diff --git a/structs.go b/structs.go
index aae0b7f..656ece3 100644
--- a/structs.go
+++ b/structs.go
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ type GuiWindow struct {
 	Name		string		// field for human readable name
 	Width		int
 	Height		int
+	Axis		int		// does it add items to the X or Y axis
 
 	// the callback function to make the window contents
 	MakeWindow	func(*GuiWindow) *GuiBox
diff --git a/window.go b/window.go
index 84a1a54..d8ff786 100644
--- a/window.go
+++ b/window.go
@@ -7,15 +7,18 @@ import "time"
 import "github.com/andlabs/ui"
 import _ "github.com/andlabs/ui/winmanifest"
 
-func InitGuiWindow(name string, gw *GuiWindow) *GuiWindow {
+func InitGuiWindow(gw *GuiWindow) *GuiWindow {
 	log.Println("InitGuiWindow() START")
 	var newGuiWindow GuiWindow
 	newGuiWindow.Width	= Config.Width
 	newGuiWindow.Height	= Config.Height
-	newGuiWindow.Name       = name
+
+	newGuiWindow.Axis	= gw.Axis
 	newGuiWindow.MakeWindow	= gw.MakeWindow
 	newGuiWindow.UiWindow	= gw.UiWindow
 	newGuiWindow.UiTab	= gw.UiTab
+	newGuiWindow.Name       = gw.Name
+
 	newGuiWindow.BoxMap	= make(map[string]*GuiBox)
 	newGuiWindow.EntryMap	= make(map[string]*GuiEntry)
 	newGuiWindow.EntryMap["test"] = nil
@@ -25,7 +28,7 @@ func InitGuiWindow(name string, gw *GuiWindow) *GuiWindow {
 		log.Println("gui.InitGuiWindow() making the Data.WindowMap here")
 		Data.WindowMap  = make(map[string]*GuiWindow)
 	}
-	Data.WindowMap[name]    = &newGuiWindow
+	Data.WindowMap[newGuiWindow.Name]    = &newGuiWindow
 
 	if (Data.buttonMap == nil) {
 		GuiInit()
@@ -35,11 +38,13 @@ func InitGuiWindow(name string, gw *GuiWindow) *GuiWindow {
 }
 
 
-func StartNewWindow(bg bool, name string, callback func(*GuiWindow) *GuiBox) {
+func StartNewWindow(bg bool, name string, axis int, callback func(*GuiWindow) *GuiBox) {
 	log.Println("StartNewWindow() Create a new window")
 	var junk GuiWindow
 	junk.MakeWindow = callback
-	window := InitGuiWindow(name, &junk)
+	junk.Name = name
+	junk.Axis = axis
+	window := InitGuiWindow(&junk)
 	if (bg) {
 		log.Println("StartNewWindow() START NEW GOROUTINE for ui.Main()")
 		go ui.Main(func() {
@@ -59,7 +64,7 @@ func StartNewWindow(bg bool, name string, callback func(*GuiWindow) *GuiBox) {
 func InitTabWindow(gw *GuiWindow) {
 	log.Println("InitTabWindow() START. THIS WINDOW IS NOT YET SHOWN")
 
-	gw.UiWindow = ui.NewWindow("InitTabWindow()", int(gw.Width), int(gw.Height), true)
+	gw.UiWindow = ui.NewWindow(gw.Name, int(gw.Width), int(gw.Height), true)
 	gw.UiWindow.SetBorderless(false)
 
 	gw.UiWindow.OnClosing(func(*ui.Window) bool {
@@ -72,7 +77,6 @@ func InitTabWindow(gw *GuiWindow) {
 	gw.UiWindow.SetChild(gw.UiTab)
 	gw.UiWindow.SetMargined(true)
 
-
 	box := gw.MakeWindow(gw)
 	log.Println("InitTabWindow() END box =", box)
 	log.Println("InitTabWindow() END gw =", gw)