diff --git a/layout/vertical.lua b/layout/vertical.lua
index 8c5bd3c..895076d 100644
--- a/layout/vertical.lua
+++ b/layout/vertical.lua
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ local function new(data)
             data._internal.scroll_w and data._internal.scroll_w["down"] or nil,
             data.show_filter and {
                 id     = "filter_widget",
-                widget = filter(data) --FIXME for some reason it doesn't show up
+                data   = data,
+                widget = filter
             } or nil,
 
             -- Attributes
@@ -120,7 +121,6 @@ local function new(data)
     data._internal.content_layout = real_l:get_children_by_id( "content_layout" )[1]
     data._internal.suf_l          = real_l:get_children_by_id( "suffix_layout"  )[1]
     data._internal.pref_l         = real_l:get_children_by_id( "prefix_layout"  )[1]
-    data._internal.filter_tb      = real_l:get_children_by_id( "filter_widget"  )[1]
 
     -- Set the overloaded methods
     real_l.fit = real_fit
diff --git a/widgets/filter.lua b/widgets/filter.lua
index aa587d8..17bf5da 100644
--- a/widgets/filter.lua
+++ b/widgets/filter.lua
@@ -1,31 +1,50 @@
 local setmetatable = setmetatable
-local print = print
-local color = require("gears.color")
-local cairo     = require( "lgi"              ).cairo
-local wibox = require("wibox")
-
-local beautiful    = require( "beautiful"    )
+local wibox        = require("wibox")
+local infoshapes   = require( "radical.widgets.infoshapes" )
 
 local module = {}
 
---TODO broken
+local function set_data(self, data)
+    local info = self:get_children_by_id("infoshapes" )[1]
+    local tb   = self:get_children_by_id("filter_text")[1]
+
+    function self:fit(context,width,height)
+        return width,data.item_height
+    end
+
+    self:set_bg(data.bg_highlight)
+
+    tb:set_markup(" <b>".. data.filter_prefix .."</b> "..data.filter_placeholder)
+
+    info:add_infoshape {
+        text  = data.filter_underlay      ,
+        alpha = data.filter_underlay_alpha,
+        color = data.filter_underlay_color,
+    }
+
+    data:connect_signal("filter_string::changed",function()
+        local is_empty = data.filter_string == ""
+        tb:set_markup(" <b>".. data.filter_prefix .."</b> "..(is_empty and data.filter_placeholder or data.filter_string))
+    end)
+
+    self:set_widget(info) --FIXME there is a bug somewhere
+
+end
+
 local function new(data)
-  local filter_tb = wibox.widget.textbox()
-  local bg = wibox.widget.background()
-  bg:set_bg(data.bg_highlight)
-  bg:set_widget(filter_tb)
-  filter_tb:set_markup(" <b>".. data.filter_prefix .."</b> "..data.filter_placeholder)
-  filter_tb.fit = function(tb,context,width,height)
-    return width,data.item_height
-  end
---   filter_tb:set_underlay(data.filter_underlay,{alpha=data.filter_underlay_alpha,color=data.filter_underlay_color})
-  data:connect_signal("filter_string::changed",function()
-    local is_empty = data.filter_string == ""
-    filter_tb:set_markup(" <b>".. data.filter_prefix .."</b> "..(is_empty and data.filter_placeholder or data.filter_string))
-  end)
-  bg.widget = filter_tb
-  return bg
+    return wibox.widget.base.make_widget_declarative {
+        {
+            {
+                id     = "filter_text",
+                widget = wibox.widget.textbox
+            },
+            id     = "infoshapes",
+            widget = infoshapes  ,
+        },
+        set_data = set_data,
+        widget   = wibox.widget.background
+    }
 end
 
 return setmetatable(module, { __call = function(_, ...) return new(...) end })
--- kate: space-indent on; indent-width 2; replace-tabs on;
+-- kate: space-indent on; indent-width 4; replace-tabs on;