diff -r 62205699cd0e -r 97bafeca1c7c ui/motif/container.c
--- a/ui/motif/container.c	Tue Jul 22 19:15:44 2014 +0200
+++ b/ui/motif/container.c	Sun Aug 24 13:31:07 2014 +0200
@@ -160,14 +160,15 @@
     
     XmString label = XmStringCreateLocalized("tab");
     XtSetArg(args[0], XmNlabelString, label);
-    XtSetArg(args[1], XmNshadowThickness, 1);
+    XtSetArg(args[1], XmNshadowThickness, 0);
     XtSetArg(args[2], XmNtraversalOn, FALSE);
     XtSetArg(args[3], XmNtopAttachment, XmATTACH_FORM);
     XtSetArg(args[4], XmNbottomAttachment, XmATTACH_FORM);
     XtSetArg(args[5], XmNhighlightThickness, 0);
     XtSetArg(args[6], XmNindicatorOn, XmINDICATOR_NONE);
+    XtSetArg(args[7], XmNfillOnSelect, TRUE);
     
-    Widget button = XmCreateToggleButton(v->tabbar, "tab_button", args, 7);
+    Widget button = XmCreateToggleButton(v->tabbar, "tab_button", args, 8);
     tab->tabbedpane = v;
     tab->content = content;
     tab->tab_button = button;
@@ -189,6 +190,8 @@
                     XmATTACH_POSITION,
                     XmNrightPosition,
                     pos + part,
+                    XmNset,
+                    FALSE,
                     NULL);
             is_first = FALSE;
         } else if(i < count - 1) {
@@ -202,6 +205,8 @@
                     XmATTACH_POSITION,
                     XmNrightPosition,
                     pos + part,
+                    XmNset,
+                    FALSE,
                     NULL);
         } else {
             XtVaSetValues(
@@ -212,14 +217,16 @@
                     pos,
                     XmNrightAttachment,
                     XmATTACH_FORM,
+                    XmNset,
+                    FALSE,
                     NULL);
         }
         pos += part;
         i++;
     }
     
-    
     XtManageChild(button);
+    XtVaSetValues(button, XmNset, TRUE, NULL);
     XtAddCallback(
         button,
         XmNvalueChangedCallback,