diff --git a/README-goreadme.md b/README-goreadme.md
index b7222fc..a2f91b8 100644
--- a/README-goreadme.md
+++ b/README-goreadme.md
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ Creates a window helpful for debugging this package
 
 loads and initializes a toolkit (andlabs/ui, gocui, etc)
 
-### func [Main](/main.go#L170)
+### func [Main](/main.go#L177)
 
 `func Main(f func())`
 
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ This should not pass a function
 
 `func ShowDebugValues()`
 
-### func [StandardExit](/main.go#L231)
+### func [StandardExit](/main.go#L238)
 
 `func StandardExit()`
 
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ You get a window
 
 `func Start() *Node`
 
-#### func [StartS](/main.go#L156)
+#### func [StartS](/main.go#L163)
 
 `func StartS(name string) *Node`
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index cda74a6..85d25aa 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -142,6 +142,13 @@ func (n *Node) doUserEvent(a toolkit.Action) {
 			return
 		}
 		n.Custom()
+	case toolkit.Window:
+		log(logNow, "doUserEvent() window =", n.id, n.Name)
+		if (n.Custom == nil) {
+			log(debugError, "Custom() = nil. SKIPPING")
+			return
+		}
+		n.Custom()
 	default:
 		log(logNow, "doUserEvent() type =", n.WidgetType)
 	}
diff --git a/toolkit/andlabs/common.go b/toolkit/andlabs/common.go
index cddea3e..d905e5c 100644
--- a/toolkit/andlabs/common.go
+++ b/toolkit/andlabs/common.go
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ import (
 
 func (t *andlabsT) commonChange(tw *toolkit.Widget, wId int) {
 	log(debugChange, "commonChange() START widget   =", t.Name, t.WidgetType)
-	if (sendToChan(wId)) {
-		log(debugChange, "commonChange() END attempted channel worked", t.Name, t.WidgetType)
-		return
-	}
+//	if (sendToChan(wId)) {
+//		log(debugChange, "commonChange() END attempted channel worked", t.Name, t.WidgetType)
+//		return
+//	}
 	if (tw == nil) {
 		log(true, "commonChange() What the fuck. there is no widget t.tw == nil")
 		return
@@ -28,11 +28,20 @@ func (t *andlabsT) commonChange(tw *toolkit.Widget, wId int) {
 	log(debugChange, "commonChange() END   Widget.Custom()", t.Name, t.WidgetType)
 }
 
-func sendToChan(i int) bool {
+func (t *andlabsT) doUserEvent() {
 	if (callback == nil) {
-		log(debugError, "commonChange() SHOULD SEND int back here, but callback == nil", i)
-		return false
+		log(debugError, "douserEvent() callback == nil", t.wId)
+		return
 	}
-	log(debugError, "commonChange() Running callback() i =", i)
-	return callback(i)
+	var a toolkit.Action
+	a.WidgetId = t.wId
+	a.Name = t.Name
+	a.S = t.s
+	a.I = t.i
+	a.B = t.b
+	a.ActionType = toolkit.User
+	log(logNow, "START: send a user event to the callback channel")
+	callback <- a
+	log(logNow, "END:   sent a user event to the callback channel")
+	return
 }
diff --git a/toolkit/andlabs/main.go b/toolkit/andlabs/main.go
index 1ad7a60..9ca71ca 100644
--- a/toolkit/andlabs/main.go
+++ b/toolkit/andlabs/main.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"embed"
-	// "git.wit.org/wit/gui/toolkit"
+	"git.wit.org/wit/gui/toolkit"
 
 	"github.com/andlabs/ui"
 	// the _ means we only need this for the init()
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ func Main(f func()) {
 	})
 }
 
+// this sets the channel to send user events back from the plugin
+func Callback(guiCallback chan toolkit.Action) {
+	callback = guiCallback
+}
+
 // Other goroutines must use this to access the GUI
 //
 // You can not acess / process the GUI thread directly from
diff --git a/toolkit/andlabs/plugin.go b/toolkit/andlabs/plugin.go
index 2cac13c..8282621 100644
--- a/toolkit/andlabs/plugin.go
+++ b/toolkit/andlabs/plugin.go
@@ -31,12 +31,14 @@ func Action(a *toolkit.Action) {
 		rawAction(a)
 	}
 
+	/*
 	if (callback == nil) {
 		if (a.Callback != nil) {
 			log(debugNow, "setting Callback", a.Callback)
 			callback = a.Callback
 		}
 	}
+	*/
 
 	// f()
 	Queue(f)
diff --git a/toolkit/andlabs/structs.go b/toolkit/andlabs/structs.go
index 9cc1b9d..4ab83a2 100644
--- a/toolkit/andlabs/structs.go
+++ b/toolkit/andlabs/structs.go
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import "github.com/andlabs/ui"
 import _ "github.com/andlabs/ui/winmanifest"
 
 var andlabs map[int]*andlabsT
-var callback func(int) bool
+// var callback func(int) bool
+var callback chan toolkit.Action
 
 // stores the raw toolkit internals
 type andlabsT struct {
diff --git a/toolkit/andlabs/window.go b/toolkit/andlabs/window.go
index f00e1ee..4b64b12 100644
--- a/toolkit/andlabs/window.go
+++ b/toolkit/andlabs/window.go
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ func newWindow(a *toolkit.Action) {
 	win.SetBorderless(canvas)
 	win.SetMargined(margin)
 	win.OnClosing(func(*ui.Window) bool {
-		newt.commonChange(newt.tw, a.WidgetId)
+		// newt.commonChange(newt.tw, a.WidgetId)
+		newt.doUserEvent()
 		return true
 	})
 	win.Show()