diff --git a/newctrl/tab_unix.go b/newctrl/tab_unix.go
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+// +build !windows,!darwin
+
+// 25 july 2014
+
+package ui
+
+import (
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+// #include "gtk_unix.h"
+import "C"
+
+type tab struct {
+	*controlSingleWidget
+	container *C.GtkContainer
+	notebook  *C.GtkNotebook
+
+	tabs []*container
+	children	[]Control
+}
+
+func newTab() Tab {
+	widget := C.gtk_notebook_new()
+	t := &tab{
+		controlSingleWidget:	newControlSingleWidget(widget),
+		container: (*C.GtkContainer)(unsafe.Pointer(widget)),
+		notebook:  (*C.GtkNotebook)(unsafe.Pointer(widget)),
+	}
+	t.fresize = t.resize
+	// there are no scrolling arrows by default; add them in case there are too many tabs
+	C.gtk_notebook_set_scrollable(t.notebook, C.TRUE)
+	return t
+}
+
+func (t *tab) Append(name string, control Control) {
+	c := newContainer(control)
+	t.tabs = append(t.tabs, c)
+	// this calls gtk_container_add(), which, according to gregier in irc.gimp.net/#gtk+, acts just like gtk_notebook_append_page()
+	c.setParent(&controlParent{t.container})
+	control.setParent(c.parent())
+	t.children = append(t.children, control)
+	cname := togstr(name)
+	defer freegstr(cname)
+	C.gtk_notebook_set_tab_label_text(t.notebook,
+		// unfortunately there does not seem to be a gtk_notebook_set_nth_tab_label_text()
+		C.gtk_notebook_get_nth_page(t.notebook, C.gint(len(t.tabs)-1)),
+		cname)
+}
+
+func (t *tab) resize(x int, y int, width int, height int, d *sizing) {
+	// first, chain up to change the GtkFrame and its child container
+	// TODO use a variable for this
+	t.containerSingleWidget.resize(x, y, width, height, d)
+
+	// now that the containers have the correct size, we can resize the children
+	for i, _ := range t.tabs {
+		a := g.tabs[i].allocation(g.margined)
+		g.children[i].resize(int(a.x), int(a.y), int(a.width), int(a.height), d)
+	}
+}