diff --git a/redo/unix/box.c b/redo/unix/box.c
index 3de69607..42ed439f 100644
--- a/redo/unix/box.c
+++ b/redo/unix/box.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // 7 april 2015
-#include "out/ui.h"
-#include "uipriv.h"
+#include "uipriv_unix.h"
 
 struct box {
 	uiBox b;
diff --git a/redo/unix/tab.c b/redo/unix/tab.c
index eff51810..9c9e5566 100644
--- a/redo/unix/tab.c
+++ b/redo/unix/tab.c
@@ -12,9 +12,8 @@ struct tab {
 };
 
 struct tabPage {
-	uiControl *holder;
-	GtkWidget *holderWidget;
 	uiControl *c;
+	GtkWidget *widget;
 	int margined;
 };
 
@@ -39,14 +38,12 @@ static void tabInsertAt(uiTab *tt, const char *name, uintmax_t n, uiControl *chi
 	struct tab *t = (struct tab *) tt;
 	struct tabPage page;
 
-	page.holder = newHolder();
 	page.c = child;
-	holderSetChild(page.holder, page.c);
-	page.holderWidget = GTK_WIDGET(uiControlHandle(page.holder));
+	page.widget = GTK_WIDGET(uiControlHandle(page.c));
 
-	gtk_container_add(t->container, page.holderWidget);
-	gtk_notebook_set_tab_label_text(t->notebook, page.holderWidget, name);
-	gtk_notebook_reorder_child(t->notebook, page.holderWidget, n);
+	uiControlSetParent(page.c, uiControl(t));
+	gtk_notebook_set_tab_label_text(t->notebook, page.widget, name);
+	gtk_notebook_reorder_child(t->notebook, page.widget, n);
 
 	g_array_insert_val(t->pages, n, page);
 }
diff --git a/redo/unix/uipriv_unix.h b/redo/unix/uipriv_unix.h
index c03cc748..f51e5ce6 100644
--- a/redo/unix/uipriv_unix.h
+++ b/redo/unix/uipriv_unix.h
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 #define gtkXMargin 12
 #define gtkYMargin 12
+#define gtkXPadding 12
+#define gtkYPadding 6
 
 // menu.c
 extern GtkWidget *makeMenubar(uiWindow *);
diff --git a/redo/unix/util.c b/redo/unix/util.c
index fdea1351..34f5d5d9 100644
--- a/redo/unix/util.c
+++ b/redo/unix/util.c
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ void complain(const char *fmt, ...)
 	g_error("[libui] %s\n", msg);
 }
 
-#define gtkXPadding 12
-#define gtkYPadding 6
-
 uiSizing *uiUnixNewSizing(void)
 {
 	uiSizing *d;
diff --git a/redo/unix/window.c b/redo/unix/window.c
index 4d2c9630..7e6b75c2 100644
--- a/redo/unix/window.c
+++ b/redo/unix/window.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ struct window {
 
 	GtkWidget *menubar;
 
-	uiControl *holder;
 	uiControl *child;
 
 	int (*onClosing)(uiWindow *, void *);
@@ -49,11 +48,9 @@ static void windowCommitDestroy(uiControl *c)
 
 	// first hide ourselves
 	gtk_widget_hide(w->widget);
-	// now destroy the child; removing it from its holder first
-	holderSetChild(w->holder, NULL);
+	// now destroy the child
+	uiControlSetParent(w->child, NULL);
 	uiControlDestroy(w->child);
-	// now destroy the holder
-	uiControlDestroy(w->holder);
 	// now destroy the menus, if any
 	if (w->menubar != NULL)
 		freeMenubar(w->menubar);
@@ -115,10 +112,15 @@ static void windowSetChild(uiWindow *ww, uiControl *child)
 	struct window *w = (struct window *) ww;
 
 	if (w->child != NULL)
-		holderSetChild(w->holder, NULL);
+		uiControlSetParent(w->child, NULL);
 	w->child = child;
 	if (w->child != NULL) {
-		holderSetChild(w->holder, w->child);
+//TODO		uiControlSetParent(w->child, w->child);
+		gtk_widget_set_hexpand(GTK_WIDGET(uiControlHandle(w->child)), TRUE);
+		gtk_widget_set_halign(GTK_WIDGET(uiControlHandle(w->child)), GTK_ALIGN_FILL);
+		gtk_widget_set_vexpand(GTK_WIDGET(uiControlHandle(w->child)), TRUE);
+		gtk_widget_set_valign(GTK_WIDGET(uiControlHandle(w->child)), GTK_ALIGN_FILL);
+		gtk_container_add(w->vboxContainer, GTK_WIDGET(uiControlHandle(w->child)));
 		uiControlQueueResize(w->child);
 	}
 }
@@ -135,6 +137,7 @@ static void windowSetMargined(uiWindow *ww, int margined)
 	struct window *w = (struct window *) ww;
 
 	w->margined = margined;
+	// TODO
 	uiControlQueueResize(uiControl(w));
 }
 
@@ -175,14 +178,6 @@ uiWindow *uiNewWindow(const char *title, int width, int height, int hasMenubar)
 		gtk_container_add(w->vboxContainer, w->menubar);
 	}
 
-	w->holder = newHolder();
-	holderWidget = GTK_WIDGET(uiControlHandle(uiControl(w->holder)));
-	gtk_widget_set_hexpand(holderWidget, TRUE);
-	gtk_widget_set_halign(holderWidget, GTK_ALIGN_FILL);
-	gtk_widget_set_vexpand(holderWidget, TRUE);
-	gtk_widget_set_valign(holderWidget, GTK_ALIGN_FILL);
-	gtk_container_add(w->vboxContainer, holderWidget);
-
 	// show everything in the vbox, but not the GtkWindow itself
 	gtk_widget_show_all(w->vboxWidget);