diff --git a/src/main/java/org/scijava/widget/DefaultWidgetModel.java b/src/main/java/org/scijava/widget/DefaultWidgetModel.java
index ffb19061f..1a768d5d7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/scijava/widget/DefaultWidgetModel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/scijava/widget/DefaultWidgetModel.java
@@ -129,12 +129,7 @@ public String getWidgetLabel() {
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean isStyle(final String style) {
-		final String widgetStyle = getItem().getWidgetStyle();
-		if (widgetStyle == null) return style == null;
-		for (final String s : widgetStyle.split(",")) {
-			if (s.equals(style)) return true;
-		}
-		return false;
+		return WidgetStyle.isStyle(getItem(), style);
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/scijava/widget/WidgetStyle.java b/src/main/java/org/scijava/widget/WidgetStyle.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..346262d01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/scijava/widget/WidgetStyle.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package org.scijava.widget;
+
+import org.scijava.module.ModuleItem;
+
+public class WidgetStyle {
+	private WidgetStyle() {
+		// prevent instantiation of utility class
+	}
+
+	public static boolean isStyle(String widgetStyle, String target) {
+		if (widgetStyle == null || target == null)
+			return widgetStyle == target;
+		for (final String s : widgetStyle.split(",")) {
+			if (s.trim().toLowerCase().equals(target.toLowerCase())) return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	public static boolean isStyle(ModuleItem<?> item, String target) {
+		return isStyle(item.getWidgetStyle(), target);
+	}
+
+	public static String[] getStyleModifiers(String widgetStyle, String target) {
+		if (widgetStyle == null || target == null)
+			return null;
+		String[] styles = widgetStyle.split(",");
+		for (String s : styles) {
+			if (s.trim().toLowerCase().startsWith(target.toLowerCase())) {
+				String suffix = s.split(":")[1];
+				return suffix.split("/");
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/scijava/script/ScriptInfoTest.java b/src/test/java/org/scijava/script/ScriptInfoTest.java
index 38c0ffa2f..678996628 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/scijava/script/ScriptInfoTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/scijava/script/ScriptInfoTest.java
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 import org.scijava.test.TestUtils;
 import org.scijava.util.DigestUtils;
 import org.scijava.util.FileUtils;
+import org.scijava.widget.WidgetStyle;
 
 /**
  * Tests {@link ScriptInfo}.
@@ -251,7 +252,7 @@ public void testParameters() {
 		final String script = "" + //
 			"#@ LogService (required = false) log\n" + //
 			"#@ int (label=\"Slider Value\", softMin=5, softMax=15, " + //
-			"stepSize=3, value=11, style=\"slider\") sliderValue\n" + //
+			"stepSize=3, value=11, style=\" slidEr,\") sliderValue\n" + //
 			"#@ String (persist = false, family='Carnivora', " + //
 			"choices={'quick brown fox', 'lazy dog'}) animal\n" + //
 			"#@ Double (autoFill = false) notAutoFilled\n" + //
@@ -269,7 +270,8 @@ public void testParameters() {
 
 		final ModuleItem<?> sliderValue = info.getInput("sliderValue");
 		assertItem("sliderValue", int.class, "Slider Value", ItemIO.INPUT, true,
-			true, null, "slider", 11, null, null, 5, 15, 3.0, noChoices, sliderValue);
+			true, null, " slidEr,", 11, null, null, 5, 15, 3.0, noChoices, sliderValue);
+		assertTrue("Case-insensitive trimmed style", WidgetStyle.isStyle(sliderValue, "slider"));
 
 		final ModuleItem<?> animal = info.getInput("animal");
 		final List<String> animalChoices = //
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/scijava/widget/WidgetStyleTest.java b/src/test/java/org/scijava/widget/WidgetStyleTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d7b3c0564
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/scijava/widget/WidgetStyleTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package org.scijava.widget;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.IntStream;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.experimental.runners.Enclosed;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
+import org.junit.runners.Parameterized.Parameter;
+import org.junit.runners.Parameterized.Parameters;
+
+@RunWith(Enclosed.class)
+public class WidgetStyleTest {
+
+	@RunWith(Parameterized.class)
+	public static class TestIsStyle {
+
+		static String[] styleStrings = { "foo, bar, someThing", " FOO, BAR, SOMEthing ", "foo  ", "  bar",
+				"trash, sOmEtHiNg", null };
+
+		static String[] stylesToTest = { "foo", "bar", "someThing", null };
+
+		static boolean[][] stylesToHave = { // foo, bar, someThing
+				new boolean[] { true, true, true, false }, new boolean[] { true, true, true, false },
+				new boolean[] { true, false, false, false }, new boolean[] { false, true, false, false },
+				new boolean[] { false, false, true, false }, new boolean[] { false, false, false, true } };
+
+		@Parameters(name = "{0}")
+		public static List<Object[]> params() {
+			return IntStream.range(0, styleStrings.length)
+					.mapToObj(i -> new Object[] { styleStrings[i], stylesToHave[i] }).collect(Collectors.toList());
+		}
+
+		@Parameter
+		public String styleString;
+
+		@Parameter(1)
+		public boolean[] targetStyles;
+
+		@Test
+		public void testSimpleStyles() {
+			for (int i = 0; i < stylesToTest.length; i++) {
+				assertEquals("style: " + stylesToTest[i], targetStyles[i],
+						WidgetStyle.isStyle(styleString, stylesToTest[i]));
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	public static class TestStyleModifiers {
+		@Test
+		public void testStyleModifiers() {
+			String style = "open, extensions:tiff/tif/jpeg/jpg";
+			Set<String> extensions = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(WidgetStyle.getStyleModifiers(style, "extensions")));
+			Set<String> expected = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList("tiff", "jpg", "jpeg", "tif"));
+			assertEquals(expected, extensions);
+		}
+	}
+}