diff -ru gtk-smooth-engine-0.6.0.1.orig/engines/gtk2/src/smooth_gtk2_drawing.c gtk-smooth-engine-0.6.0.1/engines/gtk2/src/smooth_gtk2_drawing.c
--- gtk-smooth-engine-0.6.0.1.orig/engines/gtk2/src/smooth_gtk2_drawing.c	2010-09-04 17:58:15.000000000 -0400
+++ gtk-smooth-engine-0.6.0.1/engines/gtk2/src/smooth_gtk2_drawing.c	2010-09-04 19:29:45.000000000 -0400
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@
            SmoothInt height)
 {
 	gboolean free_dash_list = FALSE;
+	gboolean pattern_assigned = FALSE;
 	gint8 *dash_list = NULL;
 
 	SmoothColor color;
@@ -253,9 +254,7 @@
 	SmoothBool interior_focus = FALSE;
 
 	/* Setup Pen Color, Line Pattern, & Width */
-	{
 		/* Get Style's Focus Color */
-		{
 			if (FOCUS_USE_FOREGROUND(style, state_type)) 
 			{
 				color = FOCUS_FOREGROUND(style, GDKSmoothWidgetState(state_type));
@@ -265,13 +264,13 @@
 				color = COLOR_CUBE(style).Interaction[GDKSmoothWidgetState(state_type)].Foreground;
 			}
 	
-			SmoothCanvasCacheColor(Canvas, &color);		
-		}
+			SmoothCanvasCacheColor(Canvas, &color);	
 
 		/* Check for a Smooth Focus Part Line Width and Pattern */
 		if (FOCUS_USE_PATTERN(style, state_type))
 		{
 			dash_pattern.Pattern = FOCUS_PATTERN(style, state_type);
+			pattern_assigned = TRUE;
 		}
 		else 
 		{
@@ -286,6 +285,7 @@
 			if (dash_list) 
 			{
 				dash_pattern.Pattern = dash_list;
+				pattern_assigned = TRUE;
 			} 
     		}
 
@@ -305,19 +305,23 @@
 		if (CHECK_DETAIL(detail, "add-mode"))
 		{
 			dash_pattern.Pattern = "\4\4";
+			pattern_assigned = TRUE;
 		}
 
+	
+	if (pattern_assigned) {
+		dash_pattern.Length = strlen(dash_pattern.Pattern);
+		
 		SmoothCanvasSetPenValues(Canvas, color, line_width, 
 						dash_pattern.Pattern[0] ? GDK_LINE_ON_OFF_DASH : GDK_LINE_SOLID,
 						GDK_JOIN_MITER, GDK_CAP_NOT_LAST);
+		
+		SmoothCanvasSetPenPattern(Canvas, dash_pattern);
 	}
 
-	dash_pattern.Length = strlen(dash_pattern.Pattern);
-
-	if (dash_pattern.Pattern[0])
-		SmoothCanvasSetPenPattern(Canvas, dash_pattern);
-	
-	gtk_widget_get_focus_props (widget, NULL, NULL, &interior_focus);
+	if (widget) {
+		gtk_widget_get_focus_props (widget, NULL, NULL, &interior_focus);
+	}
 
  	if (CHECK_DETAIL(detail, "button") && (is_in_combo_box (widget) && (ENTRY_BUTTON_EMBED(style))))
 	{
diff -ru gtk-smooth-engine-0.6.0.1.orig/engines/shared/gtk/smooth_gtk_drawing.c gtk-smooth-engine-0.6.0.1/engines/shared/gtk/smooth_gtk_drawing.c
--- gtk-smooth-engine-0.6.0.1.orig/engines/shared/gtk/smooth_gtk_drawing.c	2010-09-04 17:58:15.000000000 -0400
+++ gtk-smooth-engine-0.6.0.1/engines/shared/gtk/smooth_gtk_drawing.c	2010-09-04 19:24:00.000000000 -0400
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@
 		else
 			SmoothDrawBorderWithGap(&border, Canvas, base, x, y-thick, width, height+thick, GTK_POS_TOP, 0, width);
 	}
-	else if (CHECK_DETAIL(detail, "trough"))
+	else if (part && CHECK_DETAIL(detail, "trough"))
 	{
 			SmoothDrawBorderWithGap(&border, Canvas, base, x+PART_XPADDING(part), y+PART_YPADDING(part), 
 						width-PART_XPADDING(part)*2, height-PART_YPADDING(part)*2, 0, 0, 0);