diff --git a/checkbox.go b/checkbox.go
index 8c4b3db..e5c730a 100644
--- a/checkbox.go
+++ b/checkbox.go
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ func (w *guiWidget) setCheckbox() {
 	// t := len(w.labelN) + 3
 	// w.gocuiSize.w1 = w.gocuiSize.w0 + t
 
-	w.deleteView()
+	w.Hide()
 	w.Show()
 }
diff --git a/click.go b/click.go
index 254d079..0074c3b 100644
--- a/click.go
+++ b/click.go
@@ -223,11 +223,5 @@ func ctrlDown(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 	tk.gocuiSize.h0 = newR.h0
 	tk.gocuiSize.w1 = newR.w1
 	tk.gocuiSize.h1 = newR.h1
-	if tk.Visible() {
-		// me.ctrlDown.hideView()
-	} else {
-		// me.ctrlDown.showView()
-	}
-	// me.ctrlDown.showWidgetPlacement("ctrlDown:")
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/color.go b/color.go
index 3452e30..2201690 100644
--- a/color.go
+++ b/color.go
@@ -145,10 +145,6 @@ func (w *guiWidget) enableColor() {
 	w.setColor(w.defaultColor)
 }
 
-func (w *guiWidget) setDefaultWidgetColor() {
-	w.showView()
-}
-
 func (w *guiWidget) setDefaultHighlight() {
 	if w.v == nil {
 		log.Log(ERROR, "SetColor() failed on view == nil")
@@ -172,7 +168,8 @@ func (w *guiWidget) redoColor(draw bool) {
 
 	log.Sleep(.05)
 	w.setDefaultHighlight()
-	w.setDefaultWidgetColor()
+	// w.setDefaultWidgetColor()
+	w.Show()
 
 	for _, child := range w.children {
 		child.redoColor(draw)
diff --git a/draw.go b/draw.go
index db22fe2..6e7304c 100644
--- a/draw.go
+++ b/draw.go
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ func (w *guiWidget) drawTree(draw bool) {
 	w.showWidgetPlacement("drawTree()")
 	if draw {
 		// w.textResize()
-		w.showView()
+		w.Show()
 	} else {
-		w.deleteView()
+		w.Hide()
 	}
 
 	for _, child := range w.children {
diff --git a/help.go b/help.go
index 832b397..7ea271e 100644
--- a/help.go
+++ b/help.go
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ var helpText []string = []string{"KEYBINDINGS",
 
 func hidehelplayout() {
 	me.baseGui.DeleteView("help")
-	// n.deleteView()
-	// child.hideFake()
 }
 
 func helplayout() error {
diff --git a/plugin.go b/plugin.go
index b9ff8ee..4c84323 100644
--- a/plugin.go
+++ b/plugin.go
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ func (w *guiWidget) SetText(text string) {
 
 	if w.Visible() {
 		w.textResize()
-		w.deleteView()
-		w.showView()
+		w.Hide()
+		w.Show()
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/view.go b/view.go
index 6c9f692..9b0270a 100644
--- a/view.go
+++ b/view.go
@@ -48,23 +48,9 @@ func (w *guiWidget) textResize() bool {
 	return changed
 }
 
-func (w *guiWidget) hideView() {
-	w.deleteView()
-}
-
 // display's the text of the widget in gocui
-// will create a new gocui view if there isn't one or if it has been moved
-func (w *guiWidget) showView() {
-	if w.cuiName == "" {
-		log.Log(ERROR, "showView() w.cuiName was not set for widget", w)
-		w.cuiName = strconv.Itoa(w.node.WidgetId) + " TK"
-	}
-	log.Log(INFO, "showView() labelN =", w.labelN)
-
-	w.recreateView()
-}
-
 // create or recreate the gocui widget visible
+// will create a new gocui view if there isn't one or if it has been moved
 // deletes the old view if it exists and recreates it
 func (w *guiWidget) recreateView() {
 	var err error
@@ -74,6 +60,12 @@ func (w *guiWidget) recreateView() {
 		return
 	}
 
+	if w.cuiName == "" {
+		log.Log(ERROR, "recreateView() w.cuiName was not set for widget", w)
+		w.cuiName = strconv.Itoa(w.node.WidgetId) + " TK"
+	}
+	log.Log(INFO, "recreateView() labelN =", w.labelN)
+
 	// this deletes the button from gocui
 	me.baseGui.DeleteView(w.cuiName)
 	w.v = nil
@@ -111,8 +103,6 @@ func (w *guiWidget) recreateView() {
 	w.v.Frame = w.frame
 	w.v.Clear()
 	fmt.Fprint(w.v, w.labelN)
-	// n.showWidgetPlacement("n.String()=" + n.String() + " n.tk.label=" + n.tk.label + " " + w.cuiName)
-	// n.dumpWidget("jwc 2")
 
 	// if you don't do this here, it will be black & white only
 	if w.color != nil {
@@ -137,7 +127,7 @@ func (w *guiWidget) hideWidgets() {
 	case widget.Box:
 	case widget.Grid:
 	default:
-		w.hideView()
+		w.Hide()
 	}
 	for _, child := range w.children {
 		child.hideWidgets()
@@ -158,7 +148,7 @@ func showFake() {
 
 func (w *guiWidget) hideFake() {
 	if w.isFake {
-		w.hideView()
+		w.Hide()
 	}
 	for _, child := range w.children {
 		child.hideFake()
@@ -167,8 +157,7 @@ func (w *guiWidget) hideFake() {
 
 func (w *guiWidget) showFake() {
 	if w.isFake {
-		// w.setFake()
-		w.showView()
+		w.recreateView()
 		w.showWidgetPlacement("showFake:")
 	}
 	for _, child := range w.children {
@@ -177,15 +166,8 @@ func (w *guiWidget) showFake() {
 }
 
 func (w *guiWidget) showWidgets() {
-	if w.isFake {
-		// don't display by default
-	} else {
-		if w.node.State.Hidden {
-			// don't display hidden views
-		} else {
-			w.showView()
-		}
-	}
+	w.Show()
+
 	for _, child := range w.children {
 		child.showWidgets()
 	}
diff --git a/widget.go b/widget.go
index ee6a12d..0f54750 100644
--- a/widget.go
+++ b/widget.go
@@ -101,35 +101,49 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) Visible() bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-func (tk *guiWidget) Show() {
+func (w *guiWidget) Show() {
 	// always should the dropdown widget
-	if tk == me.dropdownV {
-		me.dropdownV.showView()
+	if w== me.dropdownV {
+		me.dropdownV.recreateView()
 		return
 	}
+
+	// don't display fake widgets
+	if w.isFake {
+		return
+	}
+
 	// if this isn't in the binary tree
 	// it's some internal widget so always display those
-	if tk.node == nil {
-		tk.showView()
+	if w.node == nil {
+		w.recreateView()
+		return
+	}
+
+	// always show window titles
+	if w.node.WidgetType != widget.Window {
+		w.recreateView()
 		return
 	}
 
 	// if the widget is not in the current displayed windo
 	// then ignore it
-	log.Log(NOW, "Show() tk =", tk.cuiName, tk.String())
-	log.Log(NOW, "Show() tk.IsCurrent() returned", tk.IsCurrent())
-	if ! tk.IsCurrent() {
-		log.Log(NOW, "Show() NOT drawing", tk.cuiName, tk.String())
+	log.Log(NOW, "Show() widget =", w.cuiName, w.String())
+	log.Log(NOW, "Show() w.IsCurrent() returned", w.IsCurrent())
+	if ! w.IsCurrent() {
+		log.Log(NOW, "Show() NOT drawing", w.cuiName, w.String())
 		return
 	}
-	log.Log(NOW, "Show() drawing", tk.cuiName, tk.String())
+	log.Log(NOW, "Show() drawing", w.cuiName, w.String())
 
 	// finally, check if the widget State is hidden or not
-	if tk.node.State.Hidden {
+	if w.node.State.Hidden {
 		// don't display hidden widgets
-	} else {
-		tk.showView()
+		return
 	}
+
+	// okay, if you made it this far, then display the widget
+	w.recreateView()
 }
 
 func (tk *guiWidget) Hide() {
diff --git a/window.go b/window.go
index 0918c45..789a355 100644
--- a/window.go
+++ b/window.go
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ func (w *guiWidget) redoWindows(nextW int, nextH int) {
 		child.hasTabs = false
 
 		child.gocuiSetWH(nextW, nextH)
-		child.deleteView()
-		child.showView()
+		child.Hide()
+
+		// use the direct method recreateView() to
+		// bypass sanity checks here (fix this?)
+		child.recreateView()
 		sizeW := child.gocuiSize.Width()
 		nextW += sizeW + 4
 		child.redoWindows(startW+3, startH+2)