diff -r eb6611be50c7 -r 7cd1b8890302 ui/motif/text.c
--- a/ui/motif/text.c	Thu Jan 01 11:23:43 2015 +0100
+++ b/ui/motif/text.c	Thu Jan 01 14:13:37 2015 +0100
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@
     XtSetArg(args[n], XmNeditMode, XmMULTI_LINE_EDIT);
     n++;
     
-    Widget parent = ct->add(ct, args, &n);
+    Widget parent = ct->prepare(ct, args, &n, TRUE);
     Widget text_area = XmCreateScrolledText(parent, "text_area", args, n);
+    ct->add(ct, text_area);
     XtManageChild(text_area);
     
     UiTextArea *uitext = ucx_mempool_malloc(