diff --git a/toolkit/gocui/add.go b/toolkit/gocui/add.go
index c649da5..3020c83 100644
--- a/toolkit/gocui/add.go
+++ b/toolkit/gocui/add.go
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ func (w *cuiWidget) addWidget() {
 	default:
 		w.startW = w.parent.startW
 		w.startH = w.parent.startH
+		if w.IsCurrent() {
+			w.updateCurrent()
+		}
 	}
 	w.showWidgetPlacement(logInfo, "addWidget()")
 }
diff --git a/toolkit/gocui/click.go b/toolkit/gocui/click.go
index f0f325e..1da32e9 100644
--- a/toolkit/gocui/click.go
+++ b/toolkit/gocui/click.go
@@ -25,6 +25,28 @@ func updateCurrentTabs() {
 	me.rootNode.redoTabs(true)
 }
 
+// when adding a new widget, this will update the display
+// of the current widgets if that widget is supposed
+// to be in current display
+func (w *cuiWidget) updateCurrent() {
+	if w.widgetType == toolkit.Tab {
+		if w.IsCurrent() {
+			setCurrentTab(w)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+	if w.widgetType == toolkit.Window {
+		if w.IsCurrent() {
+			setCurrentWindow(w)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+	if w.widgetType == toolkit.Root {
+		return
+	}
+	w.parent.updateCurrent()
+}
+
 // shows the widgets in a window
 func setCurrentWindow(w *cuiWidget) {
 	if w.widgetType != toolkit.Window {