diff --git a/common.go b/common.go
index 66da97c..361c165 100644
--- a/common.go
+++ b/common.go
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ func (n *Node) String() string {
 	return widget.GetString(n.State.Value)
 }
 
+func (n *Node) ProgName() string {
+	return n.State.ProgName
+}
+
 func (n *Node) Hidden() bool {
 	return n.State.Hidden
 }
diff --git a/init.go b/init.go
index 02d2623..67b5d18 100644
--- a/init.go
+++ b/init.go
@@ -10,18 +10,40 @@ import (
 
 var muAction sync.Mutex
 
-/*
-func (me *TreeInfo) newAction(a widget.Action) *tree.Node {
+func (me *TreeInfo) newAction(a widget.Action) {
+	n := me.treeRoot.FindWidgetId(a.WidgetId)
 	switch a.ActionType {
 	case widget.Add:
-		n := me.treeRoot.FindWidgetId(a.WidgetId)
 		if n == nil {
 			n := me.AddNode(&a)
-			me.ActionFromChannel(n, a.ActionType)
+			me.Add(n)
+			return
 		}
+	case widget.SetText:
+		switch n.WidgetType {
+		case widget.Dropdown:
+			me.SetText(n, widget.GetString(a.State.Value))
+		case widget.Combobox:
+			me.SetText(n, widget.GetString(a.State.Value))
+		case widget.Window:
+			me.SetTitle(n, a.State.Label)
+		default:
+			// buttons, checkboxes, groups, etc
+			me.SetLabel(n, a.State.Label)
+		}
+	case widget.AddText:
+		switch n.WidgetType {
+		case widget.Dropdown:
+			me.AddText(n, widget.GetString(a.State.Value))
+		case widget.Combobox:
+			me.AddText(n, widget.GetString(a.State.Value))
+		default:
+			log.Warn("AddText() not supported on widget", n.WidgetType, n.String())
+		}
+	default:
+		me.NodeAction(n, a.ActionType)
 	}
 }
-*/
 
 func (me *TreeInfo) catchActionChannel() {
 	defer func() {
@@ -42,8 +64,8 @@ func (me *TreeInfo) catchActionChannel() {
 				log.Error(errors.New("toolkit ActionFromChannel == nil"), a.WidgetId, a.ActionType, a.WidgetType)
 			} else {
 				// send this to the toolkit
+				me.newAction(a)
 				me.ActionFromChannel(a)
-				// me.newAction(a)
 			}
 			muAction.Unlock()
 		}
diff --git a/structs.go b/structs.go
index 4ff96c7..1ae9682 100644
--- a/structs.go
+++ b/structs.go
@@ -1,24 +1,18 @@
 package tree
 
 /*
-	These code should be common to all gui plugins
-
 	There are some helper functions that are probably going to be
 	the same everywhere. Mostly due to handling the binary tree structure
 	and the channel communication
-
-	For now, it's just a symlink to the 'master' version in
-	./toolkit/nocui/common.go
 */
 
 import (
-	// "go.wit.com/log"
 	"go.wit.com/widget"
 )
 
-// var me *TreeInfo
-
 type TreeInfo struct {
+	PluginName        string
+
 	// this is the channel we send user events like
 	// mouse clicks or keyboard events back to the program
 	callback chan widget.Action
@@ -27,9 +21,15 @@ type TreeInfo struct {
 	pluginChan chan widget.Action
 
 	treeRoot          *Node
-	NodeI             interface{}
+	// NodeI             interface{}
+
 	ActionFromChannel func(widget.Action)
-	PluginName        string
+	NodeAction func(*Node, widget.ActionType)
+	Add func(*Node)
+	AddText func(*Node, string)
+	SetText func(*Node, string)
+	SetTitle func(*Node, string)
+	SetLabel func(*Node, string)
 }
 
 type Node struct {