diff --git a/light9/web/edit-choice.coffee b/light9/web/edit-choice.coffee
--- a/light9/web/edit-choice.coffee
+++ b/light9/web/edit-choice.coffee
@@ -44,11 +44,6 @@ Polymer
     properties:
         graph: {type: Object, notify: true},
         uri: {type: String, notify: true},
-        label: {type: String, notify: true}
-
-    observers: [
-      'gotGraph(graph, uri)'
-      ]
 
     ready: ->
       @uri = null
@@ -56,15 +51,6 @@ Polymer
         @uri=uri
         @updateLabel()
 
-    gotGraph: ->
-      @graph.runHandler(@updateLabel.bind(@), "edit-choice #{@uri}")
-        
-    updateLabel: ->
-      @label = try
-          @graph.stringValue(@uri, RDFS + 'label')
-        catch
-          @uri
-
     unlink: ->
       @uri = null
 
diff --git a/light9/web/timeline/timeline-elements.html b/light9/web/timeline/timeline-elements.html
--- a/light9/web/timeline/timeline-elements.html
+++ b/light9/web/timeline/timeline-elements.html
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@
                                        selection="{{selection}}"
                                        song="{{song}}"
                                        uri="{{uri}}"
+                                       effect="{{effect}}"
     >
     </light9-timeline-note-inline-attrs>
   </template>
@@ -282,7 +283,7 @@
     <div id="top" style$="left: [[rect.left]]px; top: [[rect.top]]px; width: [[rect.width]]px; height: [[rect.height]]px; display: [[rect.display]]">
       <div>note [[noteLabel]] <button on-click="onDel">del</button></div>
       <table>
-        <tr><th>effect:</th><td><edit-choice uri="{{effect}}" label="{{effectLabel}}"></edit-choice></td></tr>
+        <tr><th>effect:</th><td><edit-choice graph="{{graph}}" uri="{{effect}}"></edit-choice></td></tr>
         <tr><th>colorScale:</th><td>
           <light9-color-picker color="{{colorScale}}"></light9-color-picker>
         </td></tr>
diff --git a/light9/web/timeline/timeline.coffee b/light9/web/timeline/timeline.coffee
--- a/light9/web/timeline/timeline.coffee
+++ b/light9/web/timeline/timeline.coffee
@@ -400,13 +400,13 @@ Polymer
     selection: { type: Object, notify: true }
   observers: [
     'onGraph(graph, dia, setAdjuster, song, zoomInX)'
-    'observedUpdate(song, rowIndex)'
+    'observedUpdate(graph, song, rowIndex)'
     'onZoom(zoomInX)'
     ]
   onGraph: ->
     @graph.runHandler(@update.bind(@), "row notes #{@rowIndex}")
 
-  observedUpdate: (song, rowIndex) ->
+  observedUpdate: (graph, song, rowIndex) ->
     @update() # old behavior
     #@graph.runHandler(@update.bind(@), "row notes #{@rowIndex}")
 
@@ -632,7 +632,6 @@ Polymer
     uri: { type: String, notify: true }  # the Note
     rect: { type: Object, notify: true }
     effect: { type: String, notify: true }
-    effectLabel: { type: String, notify: true }
     colorScale: { type: String, notify: true }
     noteLabel: { type: String, notify: true }
     selection: { type: Object, notify: true }
@@ -679,10 +678,6 @@ Polymer
     #console.time('attrs update')
     U = (x) => @graph.Uri(x)
     @effect = @graph.uriValue(@uri, U(':effectClass'))
-    try
-      @effectLabel = @graph.stringValue(@effect, U('rdfs:label'))
-    catch
-      @effectLabel = @effect.replace(/.*\//, '')
     @noteLabel = @uri.replace(/.*\//, '')
 
     existingColorScaleSetting = null