diff --git a/input_win.c b/input_win.c
index 4077c944..9da0506c 100644
--- a/input_win.c
+++ b/input_win.c
@@ -30,10 +30,13 @@
  * The example below shows the values of size, input, a call to wgetyx to
  * find the current cursor location, and the index of the input string.
  *
- * size  : "       7 "
- * input : " example "
- * inp_x : "012345678"
- * index : " 0123456 " (inp_x - 1)
+ * view         :    |mple|  
+ * input        : "example te"
+ * index        : "0123456789"
+ * inp_x        : "0123456789"
+ * size         : 10
+ * pad_start    : 3
+ * cols         : 4
  */
 
 #include <string.h>
@@ -63,7 +66,7 @@ void create_input_window(void)
     inp_win = newpad(1, MAX_INP_SIZE);
     wbkgd(inp_win, COLOR_PAIR(1));
     keypad(inp_win, TRUE);
-    wmove(inp_win, 0, 1);
+    wmove(inp_win, 0, 0);
     prefresh(inp_win, 0, pad_start, rows-1, 0, rows-1, cols-1);
 }
 
@@ -79,7 +82,7 @@ void inp_clear(void)
     int rows, cols;
     getmaxyx(stdscr, rows, cols);
     wclear(inp_win);
-    wmove(inp_win, 0, 1);
+    wmove(inp_win, 0, 0);
     pad_start = 0;
     prefresh(inp_win, 0, pad_start, rows-1, 0, rows-1, cols-1);
 }
@@ -110,13 +113,13 @@ void inp_get_char(int *ch, char *input, int *size)
             getyx(inp_win, inp_y, inp_x);
            
             // handle insert if not at end of input
-            if (inp_x <= *size) {
+            if (inp_x < *size) {
                 winsch(inp_win, *ch);
                 wmove(inp_win, inp_y, inp_x+1);
 
-                for (i = *size; i > inp_x -1; i--)
+                for (i = *size; i > inp_x; i--)
                     input[i] = input[i-1];
-                input[inp_x -1] = *ch;
+                input[inp_x] = *ch;
 
                 (*size)++;
 
@@ -148,7 +151,7 @@ void inp_get_password(char *passwd)
     wclear(inp_win);
     noecho();
     mvwgetnstr(inp_win, 0, 1, passwd, 20);
-    wmove(inp_win, 0, 1);
+    wmove(inp_win, 0, 0);
     echo();
     status_bar_clear();
 }
@@ -187,7 +190,7 @@ static int _handle_edit(const int ch, char *input, int *size)
         if (*size > 0) {
 
             // if at end, delete last char
-            if (inp_x > *size) {
+            if (inp_x >= *size) {
                 wmove(inp_win, inp_y, inp_x-1);
                 wdelch(inp_win);
                 (*size)--;
@@ -254,7 +257,7 @@ static int _handle_edit(const int ch, char *input, int *size)
             return 1;
 
         case KEY_HOME:
-            wmove(inp_win, inp_y, 1);
+            wmove(inp_win, inp_y, 0);
             pad_start = 0;
             prefresh(inp_win, 0, pad_start, rows-1, 0, rows-1, cols-1);
             return 1;