diff --git a/container_darwin.m b/container_darwin.m
index 1dfa7cb..b8c61b0 100644
--- a/container_darwin.m
+++ b/container_darwin.m
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ void moveControl(id c, intptr_t x, intptr_t y, intptr_t width, intptr_t height)
 	// mac os x coordinate system has (0,0) in the lower-left
 	v = toNSView(c);
 	frame.origin.y = ([[v superview] bounds].size.height - frame.size.height) - frame.origin.y;
+	// here's the magic: what we specified was what we want the alignment rect to be; make it the actual frame
+	frame = [v frameForAlignmentRect:frame];
 	[v setFrame:frame];
 }
 
diff --git a/control_darwin.m b/control_darwin.m
index 4ff8777..54588a1 100644
--- a/control_darwin.m
+++ b/control_darwin.m
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ struct xsize controlPreferredSize(id control)
 
 	c = toNSControl(control);
 	[c sizeToFit];
-	r = [c frame];
+	// use alignmentRect here instead of frame because we'll be resizing based on that
+	r = [c alignmentRectForFrame:[c frame]];
 	s.width = (intptr_t) r.size.width;
 	s.height = (intptr_t) r.size.height;
 	return s;
diff --git a/future b/future
index 0ac0c35..e316a33 100644
--- a/future
+++ b/future
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 mac os x sizing is now completely broken
 	- need to catch window initial sizes
 	- need to catch tab changes
-		- can't just resize every tab to the current tab size; that'll just cause weirdness
-	- rect should be based on the alignment rect, not the frame rect
+		- can't just resize every tab to the current tab size; that doesn't seem to work
 
 mac os x
-	Table, Textbox
+	Textbox
 		refuse first responder
-		Table still works because it's entirely mouse based
 		Textbox does not work at all
 
 new control stuff
@@ -126,5 +124,4 @@ gtk+, mac os x
 	- figure out how dialogs and Areas work together
 		- once that is done, document the behavior of Areas
 all
-	- make spaced settable somehow
 	- rename Selected to Selection?