diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html
index 34132f3..85703bf 100644
--- a/public/index.html
+++ b/public/index.html
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 			margin: 0;
 			padding: 8px;
 			box-sizing: border-box;
-			font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;
 		}
 
 		h1 {
diff --git a/src/components/modals/Modal.scss b/src/components/modals/Modal.scss
index 6a03b7f..f20d71e 100644
--- a/src/components/modals/Modal.scss
+++ b/src/components/modals/Modal.scss
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
   --clearSelectTop: 2px;
   --clearSelectBottom: 2px;
   --itemIsActiveBG: #3883fa; // theme-color
+
+  font-family: $font-family;
+  font-size: $font-size;
   
   .contents {
     padding: 20px;
diff --git a/src/components/modals/SortModal.scss b/src/components/modals/SortModal.scss
index 5d44a84..cbb0552 100644
--- a/src/components/modals/SortModal.scss
+++ b/src/components/modals/SortModal.scss
@@ -12,6 +12,19 @@
       vertical-align: middle;
       font-weight: normal;
       padding-bottom: $padding;
+      
+      input.path {
+        width: 100%;
+        box-sizing: border-box;
+        padding: 6px 16px; // TODO: define variables for those props
+        border: 1px solid $border-gray;
+        border-radius: $border-radius;
+        font-family: $font-family;
+        font-size: $font-size;
+        color: $black;
+        outline: none;
+      }
+
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/modals/SortModal.svelte b/src/components/modals/SortModal.svelte
index 1e25fc2..ea679db 100644
--- a/src/components/modals/SortModal.svelte
+++ b/src/components/modals/SortModal.svelte
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   import { getNestedPaths } from '../../utils/arrayUtils.js'
   import { getIn, setIn } from '../../utils/immutabilityHelpers.js'
   import { isObject } from '../../utils/typeUtils.js'
+  import { stringifyPath } from '../../utils/pathUtils.js'
 
   export let json
   export let path
@@ -33,10 +34,17 @@
   let selectedProperty = undefined
   let selectedDirection = asc
 
+  $: {
+    // if there is only one option, select it and do not render the select box
+    if (selectedProperty === undefined && properties && properties.length === 1) {
+      selectedProperty = properties[0]
+    }
+  }
+
   function pathToOption (path) {
     return { 
         value: path, 
-        label: path.join('.') 
+        label: stringifyPath(path) 
     }
   }
 
@@ -125,10 +133,17 @@
         {#if path.length > 0}
           <tr>
             <th>Path</th>
-            <td>{path.join('.')}</td>
+            <td>
+              <input 
+                class="path"
+                type="text" 
+                readonly 
+                value={stringifyPath(path)} 
+              />
+            </td>
           </tr>
         {/if}
-        {#if isArray}
+        {#if isArray && (properties.length > 1 || selectedProperty === undefined) }
           <tr>
             <th>Property</th>
             <td>
diff --git a/src/components/treemode/JSONNode.scss b/src/components/treemode/JSONNode.scss
index 2651f8d..7d72d00 100644
--- a/src/components/treemode/JSONNode.scss
+++ b/src/components/treemode/JSONNode.scss
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 .json-node {
   position: relative;
-  font-family: $font-family;
-  font-size: $font-size;
+  font-family: $font-family-mono;
+  font-size: $font-size-mono;
   color: $black;
 
   &.root {
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
   cursor: pointer;
   background: transparent;
   color: $gray-icon;
-  font-size: $font-size;
+  font-size: $font-size-mono;
   line-height: $line-height;
 }
 
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
   vertical-align: top;
   border: none;
   font-size: $font-size-small;
-  font-family: $font-family-menu;
+  font-family: $font-family;
   color: white;
   background: $light-gray;
   border-radius: 2px;
diff --git a/src/components/treemode/Menu.scss b/src/components/treemode/Menu.scss
index 14b5032..fa06c74 100644
--- a/src/components/treemode/Menu.scss
+++ b/src/components/treemode/Menu.scss
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 @import '../../styles.scss';
 
 .menu {
-  font-family: $font-family-menu;
+  font-family: $font-family;
   font-size: $font-size;
   background: $theme-color;
   color: $white;
diff --git a/src/components/treemode/TreeMode.svelte b/src/components/treemode/TreeMode.svelte
index a2a5e5a..9682bd7 100644
--- a/src/components/treemode/TreeMode.svelte
+++ b/src/components/treemode/TreeMode.svelte
@@ -31,12 +31,13 @@
   import { keyComboFromEvent } from '../../utils/keyBindings.js'
   import { search, searchNext, searchPrevious } from '../../logic/search.js'
   import { immutableJSONPatch } from '../../utils/immutableJSONPatch'
-  import { last, cloneDeep } from 'lodash-es'
+  import { first, last, initial, cloneDeep } from 'lodash-es'
   import jump from '../../assets/jump.js/src/jump.js'
   import { expandPath, syncState, patchProps } from '../../logic/documentState.js'
   import Menu from './Menu.svelte'
   import { isObjectOrArray } from '../../utils/typeUtils.js'
   import { mapValidationErrors } from '../../logic/validation.js'
+  import { stringifyPath } from '../../utils/pathUtils.js'
   import SortModal from '../modals/SortModal.svelte'
   import TransformModal from '../modals/TransformModal.svelte'
 
@@ -262,9 +263,15 @@
   }
 
   function handleSort () {
+    const path = selection && selection.paths
+      ? selection.paths.length > 1 
+        ? initial(first(selection.paths)) // the parent path of the paths
+        : first(selection.paths) // the first and only path
+      : []
+
     open(SortModal, {
       json: doc,
-      path: [], // FIXME: based on selection
+      path,
       onSort: sortedDoc => {
         console.log('onSort', sortedDoc)
         doc = sortedDoc
diff --git a/src/styles.scss b/src/styles.scss
index d1b6bec..d508367 100644
--- a/src/styles.scss
+++ b/src/styles.scss
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 
-$font-family: consolas, monaco, "lucida console", "courier new",  "dejavu sans mono", "droid sans mono", courier, monospace, sans-serif;
-$font-size: 14px;
+$font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;
+$font-family-mono: consolas, monaco, "lucida console", "courier new",  "dejavu sans mono", "droid sans mono", courier, monospace, sans-serif;
+$font-size-mono: 14px;
+$font-size: 16px;
 $font-size-small: 11px;
-$font-family-menu: arial, "sans-serif";
 
 $white: #fff;
 $black: #1A1A1A;
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ $light-gray: #c0c0c0;
 $selection-background: #e0e0e0;
 $hovered-background: #f0f0f0;
 $background-gray: #f5f5f5;
+$border-gray: #d8dbdf;
 
 $line-height: 18px;
 $indentation-width: 18px; // IMPORTANT: keep in sync with js constant INDENTATION_WIDTH
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ button {
   background: transparent;
   color: inherit;
   cursor: pointer;
-  font-family: $font-family-menu;
+  font-family: $font-family;
   font-size: $font-size;
   padding: $menu-padding;
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/pathUtils.js b/src/utils/pathUtils.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4a22dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/pathUtils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+
+/**
+ * Stringify a path like 
+ * 
+ *     ["data", 2, "nested", "property"] 
+ * 
+ * into a string:
+ *    
+ *     ".data[2].nested.property"
+ * 
+ * @param {Path}
+ * @return {string}
+ */ 
+export function stringifyPath (path) {
+  return path.map(prop => {
+    return typeof prop === 'number' 
+      ? `[${prop}]`
+      : `.${prop}`
+  }).join('')
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/pathUtils.test.js b/src/utils/pathUtils.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dea79fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/pathUtils.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import assert from 'assert'
+import { stringifyPath } from './pathUtils.js'
+
+describe('pathUtils', () => {
+  it('stringifyPath', () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(stringifyPath(["data", 2, "nested", "property"]), '.data[2].nested.property')
+    assert.strictEqual(stringifyPath(['']), '.')
+    assert.strictEqual(stringifyPath([]), '')
+  })
+})
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