diff --git a/color.go b/color.go
index 01be54c..fb712ac 100644
--- a/color.go
+++ b/color.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ var colorWindow colorT = colorT{
 	selBg: powdererBlue,
 	name:  "normal window",
 }
-var colorActiveW colorT = colorT{none, none, powdererBlue, none, powdererBlue, "active window"}
+var colorActiveW colorT = colorT{none, none, powdererBlue, none, powdererBlue, "active window"} // sets the window to blue
 
 var colorTab colorT = colorT{gocui.ColorBlue, gocui.ColorBlue, none, none, powdererBlue, "normal tab"}
 var colorActiveT colorT = colorT{gocui.ColorBlue, none, powdererBlue, none, powdererBlue, "active tab"}
diff --git a/debug.go b/debug.go
index e97c952..d781dae 100644
--- a/debug.go
+++ b/debug.go
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) dumpWidget(s string) {
 	sizeW, sizeH := tk.Size()
 	s1 += fmt.Sprintf("size=(%3d,%3d)", sizeW, sizeH)
 	if tk.Visible() {
+		r := tk.setFullSize()
 		s1 += fmt.Sprintf("gocui=(%3d,%3d,%3d,%3d)",
 			tk.gocuiSize.w0, tk.gocuiSize.h0, tk.gocuiSize.w1, tk.gocuiSize.h1)
 		// vx0, vy0, vx1, vy1, _ := me.baseGui.ViewPosition("msg")
 		// vw0, vh0, vw1, vh1, _ := me.baseGui.ViewPosition(tk.v.Name())
-		r := tk.getFullSize()
 		s1 += fmt.Sprintf(" full=(%3d,%3d,%3d,%3d)", r.w0, r.h0, r.w1, r.h1)
 	} else {
 		s1 += fmt.Sprintf("       %3s %3s %3s %3s ", "", "", "", "")
diff --git a/eventMouseClick.go b/eventMouseClick.go
index 8d33800..1f33ee7 100644
--- a/eventMouseClick.go
+++ b/eventMouseClick.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) doWidgetClick(w int, h int) {
 		// if there is a current window, hide it
 		if me.currentWindow != nil {
 			me.currentWindow.setColor(&colorWindow)
-			me.currentWindow.hideWidgets()
+			// me.currentWindow.hideWidgets()
 			me.currentWindow.isCurrent = false
 		}
 
@@ -27,17 +27,18 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) doWidgetClick(w int, h int) {
 		me.currentWindow.isCurrent = true
 		tk.active = false
 
+		// might make the green box the right size
+		tk.setFullSize()
+
 		// draw the current window
 		w := tk.gocuiSize.w0 + 4
 		h := tk.gocuiSize.h0 + 4
 		tk.DrawAt(w, h)
-		tk.setColor(&colorActiveW)
+		tk.setColor(&colorActiveW) // sets the window to Green BG
 		tk.showWidgets()
 		tk.placeWidgets(w, h) // compute the sizes & places for each widget
 
-		full := tk.getFullSize()
-		tk.gocuiSize.w1 = full.w1
-		tk.gocuiSize.h1 = full.h1
+		tk.setFullSize()
 		me.baseGui.SetView(tk.cuiName, tk.gocuiSize.w0, tk.gocuiSize.h0, tk.gocuiSize.w1, tk.gocuiSize.h1, 0)
 	case widget.Group:
 		if tk.active {
diff --git a/find.go b/find.go
index 30344de..87ce832 100644
--- a/find.go
+++ b/find.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
+	log "go.wit.com/log"
 	"go.wit.com/widget"
 )
 
@@ -57,6 +58,44 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) findByXYreal(w int, h int) []*guiWidget {
 	return widgets
 }
 
+func (tk *guiWidget) setFullSize() rectType {
+	r := tk.getFullSize()
+
+	/*
+		r.w0 = tk.gocuiSize.w0
+		r.w1 = tk.gocuiSize.w1
+		r.h0 = tk.gocuiSize.h0
+		r.h1 = tk.gocuiSize.h1
+	*/
+	var changed bool
+	if tk.gocuiSize.w0 != r.w0 {
+		tk.gocuiSize.w0 = r.w0
+		changed = true
+	}
+	if tk.gocuiSize.w1 != r.w1 {
+		tk.gocuiSize.w1 = r.w1
+		changed = true
+	}
+	if tk.gocuiSize.h0 != r.h0 {
+		tk.gocuiSize.h0 = r.h0
+		changed = true
+	}
+	if tk.gocuiSize.h1 != r.h1 {
+		tk.gocuiSize.h1 = r.h1
+		changed = true
+	}
+	if changed {
+		if tk.node.WidgetType == widget.Window {
+			log.Info("REDRAW WINDOW IN setFullSize()")
+			tk.gocuiSize.w1 = r.w1 + 2
+			tk.gocuiSize.h1 = r.h1 + 1
+			tk.Hide()
+			tk.drawView()
+		}
+	}
+	return r
+}
+
 // this checks a widget to see if it is under (W,H), then checks the widget's children
 // anything that matches is passed back as an array of widgets
 func (tk *guiWidget) getFullSize() rectType {
diff --git a/structs.go b/structs.go
index b36bde9..a51b7a4 100644
--- a/structs.go
+++ b/structs.go
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ type guiWidget struct {
 	frame        bool         // ?
 	selectedTab  *tree.Node   // for a window, this is currently selected tab
 	color        *colorT      // what color to use
+	resize       bool
 }
 
 // from the gocui devs:
diff --git a/treeDraw.go b/treeDraw.go
index 7c42693..f2cca36 100644
--- a/treeDraw.go
+++ b/treeDraw.go
@@ -10,9 +10,80 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
 	log "go.wit.com/log"
+	"go.wit.com/widget"
 )
 
-var toggle bool = true
+// display's the text of the widget in gocui
+// deletes the old view if it exists and recreates it
+func (tk *guiWidget) drawView() {
+	var err error
+	log.Log(INFO, "drawView() START", tk.node.WidgetType, tk.String())
+	if me.baseGui == nil {
+		log.Log(ERROR, "drawView() ERROR: me.baseGui == nil", tk)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if tk.cuiName == "" {
+		log.Log(ERROR, "drawView() tk.cuiName was not set for widget", tk)
+		tk.cuiName = strconv.Itoa(tk.node.WidgetId) + " TK"
+	}
+	log.Log(INFO, "drawView() labelN =", tk.labelN)
+
+	// this deletes the button from gocui
+	me.baseGui.DeleteView(tk.cuiName)
+	tk.v = nil
+
+	if tk.node.WidgetType == widget.Window {
+		if !tk.resize {
+			tk.resize = true
+			tk.textResize() // resize window only once
+		}
+	} else {
+		tk.textResize() // resize everything except windows
+	}
+	a := tk.gocuiSize.w0
+	b := tk.gocuiSize.h0
+	c := tk.gocuiSize.w1
+	d := tk.gocuiSize.h1
+
+	tk.v, err = me.baseGui.SetView(tk.cuiName, a, b, c, d, 0)
+	if err == nil {
+		tk.dumpWidget("drawView() err")
+		log.Log(ERROR, "drawView() internal plugin error err = nil")
+		return
+	}
+	if !errors.Is(err, gocui.ErrUnknownView) {
+		tk.dumpWidget("drawView() err")
+		log.Log(ERROR, "drawView() internal plugin error error.IS()", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// this sets up the keybinding for the name of the window
+	// does this really need to be done? I think we probably already
+	// know everything about where all the widgets are so we could bypass
+	// the gocui package and just handle all the mouse events internally here (?)
+	// for now, the w.v.Name is a string "1", "2", "3", etc from the widgetId
+
+	// set the binding for this gocui view now that it has been created
+	// gocui handles overlaps of views so it will run on the view that is clicked on
+	// me.baseGui.SetKeybinding(w.v.Name(), gocui.MouseLeft, gocui.ModNone, click)
+
+	// this actually sends the text to display to gocui
+	tk.v.Wrap = true
+	tk.v.Frame = tk.frame
+	tk.v.Clear()
+	fmt.Fprint(tk.v, tk.labelN)
+
+	// if you don't do this here, it will be black & white only
+	if tk.color != nil {
+		tk.v.FrameColor = tk.color.frame
+		tk.v.FgColor = tk.color.fg
+		tk.v.BgColor = tk.color.bg
+		tk.v.SelFgColor = tk.color.selFg
+		tk.v.SelBgColor = tk.color.selBg
+	}
+	log.Log(INFO, "drawView() END")
+}
 
 func (w *guiWidget) DrawAt(offsetW, offsetH int) {
 	w.setColor(&colorActiveW)
@@ -27,6 +98,8 @@ func (w *guiWidget) simpleDrawAt(offsetW, offsetH int) {
 	w.dumpWidget("simpleDrawAt()")
 }
 
+var toggle bool = true
+
 func (w *guiWidget) toggleTree() {
 	if toggle {
 		w.drawTree(toggle)
@@ -54,68 +127,3 @@ func (w *guiWidget) drawTree(draw bool) {
 		child.drawTree(draw)
 	}
 }
-
-// display's the text of the widget in gocui
-// deletes the old view if it exists and recreates it
-func (w *guiWidget) drawView() {
-	var err error
-	log.Log(INFO, "drawView() START", w.node.WidgetType, w.String())
-	if me.baseGui == nil {
-		log.Log(ERROR, "drawView() ERROR: me.baseGui == nil", w)
-		return
-	}
-
-	if w.cuiName == "" {
-		log.Log(ERROR, "drawView() w.cuiName was not set for widget", w)
-		w.cuiName = strconv.Itoa(w.node.WidgetId) + " TK"
-	}
-	log.Log(INFO, "drawView() labelN =", w.labelN)
-
-	// this deletes the button from gocui
-	me.baseGui.DeleteView(w.cuiName)
-	w.v = nil
-
-	w.textResize()
-	a := w.gocuiSize.w0
-	b := w.gocuiSize.h0
-	c := w.gocuiSize.w1
-	d := w.gocuiSize.h1
-
-	w.v, err = me.baseGui.SetView(w.cuiName, a, b, c, d, 0)
-	if err == nil {
-		w.dumpWidget("drawView() err")
-		log.Log(ERROR, "drawView() internal plugin error err = nil")
-		return
-	}
-	if !errors.Is(err, gocui.ErrUnknownView) {
-		w.dumpWidget("drawView() err")
-		log.Log(ERROR, "drawView() internal plugin error error.IS()", err)
-		return
-	}
-
-	// this sets up the keybinding for the name of the window
-	// does this really need to be done? I think we probably already
-	// know everything about where all the widgets are so we could bypass
-	// the gocui package and just handle all the mouse events internally here (?)
-	// for now, the w.v.Name is a string "1", "2", "3", etc from the widgetId
-
-	// set the binding for this gocui view now that it has been created
-	// gocui handles overlaps of views so it will run on the view that is clicked on
-	// me.baseGui.SetKeybinding(w.v.Name(), gocui.MouseLeft, gocui.ModNone, click)
-
-	// this actually sends the text to display to gocui
-	w.v.Wrap = true
-	w.v.Frame = w.frame
-	w.v.Clear()
-	fmt.Fprint(w.v, w.labelN)
-
-	// if you don't do this here, it will be black & white only
-	if w.color != nil {
-		w.v.FrameColor = w.color.frame
-		w.v.FgColor = w.color.fg
-		w.v.BgColor = w.color.bg
-		w.v.SelFgColor = w.color.selFg
-		w.v.SelBgColor = w.color.selBg
-	}
-	log.Log(INFO, "drawView() END")
-}
diff --git a/window.go b/window.go
index 217f777..36e1aed 100644
--- a/window.go
+++ b/window.go
@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@ func (w *guiWidget) redoWindows(nextW int, nextH int) {
 		child.frame = false
 		child.hasTabs = false
 
-		child.gocuiSetWH(nextW, nextH)
+		// this should make the window the full size and re-draw it
+		child.setFullSize() // child.gocuiSetWH(nextW, nextH)
 		child.Hide()
-
 		child.drawView()
+
 		sizeW := child.gocuiSize.Width()
 		nextW += sizeW + 4
 		child.redoWindows(startW+3, startH+2)