diff --git a/structs.go b/structs.go
index 718bb47..ce06d02 100644
--- a/structs.go
+++ b/structs.go
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ type guiWidget struct {
 	children     []*guiWidget // mirrors the binary node tree
 	node         *tree.Node   // the pointer back to the tree
 	windowFrame  *guiWidget   // this is the frame for a window widget
+	internal     bool         // indicates the widget is internal to gocui and should be treated differently
 	hasTabs      bool         // does the window have tabs?
 	currentTab   bool         // the visible tab
 	value        string       // ?
diff --git a/treeDraw.go b/treeDraw.go
index b70bab2..3bea50c 100644
--- a/treeDraw.go
+++ b/treeDraw.go
@@ -50,7 +50,11 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) drawView() {
 			d = tk.full.h1
 		}
 	} else {
-		tk.textResize() // resize everything except windows
+		if tk.internal {
+			// do nothing
+		} else {
+			tk.textResize() // resize gocui frame to the widget text
+		}
 		a = tk.gocuiSize.w0
 		b = tk.gocuiSize.h0
 		c = tk.gocuiSize.w1
diff --git a/window.go b/window.go
index 50c08a3..6948029 100644
--- a/window.go
+++ b/window.go
@@ -42,8 +42,18 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) redrawWindow(w int, h int) {
 		tk.windowFrame.makeTK([]string{"windowFrame"})
 	}
 	tk.windowFrame.MoveToOffset(w, h+2)
-	tk.windowFrame.drawView()
+	r := tk.getFullSize()
+	tk.windowFrame.gocuiSize.w0 = r.w0
+	tk.windowFrame.gocuiSize.w1 = r.w1
+	tk.windowFrame.gocuiSize.h0 = r.h0
+	tk.windowFrame.gocuiSize.h1 = r.h1
+	tk.windowFrame.full.w0 = r.w0
+	tk.windowFrame.full.w1 = r.w1
+	tk.windowFrame.full.h0 = r.h0
+	tk.windowFrame.full.h1 = r.h1
+	// tk.windowFrame.drawView()
 	tk.windowFrame.Show()
+	me.baseGui.SetViewBeneath(tk.windowFrame.cuiName, tk.cuiName, 1)
 }
 
 // re-draws the buttons for each of the windows
@@ -73,19 +83,20 @@ func (win *guiWidget) addWindowFrame(wId int) *tree.Node {
 	// store the internal toolkit information
 	tk := new(guiWidget)
 	tk.frame = true
-	tk.labelN = "DropBox text"
+	tk.labelN = "windowFrame text"
+	tk.internal = true
 
 	tk.node = n
 	if tk.node.Parent == nil {
 		tk.node.Parent = me.treeRoot
 	}
 	// copy the data from the action message
-	tk.node.State.Label = "DropBox"
+	tk.node.State.Label = "windowFrame"
 
 	// set the name used by gocui to the id
 	tk.cuiName = fmt.Sprintf("%d DR", wId)
 
-	tk.color = &colorFlag
+	tk.color = &colorGroup
 
 	// add this new widget on the binary tree
 	tk.parent = win