diff --git a/css/main.css b/css/main.css
index a164f5534c73e03c78dec135c994012db69bacc0..921499c1a2d9f939dbc8a0cab326d3b663a0eaf6 100644
--- a/css/main.css
+++ b/css/main.css
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ hr {
     margin: 20px 0;
 }
 
-input.numberInput{
+input.intInput, number.floatInput{
     width:22%;
     display: inline;
     padding: 8px 10px;
diff --git a/js/menus/LatticeMenuView.js b/js/menus/LatticeMenuView.js
index 348dc486c96a11e5dfe30408caf95d580d26b778..793f3b56aabfec24f0aa25298e066ae2b515c6be 100644
--- a/js/menus/LatticeMenuView.js
+++ b/js/menus/LatticeMenuView.js
@@ -32,10 +32,7 @@ LatticeMenuView = Backbone.View.extend({
     },
 
     _updateGikLength: function(e){
-        e.preventDefault();
-        var newVal = parseInt($(e.target).val());
-        if (isNaN(newVal)) return;
-        globals.lattice.set("gikLength", newVal);
+
     },
 
     _clearCells: function(e){
@@ -104,7 +101,7 @@ LatticeMenuView = Backbone.View.extend({
             <br/><br/>\
         <% } %>\
         <% if (connectionType == "gik") { %>\
-        GIK Length:&nbsp;&nbsp;<input id="gikLength" value="<%= gikLength %>" placeholder="GIK length" class="form-control numberInput" type="text"><br/>\
+        GIK Length:&nbsp;&nbsp;<input data-property="gikLength" value="<%= gikLength %>" placeholder="GIK length" class="form-control intInput lattice" type="text"><br/>\
         <br/>\
         <% } %>\
         <% if (allMaterialTypes[cellType][connectionType]){ %> \
diff --git a/js/menus/MenuWrapperView.js b/js/menus/MenuWrapperView.js
index 80a210e04c0b0541bd3d23f26621d6d34c97853a..ebf0eca585d160c0f8be6c6c7702509021ccf1d2 100644
--- a/js/menus/MenuWrapperView.js
+++ b/js/menus/MenuWrapperView.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MenuWrapper = Backbone.View.extend({
 
     events: {
         "click .menuWrapperTab>a":                     "_tabWasSelected",
-        "click .dropdownSelector":                     "_makeDropdownSelection"
+        "click .dropdownSelector":                     "_makeDropdownSelection",
     },
 
     initialize: function(){
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ MenuWrapper = Backbone.View.extend({
 
         if ($("input").is(":focus") && e.keyCode == 13) {//enter key
             $(e.target).blur();
-//            this.render();
+            this._renderTab();
             return;
         }
 
@@ -55,11 +55,39 @@ MenuWrapper = Backbone.View.extend({
     },
 
     _updateFloat: function(e){
-
+        e.preventDefault();
+        var $target = $(e.target);
+        var newVal = parseFloat($target.val());
+        if (isNaN(newVal)) {
+            console.warn("value is not float");
+            return;
+        }
+        this._setNumber($target, newVal);
     },
 
     _updateInt: function(e){
+        e.preventDefault();
+        var $target = $(e.target);
+        var newVal = parseInt($target.val());
+        if (isNaN(newVal)) {
+            console.warn("value is NaN");
+            return;
+        }
+        this._setNumber($target, newVal);
+    },
 
+    _setNumber: function($target, newVal){
+        var property = $target.data("property");
+        if (!property) {
+            console.warn("no property associated with number input");
+            return;
+        }
+        var key = $target.data("key");
+        if (key){
+            if ($target.hasClass("lattice")) globals.lattice.get(property)[key] = newVal;
+            return;
+        }
+        if ($target.hasClass("lattice")) globals.lattice.set(property, newVal);
     },
 
     _makeDropdownSelection: function(e){
@@ -89,6 +117,12 @@ MenuWrapper = Backbone.View.extend({
             }
         });
 
+        this._renderTab(tabName);
+    },
+
+    _renderTab: function(tabName){
+        if (!tabName) tabName = this.model.get("currentTab");
+
         if (tabName == "lattice"){
             if (!this.latticeMenu) this.latticeMenu = new LatticeMenuView({model:this.model});
             this.latticeMenu.render();
@@ -118,7 +152,6 @@ MenuWrapper = Backbone.View.extend({
             console.warn("no tab initialized!");
             $("#menuContent").html('Coming Soon.');//clear out content from menu
         }
-
     },
 
     render: function(){