diff -r 6ef2c7f73a30 -r 4697592e24ba ui/motif/container.c
--- a/ui/motif/container.c	Mon Jan 05 14:47:19 2015 +0100
+++ b/ui/motif/container.c	Mon Jan 05 18:47:07 2015 +0100
@@ -330,16 +330,11 @@
     if(tabview->current) {
         XtUnmanageChild(tabview->current);
     }
-    if(tabview->tabs) {
-        // not the first tab, so unmanage the new widget
-        //XtUnmanageChild(widget);
-    } else {
-        tabview->current = widget;
-    }
+
     tabview->current = widget;
-    
     tabview->tabs = ucx_list_append(tabview->tabs, widget);
     
+    ui_select_tab(ct->widget, 0);
     ui_reset_layout(ct->layout);
 }