diff --git a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/main.js b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/main.js
index 0761a22..a0fcf69 100644
--- a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/main.js
+++ b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/main.js
@@ -689,11 +689,9 @@ function on_player_change_with_confirm( player_no )
     } else {
         // yup - make it so
         ask( "Change player nationality",
-            "<p>Do you want to change this player's nationality?<p>You will lose changes made to their OB.", {
+            "<p> Do you want to change this player's nationality? <p> You will lose changes made to their OB.", {
             ok: function() { on_player_change( player_no ) ; },
-            cancel: function() {
-                $select.val( $select.data("prev-val") ).trigger( "change" ) ;
-            },
+            cancel: function() { $select.val( $select.data("prev-val") ).trigger( "change" ) ; },
         } ) ;
     }
 }
diff --git a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/scenario-upload.js b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/scenario-upload.js
index d46ca01..3726498 100644
--- a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/scenario-upload.js
+++ b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/scenario-upload.js
@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@ window.uploadScenario = function() {
                 if ( vsavDataDecoded.length <= 1024*maxBytes )
                     doSelectVsavData( fname, vsavData ) ;
                 else {
-                    ask( "VASL scenario", "VASL scenario files should be less than " + maxBytes + " KB.", {
+                    ask( "ASL Scenario Archive upload",
+                        "VASL scenario files should be less than " + maxBytes + " KB.", {
                         ok: function() { doSelectVsavData( fname, vsavData ) ; },
+                        ok_caption: "Continue",
                     } ) ;
                 }
             }
@@ -88,8 +90,10 @@ window.uploadScenario = function() {
                 if ( imageDataDecoded.length <= 1024*maxBytes )
                     doSelectScreenshotFile() ;
                 else {
-                    ask( "VASL screenshot", "Screenshots should be less than " + maxBytes + " KB.", {
-                        ok: doSelectScreenshotFile
+                    ask( "ASL Scenario Archive upload",
+                        "Screenshots should be less than " + maxBytes + " KB.", {
+                        ok: doSelectScreenshotFile,
+                        ok_caption: "Continue",
                     } ) ;
                 }
             }
@@ -236,9 +240,10 @@ function uploadFiles( asaScenarioId )
         doUploadFiles() ;
     } else {
         // nope - confirm with the user first
-        ask( "Incomplete upload", warningMsg, {
+        ask( "ASL Scenario Archive upload", warningMsg, {
             width: width,
             ok: doUploadFiles,
+            ok_caption: "Continue",
         } ) ;
     }
 
diff --git a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/simple_notes.js b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/simple_notes.js
index 924e465..bf2dadf 100644
--- a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/simple_notes.js
+++ b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/simple_notes.js
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ function _do_edit_simple_note( $sortable2, $entry, default_width )
         },
         open: function() {
             // initialize
-            on_dialog_open( $(this) ) ;
-            add_flag_to_dialog_titlebar( $(this), get_player_no_for_element($sortable2) ) ;
             $caption = $(this).children( "textarea" ) ;
+            on_dialog_open( $(this), $caption ) ;
+            add_flag_to_dialog_titlebar( $(this), get_player_no_for_element($sortable2) ) ;
             var $btn_pane = $(".ui-dialog.edit-simple_note .ui-dialog-buttonpane") ;
             $width = $btn_pane.children( "input[name='width']" ) ;
             if ( $width.length === 0 ) {
diff --git a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/snippets.js b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/snippets.js
index 56d2201..1631b44 100644
--- a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/snippets.js
+++ b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/snippets.js
@@ -1481,10 +1481,10 @@ function on_load_scenario()
         do_on_load_scenario() ;
     else {
         // yup - confirm the operation
-        ask( "Load scenario", "<p>This scenario has been changed.<p>Do you want load another scenario, and lose your changes?", {
+        ask( "Load scenario",
+            "<p> This scenario has been changed. <p> Do you want to load another scenario, and lose your changes?", {
             width: 470,
             ok: do_on_load_scenario,
-            cancel: function() {},
         } ) ;
     }
 
@@ -1897,9 +1897,9 @@ function on_new_scenario()
         do_on_new_scenario( true ) ;
     else {
         // yup - confirm the operation
-        ask( "New scenario", "<p>This scenario has been changed.<p>Do you want to reset it, and lose your changes?", {
+        ask( "New scenario",
+            "<p> This scenario has been changed. <p> Do you want to reset it, and lose your changes?", {
             ok: function() { do_on_new_scenario( true ) ; },
-            cancel: function() {},
         } ) ;
     }
 }
diff --git a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/sortable.js b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/sortable.js
index 003d4e1..3d8e92e 100644
--- a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/sortable.js
+++ b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/sortable.js
@@ -172,7 +172,8 @@ $.fn.sortable2 = function( action, args )
             caption,
             "</div>"
         ] ;
-        ask( "Delete "+display_name[0], buf.join(""), {
+        ask( "Delete " + display_name[0],
+            buf.join(""), {
             width: 350,
             ok: do_delete_entry,
             close: function() { set_entry_colors( $entry, false ) ; },
diff --git a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/utils.js b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/utils.js
index 84f4a5f..d3f75be 100644
--- a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/utils.js
+++ b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/utils.js
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ function init_dialog( $dlg, ok_button_text, auto_dismiss )
     }
 }
 
-function on_dialog_open( $dlg )
+function on_dialog_open( $dlg, $focus )
 {
     // initialize the dialog
     var ok_button_text = $dlg.data( "ok-button-text" ) ;
@@ -217,8 +217,11 @@ function on_dialog_open( $dlg )
     $( ".ui-dialog-buttonpane button:contains(Cancel)" ).addClass( "cancel" ) ;
 
     // set initial focus
-    var $cancel = $( ".ui-dialog-buttonpane button:contains(Cancel)" ) ;
-    $cancel.focus() ;
+    if ( ! $focus )
+        $focus = $( ".ui-dialog-buttonpane button:contains(Cancel)" ) ;
+    setTimeout( function() {
+        $focus.focus() ;
+    }, 20 ) ;
 }
 
 function auto_dismiss_dialog( $dlg, evt, btn_text )
@@ -242,10 +245,23 @@ function click_dialog_button( $dlg, btn_text )
 
 function ask( title, msg, args )
 {
+    // initialize
+    var $dlg = $( "#ask" ) ;
+    buttons = {} ;
+    var ok_caption = args.ok_caption || "OK" ;
+    buttons[ ok_caption ] = function() {
+        $dlg.dialog( "close" ) ;
+        if ( "ok" in args )
+            args.ok() ;
+    } ;
+    buttons.Cancel = function() {
+        $dlg.dialog( "close" ) ;
+        if ( "cancel" in args )
+            args.cancel() ;
+    } ;
+
     // ask a question
-    var $dlg = $("#ask") ;
-    $dlg.html( msg ) ;
-    $dlg.dialog( {
+    $dlg.html( msg ).dialog( {
         dialogClass: "ask",
         modal: true,
         closeOnEscape: false, // nb: handle_escape() has a special case for this dialog
@@ -253,6 +269,7 @@ function ask( title, msg, args )
         width: args.width || 400,
         minWidth: 250,
         maxHeight: window.innerHeight,
+        buttons: buttons,
         create: function() {
             init_dialog( $(this), "OK", false ) ;
             // we handle ESCAPE ourself, to make it the same as clicking Cancel, not just closing the dialog
@@ -264,27 +281,14 @@ function ask( title, msg, args )
             } ) ;
         },
         open: function() {
+            $(this).data( "ok-button-text", ok_caption ) ;
             on_dialog_open( $(this) ) ;
         },
-        buttons: {
-            OK: function() {
-                $(this).dialog( "close" ) ;
-                if ( "ok" in args )
-                    args.ok() ;
-            },
-            Cancel: function() {
-                $(this).dialog( "close" ) ;
-                if ( "cancel" in args )
-                    args.cancel() ;
-            },
-        },
         close: function() {
             if ( "close" in args )
                 args.close() ;
         },
     } ) ;
-
-    return false ;
 }
 
 function showMsgDialog( title, msg, width )
diff --git a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/vassal.js b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/vassal.js
index b87e814..bc28840 100644
--- a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/vassal.js
+++ b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/vassal.js
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ function on_analyze_vsav()
     if ( voDefined1 || voDefined2 ) {
         // yup - confirm the operation
         ask( "Analyze VASL scenario",
-            "<p>There are some vehicles/ordnance already configured. <p>They will be <i>replaced</i> with those found in the analyzed VASL scenario.", {
+            "<p> There are some vehicles/ordnance already configured. <p> They will be <i>replaced</i> with those found in the analyzed VASL scenario.", {
             width: 520,
             ok: function() { _load_and_process_vsav( _do_analyze_vsav ) ; },
         } ) ;
diff --git a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/vo.js b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/vo.js
index b8880f4..2b1954b 100644
--- a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/vo.js
+++ b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/vo.js
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ function add_vo( vo_type, player_no )
                 }
                 if ( usedVoIds.indexOf( sel_entry.id ) !== -1 ) {
                     var vo_type2 = SORTABLE_DISPLAY_NAMES[ "ob_" + vo_type ][0] ;
-                    ask( "Add "+vo_type2, "<p>This "+vo_type2+" is already in the OB<p>Do you want to add it again?", {
+                    ask( "Add " + vo_type2,
+                        "<p> This " + vo_type2 + " is already in the OB. <p >Do you want to add it again?", {
                         width: 300,
                         ok: add_sel_entry,
                     } ) ;