diff --git a/toolkit/gocui/click.go b/toolkit/gocui/click.go
index 21a964c..6f9aa06 100644
--- a/toolkit/gocui/click.go
+++ b/toolkit/gocui/click.go
@@ -21,10 +21,17 @@ func (w *cuiWidget) doWidgetClick() {
 		me.rootNode.redoColor(true)
 	case toolkit.Window:
 		me.rootNode.hideWidgets()
+		if w.hasTabs {
+			// w.isCurrent = false
+			w.isCurrent = true
+		} else {
+			w.isCurrent = true
+		}
 		w.placeWidgets()
 		w.showWidgets()
 	case toolkit.Tab:
 		me.rootNode.hideWidgets()
+		w.isCurrent = true
 		w.placeWidgets()
 		w.showWidgets()
 	case toolkit.Group:
diff --git a/toolkit/gocui/structs.go b/toolkit/gocui/structs.go
index a772d8a..7972cfd 100644
--- a/toolkit/gocui/structs.go
+++ b/toolkit/gocui/structs.go
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ type config struct {
 	TabPadW int `default:"4" dense:"0"`
 
 	// how far down to start Window or Tab headings
-	WindowW int `default:"20" dense:"0"`
-	WindowH int `default:"0" dense:"0"`
+	WindowW int `default:"8" dense:"0"`
+	WindowH int `default:"-1"`
 	TabW int `default:"2" dense:"0"`
 	TabH int `default:"2" dense:"0"`
 
@@ -118,10 +118,12 @@ type cuiWidget struct {
 
 	vals []string // dropdown menu options
 
-	// visable bool // track if it's currently supposed to be shown
+	isCurrent bool // is this the currently displayed Window or Tab?
+	hasTabs bool // does the window have tabs?
 	isFake bool // widget types like 'box' are 'false'
 
 	// where the widget's real corner is 
+	// should we always compute this?
 	startW int
 	startH int
 
@@ -168,6 +170,25 @@ type cuiWidget struct {
 	children []*cuiWidget
 }
 
+func (w *cuiWidget) IsCurrent() bool {
+	if (w.widgetType == toolkit.Tab) {
+		return w.isCurrent
+	}
+	if (w.widgetType == toolkit.Window) {
+		return w.isCurrent
+	}
+	if (w.widgetType == toolkit.Root) {
+		return false
+	}
+	return w.parent.IsCurrent()
+}
+
+func (w *cuiWidget) StartW() {
+}
+
+func (w *cuiWidget) StartH() {
+}
+
 // from the gocui devs:
 // Write appends a byte slice into the view's internal buffer. Because
 // View implements the io.Writer interface, it can be passed as parameter
diff --git a/toolkit/gocui/tab.go b/toolkit/gocui/tab.go
index dc0566c..32f3fce 100644
--- a/toolkit/gocui/tab.go
+++ b/toolkit/gocui/tab.go
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 func (w *cuiWidget) hideWidgets() {
+	w.isCurrent = false
 	switch w.widgetType {
 	case toolkit.Root:
 	case toolkit.Flag:
 	case toolkit.Window:
-	case toolkit.Tab:
+	// case toolkit.Tab:
 	case toolkit.Box:
 	case toolkit.Grid:
 	default:
@@ -47,24 +48,22 @@ func (w *cuiWidget) showWidgets() {
 	if (w.isFake) {
 		// don't display by default
 	} else {
-		w.drawView()
+		if w.IsCurrent() {
+			w.showWidgetPlacement(logNow, "current:")
+			w.drawView()
+		} else {
+			w.showWidgetPlacement(logNow, "not:")
+			// w.drawView()
+		}
 	}
 	for _, child := range w.children {
 		child.showWidgets()
 	}
 }
 
-func (w *cuiWidget) setTabWH() {
-	// set the start and size of the tab gocui button
-	if w.frame {
-		// this means it should work like a tab
-		w.gocuiSize.w0 = me.rootNode.nextW
-		w.gocuiSize.h0 = me.TabH
-	} else {
-		// this means it should just be a window label
-		w.gocuiSize.w0 = me.rootNode.nextW
-		w.gocuiSize.h0 = me.WindowH
-	}
+func (w *cuiWidget) setWindowWH() {
+	w.gocuiSize.w0 = me.rootNode.nextW
+	w.gocuiSize.h0 = me.WindowH
 
 	t := len(w.text)
 	w.gocuiSize.w1 = w.gocuiSize.w0 + t + me.PadW
@@ -73,16 +72,32 @@ func (w *cuiWidget) setTabWH() {
 	w.realWidth = w.gocuiSize.Width()
 	w.realHeight = w.gocuiSize.Height()
 
-	if w.frame {
-		w.realWidth += me.FramePadW
-		w.realHeight += me.FramePadH
+	// move the rootNode width over for the next window
+	me.rootNode.nextW += w.realWidth + me.WindowPadW
 
-		// move the rootNode width over for the next tab
-		me.rootNode.nextW += w.realWidth + me.TabPadW
-	} else {
-		// move the rootNode width over for the next window
-		me.rootNode.nextW += w.realWidth + me.WindowPadW
-	}
+	w.nextW = 4
+	w.nextH = 2
+
+	w.showWidgetPlacement(logNow, "setWindowWH:")
+}
+
+func (w *cuiWidget) setTabWH() {
+	// set the start and size of the tab gocui button
+
+	w.gocuiSize.w0 = w.parent.nextW
+	w.gocuiSize.h0 = me.TabH
+
+	t := len(w.text)
+	w.gocuiSize.w1 = w.gocuiSize.w0 + t + me.PadW
+	w.gocuiSize.h1 = w.gocuiSize.h0 + me.DefaultHeight + me.PadH
+
+	w.realWidth = w.gocuiSize.Width()
+	w.realHeight = w.gocuiSize.Height()
+
+	w.realWidth += me.FramePadW
+	w.realHeight += me.FramePadH
+
+	w.parent.nextW += w.realWidth + me.TabPadW
 
 	w.showWidgetPlacement(logNow, "setTabWH:")
 }
@@ -99,10 +114,12 @@ func (w *cuiWidget) redoTabs(draw bool) {
 		if (tabs) {
 			// window is tabs. Don't show it as a standard button
 			w.frame = false
+			w.hasTabs = true
 		} else {
 			w.frame = true
+			w.hasTabs = false
 		}
-		w.setTabWH()
+		w.setWindowWH()
 		w.deleteView()
 		w.drawView()
 	}
diff --git a/toolkit/gocui/view.go b/toolkit/gocui/view.go
index f348321..d830c98 100644
--- a/toolkit/gocui/view.go
+++ b/toolkit/gocui/view.go
@@ -86,8 +86,11 @@ func (w *cuiWidget) drawView() {
 	w.v.Wrap = true
 	if (w.widgetType == toolkit.Window) {
 		w.v.Frame = w.frame
+		w.v.Clear()
+		fmt.Fprint(w.v, w.text)
+	} else {
+		fmt.Fprintln(w.v, w.text)
 	}
-	fmt.Fprintln(w.v, w.text)
 
 	w.setDefaultWidgetColor()
 }