diff --git a/eventMouseClick.go b/eventMouseClick.go
index 8c32910..3707ae0 100644
--- a/eventMouseClick.go
+++ b/eventMouseClick.go
@@ -9,21 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/widget"
 )
 
-func (tk *guiWidget) redrawWindow(w int, h int) {
-	if tk.node.WidgetType != widget.Window {
-		return
-	}
-	tk.setFullSize() // might make the green box the right size
-
-	tk.DrawAt(w, h)
-	tk.setColor(&colorActiveW) // sets the window to Green BG
-	tk.placeWidgets(w, h)      // compute the sizes & places for each widget
-	tk.showWidgets()
-
-	tk.setFullSize()
-	me.baseGui.SetView(tk.cuiName, tk.gocuiSize.w0, tk.gocuiSize.h0, tk.gocuiSize.w1, tk.gocuiSize.h1, 0)
-}
-
 // this whole things was impossible to make but it got me where I am now
 // the debugging is way way better now with it being visible in the Stdout window
 // so now it's possible to redo all this and make it better
diff --git a/find.go b/find.go
index 1c8deb9..9191b06 100644
--- a/find.go
+++ b/find.go
@@ -58,6 +58,26 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) findByXYreal(w int, h int) []*guiWidget {
 	return widgets
 }
 
+// returns all the windows from the root of the binary tree
+func findWindows() []*guiWidget {
+	rootW := me.treeRoot.TK.(*guiWidget)
+	return rootW.findWindows()
+}
+
+// walk the binary tree looking for WidgetType == Window
+func (tk *guiWidget) findWindows() []*guiWidget {
+	var found []*guiWidget
+
+	if tk.node.WidgetType == widget.Window {
+		found = append(found, tk)
+	}
+
+	for _, child := range tk.children {
+		found = append(found, child.findWindows()...)
+	}
+	return found
+}
+
 func (tk *guiWidget) setFullSize() rectType {
 	r := tk.getFullSize()
 
diff --git a/window.go b/window.go
index ed9debe..130c688 100644
--- a/window.go
+++ b/window.go
@@ -9,37 +9,43 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/widget"
 )
 
+func (tk *guiWidget) redrawWindow(w int, h int) {
+	if tk.node.WidgetType != widget.Window {
+		return
+	}
+	tk.setFullSize() // might make the green box the right size
+
+	tk.DrawAt(w, h)
+	tk.setColor(&colorActiveW) // sets the window to Green BG
+	tk.placeWidgets(w, h)      // compute the sizes & places for each widget
+	tk.showWidgets()
+
+	tk.setFullSize()
+	me.baseGui.SetView(tk.cuiName, tk.gocuiSize.w0, tk.gocuiSize.h0, tk.gocuiSize.w1, tk.gocuiSize.h1, 0)
+}
+
 // re-draws the buttons for each of the windows
 func (tk *guiWidget) redoWindows(nextW int, nextH int) {
-
-	for _, child := range tk.children {
-		if child.node.WidgetType != widget.Window {
-			continue
-		}
-		child.gocuiSize.w0 = nextW
-		child.gocuiSize.h0 = nextH
+	for _, win := range findWindows() {
+		win.gocuiSize.w0 = nextW
+		win.gocuiSize.h0 = nextH
 
 		tmp := fmt.Sprintf("redoWindowsS (%d,%d)", nextW, nextH)
-		child.dumpWidget(tmp)
+		win.dumpWidget(tmp)
 
-		child.frame = false
-		child.hasTabs = false
+		win.frame = false
+		win.hasTabs = false
 
 		// this should make the window the full size and re-draw it
-		child.setFullSize() // child.gocuiSetWH(nextW, nextH)
-		child.Hide()
-		child.DrawAt(nextW, nextH)
-		child.Show()
+		win.setFullSize() // win.gocuiSetWH(nextW, nextH)
+		win.Hide()
+		win.DrawAt(nextW, nextH)
+		win.Show()
 
 		tmp = fmt.Sprintf("redoWindowsE (%d,%d)", nextW, nextH)
-		child.dumpWidget(tmp)
+		win.dumpWidget(tmp)
 
-		nextW += child.gocuiSize.Width() + 4
-		child.redoWindows(nextW, nextH)
-		/*
-			sizeW := child.gocuiSize.Width()
-			nextW += sizeW + 4
-			child.redoWindows(startW+3, startH+2)
-		*/
+		// increment the width for the next window
+		nextW += win.gocuiSize.Width() + 4
 	}
 }