diff --git a/src/controls/button.rs b/src/controls/button.rs
index 1b72b24..e79556b 100644
--- a/src/controls/button.rs
+++ b/src/controls/button.rs
@@ -1,48 +1,57 @@
-use super::{ControlRenderData, VanityControlBuilder, VanityControlData};
+use super::ControlRenderData;
 use crate::{form::FormToolData, form_builder::FormBuilder, styles::FormStyle};
-use leptos::{RwSignal, Signal, View};
+use leptos::RwSignal;
 use std::rc::Rc;
 use web_sys::MouseEvent;
 
-#[derive(Clone)]
+#[derive(Default, Clone)]
 pub struct ButtonData<FD: FormToolData> {
     pub(crate) text: String,
     pub(crate) action: Option<Rc<dyn Fn(MouseEvent, &mut FD)>>,
-
-    // this will need to be set before calling the build method
-    pub(crate) fd_signal: RwSignal<FD>,
-}
-
-impl<FD: FormToolData> VanityControlData for ButtonData<FD> {
-    fn build_control<FS: FormStyle>(
-        fs: &FS,
-        control: ControlRenderData<FS, Self>,
-        _value_getter: Option<Signal<String>>,
-    ) -> View {
-        fs.button(control)
-    }
 }
 
 impl<FD: FormToolData, FS: FormStyle> FormBuilder<FD, FS> {
     pub fn button(
         mut self,
-        builder: impl Fn(
-            VanityControlBuilder<FD, FS, ButtonData<FD>>,
-        ) -> VanityControlBuilder<FD, FS, ButtonData<FD>>,
+        builder: impl Fn(ButtonBuilder<FD, FS>) -> ButtonBuilder<FD, FS>,
     ) -> Self {
-        let data = ButtonData {
-            text: String::default(),
-            action: None,
-            fd_signal: self.fd,
+        let button_builder = ButtonBuilder::new();
+        let control = builder(button_builder);
+
+        let render_data = ControlRenderData {
+            data: Box::new(control.data),
+            styles: control.styles,
         };
-        let vanity_builder = VanityControlBuilder::new(data);
-        let control = builder(vanity_builder);
-        self.add_vanity(control);
+
+        let render_fn = move |fs: &FS, fd: RwSignal<FD>| {
+            let view = fs.button(render_data, fd);
+            (view, None)
+        };
+        self.render_fns.push(Box::new(render_fn));
+
         self
     }
 }
 
-impl<FD: FormToolData, FS: FormStyle> VanityControlBuilder<FD, FS, ButtonData<FD>> {
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct ButtonBuilder<FD: FormToolData, FS: FormStyle> {
+    pub(crate) styles: Vec<FS::StylingAttributes>,
+    pub(crate) data: ButtonData<FD>,
+}
+
+impl<FD: FormToolData, FS: FormStyle> ButtonBuilder<FD, FS> {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        ButtonBuilder {
+            styles: Vec::default(),
+            data: ButtonData::default(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn style(mut self, style: FS::StylingAttributes) -> Self {
+        self.styles.push(style);
+        self
+    }
+
     pub fn text(mut self, text: impl ToString) -> Self {
         self.data.text = text.to_string();
         self
diff --git a/src/controls/mod.rs b/src/controls/mod.rs
index 751cf82..e8b4509 100644
--- a/src/controls/mod.rs
+++ b/src/controls/mod.rs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ pub trait ValidatedControlData: ControlData {}
 /// The data needed to render a interactive control of type `C`.
 pub struct ControlRenderData<FS: FormStyle + ?Sized, C: ?Sized> {
     pub data: Box<C>,
-    pub style: Vec<FS::StylingAttributes>,
+    pub styles: Vec<FS::StylingAttributes>,
 }
 
 /// The data needed to render a read-only control of type `C`.
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ impl<FD: FormToolData, FS: FormStyle, C: VanityControlData> VanityControlBuilder
         BuiltVanityControlData {
             render_data: ControlRenderData {
                 data: Box::new(self.data),
-                style: self.style_attributes,
+                styles: self.style_attributes,
             },
             getter: self.getter,
         }
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ impl<FD: FormToolData, FS: FormStyle, C: ControlData, FDT> ControlBuilder<FD, FS
         Ok(BuiltControlData {
             render_data: ControlRenderData {
                 data: Box::new(self.data),
-                style: self.style_attributes,
+                styles: self.style_attributes,
             },
             getter,
             setter,
diff --git a/src/controls/select.rs b/src/controls/select.rs
index 8d06488..09f7577 100644
--- a/src/controls/select.rs
+++ b/src/controls/select.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-use leptos::{Signal, View};
-
 use super::{ControlBuilder, ControlData, ControlRenderData, ValidatedControlData};
 use crate::{form::FormToolData, form_builder::FormBuilder, styles::FormStyle};
+use leptos::{Signal, View};
 
 // TODO: have an option to have a display string and a value string in the options field
 
@@ -9,7 +8,7 @@ use crate::{form::FormToolData, form_builder::FormBuilder, styles::FormStyle};
 pub struct SelectData {
     pub(crate) name: String,
     pub(crate) label: Option<String>,
-    pub(crate) options: Vec<String>,
+    pub(crate) options: Vec<(String, String)>,
 }
 
 impl ControlData for SelectData {
@@ -50,13 +49,36 @@ impl<FD: FormToolData, FS: FormStyle, FDT> ControlBuilder<FD, FS, SelectData, FD
     }
 
     pub fn with_option(mut self, option: impl ToString) -> Self {
-        self.data.options.push(option.to_string());
+        self.data
+            .options
+            .push((option.to_string(), option.to_string()));
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_option_valued(mut self, display: impl ToString, value: impl ToString) -> Self {
+        self.data
+            .options
+            .push((display.to_string(), value.to_string()));
         self
     }
 
     pub fn with_options(mut self, options: impl Iterator<Item = impl ToString>) -> Self {
         for option in options {
-            self.data.options.push(option.to_string());
+            self.data
+                .options
+                .push((option.to_string(), option.to_string()));
+        }
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_options_valued(
+        mut self,
+        options: impl Iterator<Item = (impl ToString, impl ToString)>,
+    ) -> Self {
+        for option in options {
+            self.data
+                .options
+                .push((option.0.to_string(), option.1.to_string()));
         }
         self
     }
diff --git a/src/styles/grid_form.rs b/src/styles/grid_form.rs
index dc6cf9e..81ca54f 100644
--- a/src/styles/grid_form.rs
+++ b/src/styles/grid_form.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 use super::FormStyle;
-use crate::controls::{
-    checkbox::CheckboxData, heading::HeadingData, hidden::HiddenData, output::OutputData,
-    select::SelectData, spacer::SpacerData, submit::SubmitData, text_area::TextAreaData,
-    text_input::TextInputData, ControlData, ControlRenderData,
+use crate::{
+    controls::{
+        button::ButtonData, checkbox::CheckboxData, heading::HeadingData, hidden::HiddenData,
+        output::OutputData, select::SelectData, spacer::SpacerData, submit::SubmitData,
+        text_area::TextAreaData, text_input::TextInputData, ControlData, ControlRenderData,
+    },
+    FormToolData,
 };
 use leptos::*;
 use std::rc::Rc;
@@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ impl FormStyle for GridFormStyle {
     ) -> View {
         // TODO: extract this to a common thing
         let mut width = 1;
-        for style in control.style {
+        for style in control.styles {
             match style {
                 GridFormStylingAttributes::Width(w) => width = w,
             }
@@ -78,14 +81,10 @@ impl FormStyle for GridFormStyle {
             .data
             .options
             .into_iter()
-            .map(|value| {
-                let cloned_value = value.clone();
+            .map(|(display, value)| {
                 view! {
-                    <option
-                        value=value.clone()
-                        selected=move || {value_getter.get() == *cloned_value}
-                    >
-                        {value.clone()}
+                    <option value=value.clone() selected=move || { value_getter.get() == *value }>
+                        {display.clone()}
                     </option>
                 }
             })
@@ -112,9 +111,7 @@ impl FormStyle for GridFormStyle {
     }
 
     fn submit(&self, control: ControlRenderData<Self, SubmitData>) -> View {
-        view! {
-            <input type="submit" value=control.data.text class="form_submit"/>
-        }
+        view! { <input type="submit" value=control.data.text class="form_submit"/> }
         .into_view()
     }
 
@@ -137,7 +134,8 @@ impl FormStyle for GridFormStyle {
                     on:change=move |ev| {
                         value_setter(event_target_value(&ev));
                     }
-                ></textarea>
+                >
+                </textarea>
 
             </div>
         }
@@ -168,7 +166,7 @@ impl FormStyle for GridFormStyle {
         validation_state: Signal<Result<(), String>>,
     ) -> View {
         let mut width = 1;
-        for style in control.style {
+        for style in control.styles {
             match style {
                 GridFormStylingAttributes::Width(w) => width = w,
             }
@@ -198,6 +196,7 @@ impl FormStyle for GridFormStyle {
                             }
                         }
                     />
+
                     <label for=&o>{&o}</label>
                     <br/>
                 }
@@ -230,7 +229,7 @@ impl FormStyle for GridFormStyle {
         value_setter: Box<dyn Fn(<CheckboxData as ControlData>::ReturnType)>,
     ) -> View {
         let mut width = 1;
-        for style in control.style {
+        for style in control.styles {
             match style {
                 GridFormStylingAttributes::Width(w) => width = w,
             }
@@ -270,7 +269,7 @@ impl FormStyle for GridFormStyle {
         validation_state: Signal<Result<(), String>>,
     ) -> View {
         let mut width = 1;
-        for style in control.style {
+        for style in control.styles {
             match style {
                 GridFormStylingAttributes::Width(w) => width = w,
             }
@@ -317,7 +316,7 @@ impl FormStyle for GridFormStyle {
         validation_state: Signal<Result<(), String>>,
     ) -> View {
         let mut width = 1;
-        for style in control.style {
+        for style in control.styles {
             match style {
                 GridFormStylingAttributes::Width(w) => width = w,
             }
@@ -352,27 +351,32 @@ impl FormStyle for GridFormStyle {
         .into_view()
     }
 
-    fn button<FD: crate::FormToolData>(
+    fn button<FD: FormToolData>(
         &self,
-        control: ControlRenderData<Self, crate::controls::button::ButtonData<FD>>,
+        control: ControlRenderData<Self, ButtonData<FD>>,
+        data_signal: RwSignal<FD>,
     ) -> View {
         let mut width = 1;
-        for style in control.style {
+        for style in control.styles {
             match style {
                 GridFormStylingAttributes::Width(w) => width = w,
             }
         }
 
         let action = control.data.action.clone();
-        let signal = control.data.fd_signal.clone();
         let on_click = move |ev: MouseEvent| {
             if let Some(action) = action.clone() {
-                signal.update(|fd| action(ev, fd));
+                data_signal.update(|fd| action(ev, fd));
             }
         };
 
         view! {
-            <button type="button" class="form_button" on:click=on_click style:grid-column=format!("span {}", width)>
+            <button
+                type="button"
+                class="form_button"
+                on:click=on_click
+                style:grid-column=format!("span {}", width)
+            >
                 {control.data.text}
             </button>
         }
@@ -398,15 +402,13 @@ impl FormStyle for GridFormStyle {
 
     fn spacer(&self, control: ControlRenderData<Self, SpacerData>) -> View {
         let mut width = 12;
-        for style in control.style {
+        for style in control.styles {
             match style {
                 GridFormStylingAttributes::Width(w) => width = w,
             }
         }
 
-        view! {
-            <div style:grid-column=format!("span {}", width) style:height=control.data.height/>
-        }
+        view! { <div style:grid-column=format!("span {}", width) style:height=control.data.height></div> }
         .into_view()
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/styles/mod.rs b/src/styles/mod.rs
index 36383f6..68fb6cd 100644
--- a/src/styles/mod.rs
+++ b/src/styles/mod.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use crate::{
     },
     FormToolData,
 };
-use leptos::{Signal, View};
+use leptos::{RwSignal, Signal, View};
 
 pub use grid_form::{GridFormStyle, GridFormStylingAttributes};
 
@@ -58,7 +58,11 @@ pub trait FormStyle: Default + 'static {
         value_setter: Box<dyn Fn(<SelectData as ControlData>::ReturnType)>,
         validation_state: Signal<Result<(), String>>,
     ) -> View;
-    fn button<FD: FormToolData>(&self, control: ControlRenderData<Self, ButtonData<FD>>) -> View;
+    fn button<FD: FormToolData>(
+        &self,
+        control: ControlRenderData<Self, ButtonData<FD>>,
+        data_signal: RwSignal<FD>,
+    ) -> View;
     fn checkbox(
         &self,
         control: ControlRenderData<Self, CheckboxData>,