diff --git a/include/osgWidget/StyleManager b/include/osgWidget/StyleManager
index 19c5f7ce6..edea6a0a4 100644
--- a/include/osgWidget/StyleManager
+++ b/include/osgWidget/StyleManager
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <osgWidget/Box>
 #include <osgWidget/Frame>
 #include <osgWidget/Input>
+#include <osgWidget/Canvas>
 
 namespace osgWidget {
 
@@ -44,6 +45,9 @@ class OSGWIDGET_EXPORT Style: public osg::Object
         virtual bool applyStyle (Box*, Reader);
         virtual bool applyStyle (Frame::Corner*, Reader);
         virtual bool applyStyle (Frame::Border*, Reader);
+        virtual bool applyStyle (Canvas*, Reader);
+
+
 
         void setStyle(const std::string& style) {
             _style = style;
@@ -104,7 +108,8 @@ class OSGWIDGET_EXPORT StyleManager: public osg::Object
         Styles _styles;
 
         template<typename T>
-        bool _applySpecificStyle(T* t, const std::string& style) {
+        bool _applySpecificStyle(T* t, const std::string& style)
+        {
             osgDB::FieldReaderIterator r;
 
             std::istringstream input(_styles[style]->getStyle());
@@ -113,7 +118,15 @@ class OSGWIDGET_EXPORT StyleManager: public osg::Object
 
             bool inc = false;
 
-            while(!r.eof()) if(_styles[style]->applyStyle(t, r)) inc = true;
+            while(!r.eof()) 
+            {
+                if(_styles[style]->applyStyle(t, r)) 
+                    inc = true;
+                else
+                    r.advanceOverCurrentFieldOrBlock();
+            }
+
+
 
             return inc;
         }
diff --git a/src/osgWidget/StyleManager.cpp b/src/osgWidget/StyleManager.cpp
index 48e129a2e..e9f3b39c2 100644
--- a/src/osgWidget/StyleManager.cpp
+++ b/src/osgWidget/StyleManager.cpp
@@ -218,6 +218,11 @@ bool Style::applyStyle(Window* window, Reader r) {
     return true;
 }
 
+bool Style::applyStyle(Canvas* label, Reader r) {
+    return false;
+}
+
+
 bool Style::applyStyle(Window::EmbeddedWindow*, Reader r) {
     return false;
 }
@@ -353,6 +358,12 @@ bool StyleManager::_applyStyleToObject(osg::Object* obj, const std::string& styl
         style,
         c
     );
+    else if(!std::string("Canvas").compare(c)) return _coerceAndApply<Canvas>(
+        obj,
+        style,
+        c
+    );
+
 
     else warn()
         << "StyleManager does not support coercion of objects of type "