diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c9c9ba5..a07ff18 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4399,6 +4399,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "tempfile",
  "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "tracing",
 ]
diff --git a/crates/nemo-config/Cargo.toml b/crates/nemo-config/Cargo.toml
index eb64495..e54d910 100644
--- a/crates/nemo-config/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nemo-config/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ regex = "1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 proptest = "1"
+tempfile = "3"
diff --git a/crates/nemo-config/src/xml_parser.rs b/crates/nemo-config/src/xml_parser.rs
index 62ff088..8743c8c 100644
--- a/crates/nemo-config/src/xml_parser.rs
+++ b/crates/nemo-config/src/xml_parser.rs
@@ -460,7 +460,11 @@ impl XmlParser {
         obj: &IndexMap<String, Value>,
         result: &mut IndexMap<String, Value>,
     ) -> Result<(), ParseError> {
-        let src = match obj.get("src").and_then(|v| v.as_str()) {
+        let src = match obj
+            .get("src")
+            .or_else(|| obj.get("href"))
+            .and_then(|v| v.as_str())
+        {
             Some(s) => s,
             None => return Ok(()),
         };
@@ -1517,4 +1521,60 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(template.get("nav_item").is_some());
         assert!(template.get("content_page").is_some());
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_include_href_attribute() {
+        let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+
+        // Create an included file with templates
+        let templates_dir = dir.path().join("templates");
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&templates_dir).unwrap();
+        std::fs::write(
+            templates_dir.join("buttons.xml"),
+            r#"<nemo>
+  <templates>
+    <template name="primary_btn">
+      <button variant="primary" size="md" />
+    </template>
+  </templates>
+</nemo>"#,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+        // Main file uses href instead of src
+        let main_xml = r#"<nemo>
+  <include href="templates/buttons.xml" />
+
+  <layout type="stack">
+    <button id="my_btn" template="primary_btn" label="Click" />
+  </layout>
+</nemo>"#;
+
+        let parser = XmlParser::new()
+            .with_source_name("test".to_string())
+            .with_base_dir(dir.path());
+        let value = parser.parse(main_xml).unwrap();
+
+        // Verify the included templates were merged
+        let templates = value.get("templates").unwrap();
+        let template = templates.get("template").unwrap();
+        assert!(template.get("primary_btn").is_some());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_parse_example_complete() {
+        let value = parse_example("complete");
+        assert!(value.get("app").is_some());
+        assert!(value.get("templates").is_some());
+        assert!(value.get("scripts").is_some());
+        assert!(value.get("layout").is_some());
+        assert!(value.get("data").is_some());
+
+        // Verify templates from included files were merged
+        let templates = value.get("templates").unwrap();
+        let template = templates.get("template").unwrap();
+        assert!(template.get("nav_item").is_some());
+        assert!(template.get("status_card").is_some());
+        assert!(template.get("metric_display").is_some());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/nemo/src/main.rs b/crates/nemo/src/main.rs
index cb83b0a..d3aa245 100644
--- a/crates/nemo/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/nemo/src/main.rs
@@ -212,7 +212,11 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
 
             // Navigate to the initial route after window creation
             let route = ws.read(cx).current_route.clone();
+            let needs_refresh = route != "/";
             use_navigate(cx)(route.into());
+            if needs_refresh {
+                window.refresh();
+            }
 
             *workspace_entity.borrow_mut() = Some(ws.clone());
             cx.new(|_cx| Root::new(ws, window, _cx))
diff --git a/crates/nemo/src/runtime.rs b/crates/nemo/src/runtime.rs
index e18f3d4..505f3bc 100644
--- a/crates/nemo/src/runtime.rs
+++ b/crates/nemo/src/runtime.rs
@@ -1467,7 +1467,7 @@ fn parse_layout_node_as_root(layout: &Value, layout_type: &LayoutType) -> Option
         LayoutType::Tiles => "tiles",
     };
 
-    let mut root = LayoutNode::new(root_type).with_id("root");
+    let mut root = LayoutNode::new(root_type).with_id("__layout_root__");
 
     // Parse component children from the layout object
     if let Some(layout_obj) = layout.as_object() {
diff --git a/examples/complete/app.xml b/examples/complete/app.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05e3196
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/complete/app.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- Complete Example -->
+<!-- Demonstrates multi-file configuration with includes, templates, -->
+<!-- data binding, RHAI scripts, and the demo-settings plugin. -->
+<nemo>
+  <variable name="app_title" type="string" default="Nemo Complete Example" />
+  <variable name="refresh_interval" type="int" default="5" />
+
+  <app title="${var.app_title}" plugins='["demo-settings"]'>
+    <window title="${var.app_title}" width="1000" height="700">
+      <header-bar github-url="https://github.com/geoffjay/nemo/tree/main/examples/complete"
+                  theme-toggle="true" />
+      <footer-bar enabled="false" />
+    </window>
+    <theme name="kanagawa" mode="dark" />
+  </app>
+
+  <script src="./scripts" />
+
+  <!-- Multi-file includes: templates and data sources from separate files -->
+  <include href="templates/nav.xml" />
+  <include href="templates/cards.xml" />
+  <include href="templates/data.xml" />
+
+  <layout type="stack">
+    <stack id="main" direction="horizontal" spacing="0">
+
+      <!-- Sidebar navigation -->
+      <panel id="sidebar">
+        <stack id="sidebar_inner" direction="vertical" spacing="8" padding="16"
+               scroll="true" border-right="1" border-color="theme.border">
+          <label id="sidebar_title" text="${var.app_title}" size="lg" />
+          <label id="cat_main" text="Pages" size="sm" />
+          <button id="nav_dashboard" template="nav_item" label="Dashboard" />
+          <button id="nav_monitoring" template="nav_item" label="Monitoring" />
+          <button id="nav_settings" template="nav_item" label="Settings" />
+        </stack>
+      </panel>
+
+      <!-- Content area -->
+      <stack id="content" direction="vertical" spacing="0" padding="16" scroll="true">
+
+        <!-- Dashboard page (visible by default) -->
+        <panel id="page_dashboard" template="content_page" visible="true">
+          <label id="dash_title" text="Dashboard" size="lg" />
+          <text id="dash_desc" content="Overview of application state with live data from timer sources." />
+
+          <!-- Status cards using included template -->
+          <stack id="dash_cards" direction="horizontal" spacing="16">
+            <panel id="card_uptime" template="status_card">
+              <label id="uptime_title" text="Uptime" size="sm" />
+              <label id="uptime_value" text="0s" size="xl">
+                <binding source="data.ticker" target="text" transform="format_uptime" />
+              </label>
+            </panel>
+
+            <panel id="card_counter" template="status_card">
+              <label id="counter_title" text="Event Counter" size="sm" />
+              <label id="counter_value" text="Count: 0" size="xl">
+                <binding source="data.ticker" target="text" transform="format_counter" />
+              </label>
+              <button id="btn_reset" label="Reset" variant="danger" size="sm"
+                      on-click="on_reset_counter" />
+            </panel>
+
+            <panel id="card_refresh" template="status_card">
+              <label id="refresh_title" text="Stats Refresh" size="sm" />
+              <label id="refresh_value" text="Last update: --" size="md">
+                <binding source="data.stats" target="text" transform="format_timestamp" />
+              </label>
+            </panel>
+          </stack>
+
+          <!-- Metrics section using included template -->
+          <label id="dash_metrics_title" text="Metrics" size="md" />
+          <panel id="metrics_panel" padding="16" border="1" border-color="theme.border" rounded="md">
+            <stack id="metric_1" template="metric_display">
+              <label id="metric_1_name" text="Ticker Interval" size="sm" />
+              <label id="metric_1_val" text="1s" size="sm" />
+            </stack>
+            <stack id="metric_2" template="metric_display">
+              <label id="metric_2_name" text="Stats Interval" size="sm" />
+              <label id="metric_2_val" text="${var.refresh_interval}s" size="sm" />
+            </stack>
+            <stack id="metric_3" template="metric_display">
+              <label id="metric_3_name" text="Plugin" size="sm" />
+              <label id="metric_3_val" text="demo-settings" size="sm" />
+            </stack>
+          </panel>
+        </panel>
+
+        <!-- Monitoring page -->
+        <panel id="page_monitoring" template="content_page">
+          <label id="mon_title" text="Monitoring" size="lg" />
+          <text id="mon_desc" content="Live data monitoring with real-time updates from data sources." />
+
+          <stack id="mon_status_row" direction="horizontal" spacing="8">
+            <tag id="mon_tag_active" label="Active" variant="success" />
+            <tag id="mon_tag_sources" label="2 Sources" variant="info" />
+          </stack>
+
+          <label id="mon_ticker_title" text="Ticker Source" size="md" />
+          <panel id="mon_ticker_panel" padding="12" border="1" border-color="theme.border" rounded="md">
+            <label id="mon_ticker_val" text="Waiting...">
+              <binding source="data.ticker" target="text" transform="format_uptime" />
+            </label>
+            <progress id="mon_ticker_progress" value="0">
+              <binding source="data.ticker" target="value" />
+            </progress>
+          </panel>
+
+          <label id="mon_stats_title" text="Stats Source" size="md" />
+          <panel id="mon_stats_panel" padding="12" border="1" border-color="theme.border" rounded="md">
+            <label id="mon_stats_val" text="Waiting...">
+              <binding source="data.stats" target="text" transform="format_timestamp" />
+            </label>
+          </panel>
+        </panel>
+
+        <!-- Settings page -->
+        <panel id="page_settings" template="content_page">
+          <label id="settings_title" text="Settings" size="lg" />
+          <text id="settings_desc" content="Application settings. The demo-settings plugin provides additional configuration options." />
+
+          <label id="settings_app_title" text="Application" size="md" />
+          <panel id="settings_app_panel" padding="16" border="1" border-color="theme.border" rounded="md">
+            <switch id="settings_auto_refresh" label="Auto-refresh data" checked="true"
+                    on-click="on_toggle_refresh" />
+            <stack id="settings_interval_row" direction="horizontal" spacing="8">
+              <label id="settings_interval_label" text="Refresh interval" size="sm" />
+              <slider id="settings_interval_slider" min="1" max="30" step="1"
+                      value="${var.refresh_interval}" />
+            </stack>
+          </panel>
+
+          <label id="settings_theme_title" text="Theme" size="md" />
+          <panel id="settings_theme_panel" padding="16" border="1" border-color="theme.border" rounded="md">
+            <radio id="settings_theme_mode" options='["Dark","Light"]' value="Dark"
+                   direction="horizontal" />
+          </panel>
+        </panel>
+
+      </stack>
+    </stack>
+  </layout>
+</nemo>
diff --git a/examples/complete/scripts/handlers.rhai b/examples/complete/scripts/handlers.rhai
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05e1e6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/complete/scripts/handlers.rhai
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// Complete Example - UI Event Handlers
+
+// Page panel IDs for navigation
+let ALL_PAGES = [
+    "page_dashboard",
+    "page_monitoring",
+    "page_settings"
+];
+
+// Navigation handler: hides all pages, shows the one matching the clicked button
+fn on_nav(component_id, event_data) {
+    set_component_property("page_dashboard", "visible", false);
+    set_component_property("page_monitoring", "visible", false);
+    set_component_property("page_settings", "visible", false);
+
+    // Derive page ID from nav button ID: "nav_dashboard" -> "page_dashboard"
+    let page_id = replace(component_id, "nav_", "page_");
+    set_component_property(page_id, "visible", true);
+}
+
+// Reset counter button handler
+fn on_reset_counter(component_id, event_data) {
+    set_data("app.counter", 0);
+}
+
+// Toggle auto-refresh
+fn on_toggle_refresh(component_id, event_data) {
+    let current = get_data("app.auto_refresh");
+    let new_val = if current == true { false } else { true };
+    set_data("app.auto_refresh", new_val);
+}
diff --git a/examples/complete/scripts/transforms.rhai b/examples/complete/scripts/transforms.rhai
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09910c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/complete/scripts/transforms.rhai
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// Complete Example - Data Transform Functions
+
+// Format the ticker value as an uptime string
+fn format_uptime(value) {
+    let seconds = value;
+    if seconds == () { seconds = 0; }
+
+    let hours = seconds / 3600;
+    let minutes = (seconds % 3600) / 60;
+    let secs = seconds % 60;
+
+    let result = "";
+    if hours > 0 {
+        result += "" + hours + "h ";
+    }
+    if minutes > 0 || hours > 0 {
+        result += "" + minutes + "m ";
+    }
+    result += "" + secs + "s";
+    result
+}
+
+// Format a counter value with label
+fn format_counter(value) {
+    if value == () {
+        return "Count: 0";
+    }
+    "Count: " + value
+}
+
+// Format stats refresh timestamp
+fn format_timestamp(value) {
+    if value == () {
+        return "Last update: --";
+    }
+    "Last update: " + value + "s ago"
+}
diff --git a/examples/complete/templates/cards.xml b/examples/complete/templates/cards.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0992f47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/complete/templates/cards.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- Card and display templates for the complete example -->
+<nemo>
+  <templates>
+    <template name="status_card">
+      <panel padding="16" border="1" border-color="theme.border" shadow="md" rounded="lg">
+        <stack direction="vertical" spacing="8">
+          <slot />
+        </stack>
+      </panel>
+    </template>
+
+    <template name="metric_display">
+      <stack direction="horizontal" spacing="12" padding="8" border-bottom="1" border-color="theme.border">
+        <slot />
+      </stack>
+    </template>
+
+    <template name="content_page">
+      <panel visible="false">
+        <stack id="inner" direction="vertical" spacing="12" padding="32">
+          <slot />
+        </stack>
+      </panel>
+    </template>
+  </templates>
+</nemo>
diff --git a/examples/complete/templates/data.xml b/examples/complete/templates/data.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30aa516
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/complete/templates/data.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- Data source definitions for the complete example -->
+<nemo>
+  <data>
+    <source name="ticker" type="timer" interval="1" />
+    <source name="stats" type="timer" interval="5" />
+  </data>
+</nemo>
diff --git a/examples/complete/templates/nav.xml b/examples/complete/templates/nav.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fba92e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/complete/templates/nav.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- Navigation templates for the complete example -->
+<nemo>
+  <templates>
+    <template name="nav_item">
+      <button
+        variant="ghost"
+        size="sm"
+        text-color="theme.muted_foreground"
+        full-width="true"
+        min-height="24"
+        align="left"
+        padding-left="2"
+        on-click="on_nav" />
+    </template>
+  </templates>
+</nemo>