruct.get('filename');
+                           attributes|field.widget.attributes|{};"/>
+    <input tal:define="uid cstruct.get('uid')"
+           tal:condition="uid"
+           type="hidden" name="uid" value="${uid}"/>
+    ${field.end_mapping()}
+    <script type="text/javascript">
+      deform.addCallback('${oid}', function (oid) {
+        $('#' + oid).upload();
+      });
+    </script>
+  </div>
+
+  <div tal:condition="use_buefy"
+       tal:define="vmodel vmodel|'field_model_' + field_name;"
+       tal:omit-tag="">
+    ${field.start_mapping()}
+    <b-upload name="upload"
+              v-model="${vmodel}">
+      <a class="button is-primary">
+        <b-icon pack="fas" icon="upload"></b-icon>
+        <span>Click to upload</span>
+      </a>
+    </b-upload>
+    <span class="file-name" v-if="${vmodel}">
+      {{ ${vmodel}.name }}
+    </span>
+    ${field.end_mapping()}
+  </div>
+
+</tal:block>
diff --git a/tailbone/templates/form.mako b/tailbone/templates/form.mako
index 52a5e297..2fb050ac 100644
--- a/tailbone/templates/form.mako
+++ b/tailbone/templates/form.mako
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
       ${self.render_form()}
     </div>
 
-    <div style="display: flex;">
+    <div style="display: flex; align-items: flex-start;">
       <div class="object-helpers">
         ${self.object_helpers()}
       </div>
diff --git a/tailbone/templates/forms/deform_buefy.mako b/tailbone/templates/forms/deform_buefy.mako
index 69767de9..f97f6a85 100644
--- a/tailbone/templates/forms/deform_buefy.mako
+++ b/tailbone/templates/forms/deform_buefy.mako
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
 
             <b-field horizontal
                      label="${form.get_label(field.name)}"
+                     ## TODO: is this class="file" really needed?
+                     % if isinstance(field.schema.typ, deform.FileData):
+                     class="file"
+                     % endif
                      % if field.error:
                      type="is-danger"
                      :message='${form.messages_json(field.error.messages())|n}'
@@ -58,6 +62,28 @@
   </div>
 </script>
 
+<script type="text/javascript">
+
+  let TailboneFormData = {
+
+      ## TODO: ugh, this seems pretty hacky.  need to declare some data models
+      ## for various field components to bind to...
+      % if not form.readonly:
+          % for field in form.fields:
+              % if field in dform:
+                  <% field = dform[field] %>
+                  % if isinstance(field.schema.typ, colander.Date):
+                      field_model_${field.name}: null,
+                  % elif isinstance(field.schema.typ, deform.FileData):
+                      field_model_${field.name}: null,
+                  % endif
+              % endif
+          % endfor
+      % endif
+  }
+
+</script>
+
 
 <div id="tailbone-form-app">
   <tailbone-form></tailbone-form>
diff --git a/tailbone/templates/master/view.mako b/tailbone/templates/master/view.mako
index 38af7862..7d395de9 100644
--- a/tailbone/templates/master/view.mako
+++ b/tailbone/templates/master/view.mako
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   ${parent.extra_javascript()}
   % if master.has_rows:
       % if use_buefy:
-          ${h.javascript_link(request.static_url('tailbone:static/js/tailbone.buefy.gridfilters.js') + '?ver={}'.format(tailbone.__version__))}
+          ${h.javascript_link(request.static_url('tailbone:static/js/tailbone.buefy.grid.js') + '?ver={}'.format(tailbone.__version__))}
       % else:
       <script type="text/javascript">
         $(function() {
@@ -69,6 +69,25 @@
   ${rows_grid_tools}
 </%def>
 
+<%def name="modify_tailbone_grid()">
+  ## NOTE: if you override this, must use <script> tags
+</%def>
+
+<%def name="make_tailbone_grid_app()">
+  ${self.modify_tailbone_grid()}
+  <script type="text/javascript">
+
+    TailboneGrid.data = function() { return TailboneGridData }
+
+    Vue.component('tailbone-grid', TailboneGrid)
+
+    new Vue({
+        el: '#tailbone-grid-app'
+    });
+
+  </script>
+</%def>
+
 
 ${self.render_form_complete()}
 
@@ -77,12 +96,13 @@ ${self.render_form_complete()}
         <br /><br />
         ## TODO: stop using |n filter
         ${rows_grid.render_buefy(allow_save_defaults=False, tools=capture(self.render_row_grid_tools))|n}
+        ${self.make_tailbone_grid_app()}
     % else:
         ## no buefy, so do the traditional thing
         ${rows_grid|n}
     % endif
 % endif
 
-% if form.use_buefy:
+% if use_buefy:
     ${self.make_tailbone_form_app()}
 % endif