diff --git a/copyparty/web/browser.css b/copyparty/web/browser.css
index 1f5132ae..8421c5ab 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/browser.css
+++ b/copyparty/web/browser.css
@@ -48,12 +48,30 @@ body {
 	padding: 1em 1.3em;
 	border-width: .4em 0;
 	transform: translateX(100%);
-	transition: all .3s cubic-bezier(.2, 1.2, .5, 1);;
+	transition: all .3s cubic-bezier(.2, 1.2, .5, 1);
+	text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 #000;
+	color: #fff;
 }
 #toast.vis {
 	right: 1.3em;
 	transform: unset;
 }
+#toast.inf {
+	background: #07a;
+	border-color: #0be;
+}
+#toast.ok {
+	background: #4a0;
+	border-color: #8e4;
+}
+#toast.warn {
+	background: #a70;
+	border-color: #fc0;
+}
+#toast.err {
+	background: #b00;
+	border-color: #f00;
+}
 #tt.b {
 	padding: 0 2em;
 	border-radius: .5em;
@@ -1009,11 +1027,13 @@ html.light {
 	background: #eee;
 	text-shadow: none;
 }
-html.light #tt,
-html.light #toast {
+html.light #tt {
 	background: #fff;
 	border-color: #888 #000 #777 #000;
-	box-shadow: 0 .3em 1em rgba(0,0,0,0.4);
+}
+html.light #tt,
+html.light #toast {
+		box-shadow: 0 .3em 1em rgba(0,0,0,0.4);
 }
 html.light #tt code {
 	background: #060;
diff --git a/copyparty/web/browser.js b/copyparty/web/browser.js
index 0e672381..9e517fab 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/browser.js
+++ b/copyparty/web/browser.js
@@ -1523,11 +1523,11 @@ var fileman = (function () {
 				vp = vps.shift();
 
 			if (!vp) {
-				toast.show('delete OK', 2000);
+				toast.ok(2000, 'delete OK');
 				treectl.goto(get_evpath());
 				return;
 			}
-			toast.show('deleting ' + (vps.length + 1) + ' items<br /><br />' + vp, 2000);
+			toast.inf(2000, 'deleting ' + (vps.length + 1) + ' items<br /><br />' + vp);
 
 			xhr.open('GET', vp + '?delete', true);
 			xhr.onreadystatechange = delete_cb;
@@ -1539,7 +1539,7 @@ var fileman = (function () {
 
 			if (this.status !== 200) {
 				var msg = this.responseText;
-				toast.show('delete failed:<br />' + msg, 2000);
+				toast.err(2000, 'delete failed:<br />' + msg);
 				return;
 			}
 			deleter();
@@ -1564,7 +1564,7 @@ var fileman = (function () {
 			cl.add(inv ? 'c2' : 'c1');
 		}
 
-		toast.show('cut ' + sel.length + ' items', 1000);
+		toast.inf(1000, 'cut ' + sel.length + ' items');
 		jwrite('fman_clip', vps);
 		r.tx();
 	};
@@ -1597,6 +1597,9 @@ var fileman = (function () {
 		if (exists.length)
 			alert('these ' + exists.length + ' items cannot be pasted here (names already exist):\n\n' + exists.join('\n'));
 
+		if (!req.length)
+			return;
+
 		if (!confirm('paste these ' + req.length + ' items here?\n\n' + req.join('\n')))
 			return;
 
@@ -1605,11 +1608,11 @@ var fileman = (function () {
 				vp = req.shift();
 
 			if (!vp) {
-				toast.show('paste OK', 2000);
+				toast.ok(2000, 'paste OK');
 				treectl.goto(get_evpath());
 				return;
 			}
-			toast.show('pasting ' + (req.length + 1) + ' items<br /><br />' + vp, 2000);
+			toast.inf(2000, 'pasting ' + (req.length + 1) + ' items<br /><br />' + vp);
 
 			var dst = get_evpath() + vp.split('/').slice(-1)[0];
 
@@ -1623,7 +1626,7 @@ var fileman = (function () {
 
 			if (this.status !== 200) {
 				var msg = this.responseText;
-				toast.show('paste failed:<br />' + msg, 2000);
+				toast.err(2000, 'paste failed:<br />' + msg);
 				return;
 			}
 			paster();
diff --git a/copyparty/web/util.js b/copyparty/web/util.js
index e8800c79..84cef05c 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/util.js
+++ b/copyparty/web/util.js
@@ -654,11 +654,24 @@ var toast = (function () {
         clmod(obj, 'vis');
     };
 
-    r.show = function (txt, ms) {
+    r.show = function (cl, ms, txt) {
         clearTimeout(te);
         te = setTimeout(r.hide, ms);
         obj.innerHTML = txt;
-        clmod(obj, 'vis', 1000);
+        obj.className = cl + ' vis';
+    };
+
+    r.ok = function (ms, txt) {
+        r.show('ok', ms, txt);
+    };
+    r.inf = function (ms, txt) {
+        r.show('inf', ms, txt);
+    };
+    r.warn = function (ms, txt) {
+        r.show('warn', ms, txt);
+    };
+    r.err = function (ms, txt) {
+        r.show('err', ms, txt);
     };
 
     return r;