diff --git a/toolkit/gocui/click.go b/toolkit/gocui/click.go
index 6df3278..795b13e 100644
--- a/toolkit/gocui/click.go
+++ b/toolkit/gocui/click.go
@@ -18,17 +18,20 @@ func (w *cuiWidget) doWidgetClick() {
 	case toolkit.Flag:
 		me.rootNode.redoColor(true)
 	case toolkit.Window:
+		me.rootNode.hideWidgets()
 		w.drawBox()
-		w.toggleTree()
+		w.showWidgets()
 	case toolkit.Tab:
+		me.rootNode.hideWidgets()
 		w.drawBox()
-		w.toggleTree()
+		w.showWidgets()
 	case toolkit.Group:
 		w.drawBox()
 		w.toggleTree()
 	case toolkit.Grid:
+		me.rootNode.hideWidgets()
 		w.drawGrid()
-		w.toggleTree()
+		w.showWidgets()
 	case toolkit.Box:
 		// w.showWidgetPlacement(logNow, "drawTree()")
 		if (w.horizontal) {
@@ -139,9 +142,9 @@ func ctrlDown(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 	f(me.rootNode)
 	var t string
 	for _, widget := range widgets {
-		log(logNow, "ctrlDown() FOUND widget", widget.id, widget.name)
+		// log(logNow, "ctrlDown() FOUND widget", widget.id, widget.name)
 		t += widget.cuiName + " " + widget.name + "\n"
-		// widget.showWidgetPlacement(logNow, "drawTree()")
+		widget.showWidgetPlacement(logNow, "ctrlDown() FOUND")
 	}
 	t = strings.TrimSpace(t)
 	if (me.ctrlDown == nil) {
@@ -153,10 +156,11 @@ func ctrlDown(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 	if (found == nil) {
 		found = me.rootNode
 	}
-	me.ctrlDown.gocuiSize.startW = found.gocuiSize.startW
-	me.ctrlDown.gocuiSize.startH = found.gocuiSize.startH
-	me.ctrlDown.gocuiSize.width =  found.gocuiSize.startW
-	me.ctrlDown.gocuiSize.height = found.gocuiSize.startH
+	me.ctrlDown.gocuiSize.startW = found.startW
+	me.ctrlDown.gocuiSize.startH = found.startH
+	me.ctrlDown.gocuiSize.width =  found.realWidth
+	me.ctrlDown.gocuiSize.height = found.realHeight
+	me.ctrlDown.setWH()
 
 	if (me.ctrlDown.v == nil) {
 		me.ctrlDown.text = found.text
diff --git a/toolkit/gocui/main.go b/toolkit/gocui/main.go
index 11df910..ab50237 100644
--- a/toolkit/gocui/main.go
+++ b/toolkit/gocui/main.go
@@ -11,12 +11,20 @@ import (
 func Init() {
 	log(logInfo, "Init() of awesome-gocui")
 	me.defaultWidth = 10
-	me.defaultHeight = 2
+	me.defaultHeight = 2 // this means by default one line of text in a button
 	me.defaultBehavior = true
 
 	me.horizontalPadding = 20
-	me.groupPadding = 2
-	me.buttonPadding = 2
+	me.horizontalPadding = 20
+	me.groupPadding = 4
+	me.buttonPadding = 3
+
+	// the raw beginning of each window (or tab)
+	me.rawW = 7
+	me.rawH = 3
+
+	me.padW = 3
+	me.padH = 3
 }
 
 func Exit() {
diff --git a/toolkit/gocui/structs.go b/toolkit/gocui/structs.go
index 62a481f..106e719 100644
--- a/toolkit/gocui/structs.go
+++ b/toolkit/gocui/structs.go
@@ -31,7 +31,14 @@ type config struct {
 	defaultBehavior bool
 	defaultWidth int
 	defaultHeight int
-	nextW int	// where the next window or tab flag should go
+	// nextW int	// where the next window or tab flag should go
+
+	padW int
+	padH int
+
+	// where the raw corner is
+	rawW int
+	rawH int
 
 	bookshelf bool // do you want things arranged in the box like a bookshelf or a stack?
 	canvas bool // if set to true, the windows are a raw canvas
diff --git a/toolkit/gocui/tab.go b/toolkit/gocui/tab.go
index d2e604c..7628333 100644
--- a/toolkit/gocui/tab.go
+++ b/toolkit/gocui/tab.go
@@ -42,7 +42,11 @@ func (w *cuiWidget) showFake() {
 }
 
 func (w *cuiWidget) showWidgets() {
-	w.drawView()
+	if (w.isFake) {
+		// don't display by default
+	} else {
+		w.drawView()
+	}
 	for _, child := range w.children {
 		child.showWidgets()
 	}
@@ -57,20 +61,25 @@ func (w *cuiWidget) setTabWH() {
 	w.gocuiSize.startW = me.rootNode.startW
 	w.gocuiSize.startH = me.rootNode.startH
 
-	w.startW = w.gocuiSize.startW + 2
-	w.startH = w.gocuiSize.startH + 3
+	w.startW = me.rawW
+	w.startH = me.rawH
 
-	for _, child := range me.rootNode.children {
-		if (child.isFake) {
-			continue
-		}
-		if (w == child) {
-			w.setWH()
-			w.showWidgetPlacement(logNow, "setTABWH:")
+	var f func (widget *cuiWidget)
+
+	// find buttons that are below where the mouse button click
+	f = func(widget *cuiWidget) {
+		if (widget == w) {
 			return
 		}
-		w.gocuiSize.startW += child.realWidth
+		if ((widget.widgetType == toolkit.Window) || (widget.widgetType == toolkit.Tab)) {
+			w.gocuiSize.startW += widget.gocuiSize.width + me.padW
+		}
+
+		for _, child := range widget.children {
+			f(child)
+		}
 	}
+	f(me.rootNode)
 
 	w.setWH()
 	w.showWidgetPlacement(logNow, "setTabWH:")