diff --git a/styles-reveal.scss b/styles-reveal.scss
index d4514893..da2aa9ae 100644
--- a/styles-reveal.scss
+++ b/styles-reveal.scss
@@ -82,3 +82,45 @@ body.qwt-dark {
   color: var(--qwt-muted);
   background-color: transparent;
 }
+
+/* In a narrow panel column the number box beside a slider shrank to 56px,
+which cut a value like -0.05 short. Keep it wide enough to read. The floor
+takes width from the slider, so it applies only on screens wide enough to
+spare it; on a phone it would leave the slider about 20px wide. */
+@media (min-width: 768px) {
+  .widget-panel input[type="number"] {
+    min-width: 4.5em;
+  }
+}
+
+/* Interactive widgets sit on a light panel (`.widget-panel`), so their text is
+dark. Keep input boxes light under dark slide deck mode. */
+body.qwt-dark .widget-panel input[type="number"],
+body.qwt-dark .widget-panel input[type="text"],
+body.qwt-dark .widget-panel select {
+  background-color: #fff;
+  color: #222;
+  border: 1px solid #adb5bd;
+}
+
+/* Tables inside light widget panels: keep table text and headers dark ink with transparent backgrounds. */
+.widget-panel table {
+  color: #222;
+  --bs-table-color: #222;
+  --bs-table-bg: transparent;
+  --bs-table-border-color: #dee2e6;
+  --bs-table-striped-color: #222;
+  --bs-table-striped-bg: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);
+}
+
+.widget-panel table thead tr th {
+  background-color: transparent;
+  color: #222;
+  border-bottom: 2px solid #adb5bd;
+}
+
+.widget-panel table th,
+.widget-panel table td {
+  color: #222;
+  border-color: #dee2e6;
+}
diff --git a/styles.css b/styles.css
index 91773384..15e1e66f 100644
--- a/styles.css
+++ b/styles.css
@@ -227,3 +227,50 @@ body.quarto-dark code:not(pre > code) {
 .equation-anchor:hover {
   opacity: 1;
 }
+
+/* In a narrow panel column the number box beside a slider shrank to 56px,
+which cut a value like -0.05 short. Keep it wide enough to read. The floor
+takes width from the slider, so it applies only on screens wide enough to
+spare it; on a phone it would leave the slider about 20px wide. */
+@media (min-width: 768px) {
+  .widget-panel input[type="number"] {
+    min-width: 4.5em;
+  }
+}
+
+/* Interactive widgets sit on a light panel (`.widget-panel`), so their text is
+dark. The dark theme gives text boxes a dark background, which hid the numbers
+beside each slider; keep the boxes light inside a panel. The reveal.js theme
+already leaves these boxes white, so the slides need no counterpart. */
+body.quarto-dark .widget-panel input[type="number"],
+body.quarto-dark .widget-panel input[type="text"],
+body.quarto-dark .widget-panel select {
+  background-color: #fff;
+  color: #222;
+  border: 1px solid #adb5bd;
+}
+
+/* Tables inside light widget panels: Quarto's dark theme sets
+`div.observablehq table thead tr th { background-color: var(--bs-body-bg); }`
+which resolves to dark (#222), hiding the table header against the light
+panel. Pin table text and headers to dark ink with transparent backgrounds. */
+.widget-panel table {
+  color: #222;
+  --bs-table-color: #222;
+  --bs-table-bg: transparent;
+  --bs-table-border-color: #dee2e6;
+  --bs-table-striped-color: #222;
+  --bs-table-striped-bg: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);
+}
+
+.widget-panel table thead tr th {
+  background-color: transparent;
+  color: #222;
+  border-bottom: 2px solid #adb5bd;
+}
+
+.widget-panel table th,
+.widget-panel table td {
+  color: #222;
+  border-color: #dee2e6;
+}