diff --git a/frappy/gui/modulewidget.py b/frappy/gui/modulewidget.py
index b8c3197..5731a7a 100644
--- a/frappy/gui/modulewidget.py
+++ b/frappy/gui/modulewidget.py
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ class AnimatedLabelHandthrough(QWidget):
 class ModuleWidget(QWidget):
     plot = pyqtSignal(str)
     plotAdd = pyqtSignal(str)
+    paramDetails = pyqtSignal(str, str)
     def __init__(self, node, name, parent=None):
         super().__init__(parent)
         loadUi(self, 'modulewidget.ui')
@@ -285,7 +286,7 @@ class ModuleWidget(QWidget):
         l.addWidget(nameLabel, row,0,1,1)
         l.addWidget(display, row,1,1,5)
         l.addWidget(unitLabel, row,6)
-        self._addPlotButtons(param, row)
+        self._addButtons(param, row)
 
     def _addRWParam(self, param, row):
         props = self._node.getProperties(self._name, param)
@@ -316,9 +317,9 @@ class ModuleWidget(QWidget):
         l.addWidget(inputEdit, row,4,1,2)
         l.addWidget(unitLabel2, row,6,1,1)
         l.addWidget(submitButton, row, 7)
-        self._addPlotButtons(param, row)
+        self._addButtons(param, row)
 
-    def _addPlotButtons(self, param, row):
+    def _addButtons(self, param, row):
         if param == 'status':
             return
         plotButton = QToolButton()
@@ -328,17 +329,24 @@ class ModuleWidget(QWidget):
         plotAddButton.setIcon(QIcon(':/icons/plot-add'))
         plotAddButton.setToolTip('Plot With...')
 
+        detailsButton= QToolButton()
+        detailsButton.setIcon(QIcon(':/icons/plot-add'))
+        detailsButton.setToolTip('show parameter details')
+
         plotButton.clicked.connect(lambda: self.plot.emit(param))
         plotAddButton.clicked.connect(lambda: self.plotAdd.emit(param))
+        detailsButton.clicked.connect(lambda: self.showParamDetails(param))
 
         self._addbtns.append(plotAddButton)
         plotAddButton.setDisabled(True)
         self._paramWidgets[param].append(plotButton)
         self._paramWidgets[param].append(plotAddButton)
+        self._paramWidgets[param].append(detailsButton)
 
         l = self.moduleDisplay.layout()
         l.addWidget(plotButton, row, 8)
         l.addWidget(plotAddButton, row, 9)
+        l.addWidget(detailsButton, row, 10)
 
     def _addCommands(self, startrow):
         cmdicons = {
@@ -401,6 +409,9 @@ class ModuleWidget(QWidget):
         for group in self._groups:
             self._setGroupHidden(group, show)
 
+    def showParamDetails(self, param):
+        self.paramDetails.emit(self._name, param)
+
     def _button_pressed(self, param):
         target = self._paramInputs[param].text()
         try:
diff --git a/frappy/gui/nodewidget.py b/frappy/gui/nodewidget.py
index 6f9fcd5..3b7c78c 100644
--- a/frappy/gui/nodewidget.py
+++ b/frappy/gui/nodewidget.py
@@ -148,12 +148,14 @@ class NodeWidget(QWidget):
                                 self.plotParam(module, param))
             widget.plotAdd.connect(lambda param, module=module:
                                    self._plotPopUp(module, param))
+            widget.paramDetails.connect(self.showDetailedParam)
             widget.showDetails(self.detailed)
             self.noPlots.connect(widget.plotsPresent)
             self._modules[module] = widget
             self._detailedParams[module] = {}
             for param in node.getParameters(module):
                 view = ParameterView(node, module, param)
+                view.setWindowTitle('%s:%s:%s - Properties' % (self._node.equipmentId, module, param))
                 self._detailedParams[module][param] = view
             viewLayout.addWidget(widget)
 
@@ -208,6 +210,9 @@ class NodeWidget(QWidget):
         if settings.value('highlightanimation', True, bool):
             widget.triggerAnimation()
 
+    def showDetailedParam(self, module, param):
+        self._detailedParams[module][param].show()
+
     def _treeContextMenu(self, pos):
         index = self.tree.indexAt(pos)
         if not index.isValid():
diff --git a/frappy/gui/ui/paramview.ui b/frappy/gui/ui/paramview.ui
index 9234e45..c2c9636 100644
--- a/frappy/gui/ui/paramview.ui
+++ b/frappy/gui/ui/paramview.ui
@@ -6,56 +6,68 @@
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
-    <width>100</width>
-    <height>100</height>
+    <width>387</width>
+    <height>190</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
    <string>Form</string>
   </property>
-  <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout">
-   <item row="3" column="0">
-    <spacer name="verticalSpacer">
-     <property name="orientation">
-      <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
-     </property>
-     <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
-      <size>
-       <width>20</width>
-       <height>40</height>
-      </size>
-     </property>
-    </spacer>
-   </item>
-   <item row="0" column="0">
-    <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
+  <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_2">
+   <item>
+    <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
      <item>
-      <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="paramNameLabel">
        <property name="font">
         <font>
+         <pointsize>12</pointsize>
          <weight>75</weight>
-         <italic>false</italic>
          <bold>true</bold>
+         <underline>true</underline>
         </font>
        </property>
        <property name="text">
-        <string>Parameter name:</string>
+        <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; font-size:12pt; font-weight:600; text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;TextLabel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
        </property>
-      </widget>
-     </item>
-     <item>
-      <widget class="QLabel" name="paramNameLabel">
-       <property name="text">
-        <string>TextLabel</string>
+       <property name="textFormat">
+        <enum>Qt::RichText</enum>
+       </property>
+       <property name="alignment">
+        <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
     </layout>
    </item>
-   <item row="2" column="0">
+   <item>
+    <spacer name="verticalSpacer_2">
+     <property name="orientation">
+      <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+     </property>
+     <property name="sizeType">
+      <enum>QSizePolicy::Fixed</enum>
+     </property>
+     <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+      <size>
+       <width>20</width>
+       <height>10</height>
+      </size>
+     </property>
+    </spacer>
+   </item>
+   <item>
     <widget class="QGroupBox" name="propertyGroupBox">
+     <property name="sizePolicy">
+      <sizepolicy hsizetype="MinimumExpanding" vsizetype="MinimumExpanding">
+       <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+       <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+      </sizepolicy>
+     </property>
      <property name="title">
-      <string>Properties</string>
+      <string/>
+     </property>
+     <property name="alignment">
+      <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
      </property>
      <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_2">
       <property name="leftMargin">
@@ -76,22 +88,6 @@
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
-   <item row="1" column="0">
-    <spacer name="verticalSpacer_2">
-     <property name="orientation">
-      <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
-     </property>
-     <property name="sizeType">
-      <enum>QSizePolicy::Fixed</enum>
-     </property>
-     <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
-      <size>
-       <width>20</width>
-       <height>20</height>
-      </size>
-     </property>
-    </spacer>
-   </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
  <resources/>