diff --git a/src/xrt/auxiliary/tracking/t_tracker_slam.cpp b/src/xrt/auxiliary/tracking/t_tracker_slam.cpp
index 0059a7e59..7cb169473 100644
--- a/src/xrt/auxiliary/tracking/t_tracker_slam.cpp
+++ b/src/xrt/auxiliary/tracking/t_tracker_slam.cpp
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ timing_ui_setup(TrackerSlam &t)
 {
 	t.timing.enabled = false;
 
-	u_var_add_ro_ftext(&t, "\n%s", "Tracker timing");
+	u_var_add_ro_raw_text(&t, "\nTracker timing", "Tracker timing");
 
 	// Setup toggle button
 	static const char *msg[2] = {"[OFF] Enable timing", "[ON] Disable timing"};
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ features_ui_setup(TrackerSlam &t)
 {
 	t.features.enabled = false;
 
-	u_var_add_ro_ftext(&t, "\n%s", "Tracker features");
+	u_var_add_ro_raw_text(&t, "\nTracker features", "Tracker features");
 
 	// Setup toggle button
 	static const char *msg[2] = {"[OFF] Enable features info", "[ON] Disable features info"};
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ gt2xr_pose(const xrt_pose &gt_origin, const xrt_pose &gt_pose)
 static void
 gt_ui_setup(TrackerSlam &t)
 {
-	u_var_add_ro_ftext(&t, "\n%s", "Tracker groundtruth");
+	u_var_add_ro_raw_text(&t, "\nTracker groundtruth", "Tracker groundtruth");
 	t.gt.diff_ui.values.data = t.gt.diffs_mm;
 	t.gt.diff_ui.values.length = UI_GTDIFF_POSE_COUNT;
 	t.gt.diff_ui.values.index_ptr = &t.gt.diff_idx;
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ setup_ui(TrackerSlam &t)
 	}
 
 	u_var_add_gui_header(&t, NULL, "Stats");
-	u_var_add_ro_ftext(&t, "\n%s", "Record to CSV files");
+	u_var_add_ro_raw_text(&t, "\nRecord to CSV files", "Record to CSV files");
 	u_var_add_bool(&t, &t.slam_traj_writer->enabled, "Record tracked trajectory");
 	u_var_add_bool(&t, &t.pred_traj_writer->enabled, "Record predicted trajectory");
 	u_var_add_bool(&t, &t.filt_traj_writer->enabled, "Record filtered trajectory");
diff --git a/src/xrt/auxiliary/util/u_var.h b/src/xrt/auxiliary/util/u_var.h
index e02d2b2c7..4e67e224c 100644
--- a/src/xrt/auxiliary/util/u_var.h
+++ b/src/xrt/auxiliary/util/u_var.h
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ enum u_var_kind
 	U_VAR_KIND_NATIVE_IMAGES_DEBUG,
 	U_VAR_KIND_LOG_LEVEL,
 	U_VAR_KIND_RO_TEXT,
-	U_VAR_KIND_RO_FTEXT,
+	U_VAR_KIND_RO_RAW_TEXT,
 	U_VAR_KIND_RO_I16,
 	U_VAR_KIND_RO_I32,
 	U_VAR_KIND_RO_U16,
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ u_var_force_on(void);
 	ADD_FUNC(native_images_debug, struct u_native_images_debug, NATIVE_IMAGES_DEBUG)                               \
 	ADD_FUNC(log_level, enum u_logging_level, LOG_LEVEL)                                                           \
 	ADD_FUNC(ro_text, const char, RO_TEXT)                                                                         \
-	ADD_FUNC(ro_ftext, const char, RO_FTEXT)                                                                       \
+	ADD_FUNC(ro_raw_text, const char, RO_RAW_TEXT)                                                                 \
 	ADD_FUNC(ro_i16, int16_t, RO_I16)                                                                              \
 	ADD_FUNC(ro_i32, int32_t, RO_I32)                                                                              \
 	ADD_FUNC(ro_u16, uint16_t, RO_U16)                                                                             \
diff --git a/src/xrt/state_trackers/gui/gui_scene_debug.c b/src/xrt/state_trackers/gui/gui_scene_debug.c
index 537c03267..5359364e9 100644
--- a/src/xrt/state_trackers/gui/gui_scene_debug.c
+++ b/src/xrt/state_trackers/gui/gui_scene_debug.c
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ on_elem(struct u_var_info *info, void *priv)
 	case U_VAR_KIND_POSE: on_pose(name, ptr); break;
 	case U_VAR_KIND_LOG_LEVEL: igCombo_Str(name, (int *)ptr, "Trace\0Debug\0Info\0Warn\0Error\0\0", 5); break;
 	case U_VAR_KIND_RO_TEXT: igText("%s: '%s'", name, (char *)ptr); break;
-	case U_VAR_KIND_RO_FTEXT: igText(ptr ? (char *)ptr : "%s", name); break;
+	case U_VAR_KIND_RO_RAW_TEXT: igText("%s", (char *)ptr); break;
 	case U_VAR_KIND_RO_I16: igInputScalar(name, ImGuiDataType_S16, ptr, NULL, NULL, NULL, ro_i_flags); break;
 	case U_VAR_KIND_RO_I32: igInputScalar(name, ImGuiDataType_S32, ptr, NULL, NULL, NULL, ro_i_flags); break;
 	case U_VAR_KIND_RO_U16: igInputScalar(name, ImGuiDataType_U16, ptr, NULL, NULL, NULL, ro_i_flags); break;