diff --git a/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/common/widgets/Box.qml b/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/common/widgets/Box.qml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a043e4bcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/common/widgets/Box.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+pragma ComponentBehavior: Bound
+import QtQuick
+
+// A type that's both capable of being rows and columns
+// Qt Row is just a locked down Grid smh
+// Calling it a Box because that's how row-or-column widget is called in Gtk
+Grid {
+    property bool vertical: false
+    columns: vertical ? 1 : -1
+    rows: vertical ? -1 : 1
+}
diff --git a/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/common/widgets/BoxLayout.qml b/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/common/widgets/BoxLayout.qml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..47747a730
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/common/widgets/BoxLayout.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+pragma ComponentBehavior: Bound
+import QtQuick
+import QtQuick.Layouts
+
+// Box, Layout version
+// A type that's both capable of being rows and columns
+// Qt Row is just a locked down Grid smh
+// Calling it a Box because that's how row-or-column widget is called in Gtk
+GridLayout {
+    property bool vertical: false
+    columns: vertical ? 1 : -1
+    rows: vertical ? -1 : 1
+}
diff --git a/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/common/widgets/ChoreographerGridLayout.qml b/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/common/widgets/ChoreographerGridLayout.qml
index b723cc27e..1581f0601 100644
--- a/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/common/widgets/ChoreographerGridLayout.qml
+++ b/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/common/widgets/ChoreographerGridLayout.qml
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@ pragma ComponentBehavior: Bound
 import QtQuick
 import QtQuick.Layouts
 
-GridLayout {
+BoxLayout {
     id: root
 
-    property bool vertical: true
-    columns: vertical ? 1 : -1
+    vertical: true
     property real totalDuration: 250
     property real interval: totalDuration / count
 
diff --git a/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/hefty/topLayer/bar/widgets/HWorkspaces.qml b/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/hefty/topLayer/bar/widgets/HWorkspaces.qml
index da2b6a8bc..db4700967 100644
--- a/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/hefty/topLayer/bar/widgets/HWorkspaces.qml
+++ b/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/hefty/topLayer/bar/widgets/HWorkspaces.qml
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ HBarWidgetContainer {
     }
 
     /////////////////// Components ///////////////////
-    component WorkspaceLayout: Grid {
+    component WorkspaceLayout: Box {
         anchors {
             top: !root.vertical ? parent.top : undefined
             bottom: !root.vertical ? parent.bottom : undefined
@@ -349,8 +349,7 @@ HBarWidgetContainer {
 
         rowSpacing: 0
         columnSpacing: 0
-        columns: root.vertical ? 1 : -1
-        rows: root.vertical ? -1 : 1
+        vertical: root.vertical
     }
 
     component WorkspaceItem: Item {
diff --git a/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/ii/bar/BarGroup.qml b/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/ii/bar/BarGroup.qml
index 35769e405..fc8708d6e 100644
--- a/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/ii/bar/BarGroup.qml
+++ b/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/ii/bar/BarGroup.qml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import qs.modules.common
+import qs.modules.common.widgets
 import QtQuick
 import QtQuick.Layouts
 
@@ -23,9 +24,9 @@ Item {
         radius: Appearance.rounding.small
     }
 
-    GridLayout {
+    BoxLayout {
         id: gridLayout
-        columns: root.vertical ? 1 : -1
+        vertical: root.vertical
         anchors {
             verticalCenter: root.vertical ? undefined : parent.verticalCenter
             horizontalCenter: root.vertical ? parent.horizontalCenter : undefined
diff --git a/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/ii/bar/SysTray.qml b/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/ii/bar/SysTray.qml
index 56d33e0d4..98b9c7fa6 100644
--- a/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/ii/bar/SysTray.qml
+++ b/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/ii/bar/SysTray.qml
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ Item {
         }
     }
 
-    GridLayout {
+    BoxLayout {
         id: gridLayout
-        columns: root.vertical ? 1 : -1
+        vertical: root.vertical
         anchors.fill: parent
         rowSpacing: 8
         columnSpacing: 15
diff --git a/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/ii/bar/Workspaces.qml b/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/ii/bar/Workspaces.qml
index 05c7399b9..fe755d4ed 100644
--- a/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/ii/bar/Workspaces.qml
+++ b/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/ii/bar/Workspaces.qml
@@ -82,14 +82,13 @@ Item {
     }
 
     // Workspaces - background
-    Grid {
+    Box {
         z: 1
         anchors.centerIn: parent
 
         rowSpacing: 0
         columnSpacing: 0
-        columns: root.vertical ? 1 : -1
-        rows: root.vertical ? -1 : 1
+        vertical: root.vertical
 
         Repeater {
             model: wsModel.shownCount
@@ -160,13 +159,12 @@ Item {
     }
 
     // Workspaces - numbers
-    Grid {
+    Box {
         id: wsNumbers
         z: 3
         anchors.fill: parent
 
-        columns: root.vertical ? 1 : -1
-        rows: root.vertical ? -1 : 1
+        vertical: root.vertical
         columnSpacing: 0
         rowSpacing: 0