diff --git a/tabbedcontainer.go b/tabbedcontainer.go
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+package objects
+
+import "git.tebibyte.media/tomo/tomo"
+import "git.tebibyte.media/tomo/tomo/input"
+import "git.tebibyte.media/tomo/objects/layouts"
+
+type TabbedContainer struct {
+	tomo.ContainerBox
+	
+	leftSpacer  tomo.Box
+	rightSpacer tomo.Box
+	tabsRow tomo.ContainerBox
+	active string
+	tabs []*tab
+}
+
+func NewTabbedContainer () *TabbedContainer {
+	container := &TabbedContainer {
+		ContainerBox: tomo.NewContainerBox(),
+	}
+	container.SetRole(tomo.R("objects", "TabbedContainer", ""))
+	container.SetLayout(layouts.Column { false, true } )
+	
+	container.tabsRow = tomo.NewContainerBox()
+	container.tabsRow.SetRole(tomo.R("objects", "TabRow", ""))
+	container.Add(container.tabsRow)
+	
+	container.leftSpacer = tomo.NewBox()
+	container.leftSpacer.SetRole(tomo.R("objects", "TabSpacer", "left"))
+	container.rightSpacer = tomo.NewBox()
+	container.rightSpacer.SetRole(tomo.R("objects", "TabSpacer", "right"))
+	
+	container.ClearTabs()
+	container.setTabRowLayout()
+	return container
+}
+
+func (this *TabbedContainer) Activate (name string) {
+	if _, tab := this.findTab(this.active); tab != nil {
+		tab.setActive(false)
+		this.Remove(tab.root)
+	}
+	if _, tab := this.findTab(name); tab != nil {
+		tab.setActive(true)
+		this.Add(tab.root)
+	} else {
+		name = ""
+	}
+	this.active = name
+}
+
+func (this *TabbedContainer) AddTab (name string, root tomo.Object) {
+	tab := &tab {
+		TextBox: tomo.NewTextBox(),
+		name:    name,
+		root:    root,
+	}
+	tab.SetRole(tomo.R("objects", "Tab", ""))
+	tab.SetText(name)
+	tab.OnMouseDown(func (button input.Button) {
+		if button != input.ButtonLeft { return }
+		this.Activate(name)
+	})
+	
+	this.tabs = append(this.tabs, tab)
+	this.tabsRow.Insert(tab, this.rightSpacer)
+	this.setTabRowLayout()
+	
+	// if the row was empty before, activate this tab
+	if len(this.tabs) == 1 {
+		this.Activate(name)	
+	}
+}
+
+func (this *TabbedContainer) RemoveTab (name string) {
+	index, tab := this.findTab(name)
+	if index < 0 { return }
+	nextIndex := index - 1
+	
+	this.tabsRow.Remove(tab)
+	this.tabs = append(this.tabs[:index], this.tabs[index - 1:]...)
+	this.setTabRowLayout()
+	
+	if nextIndex < 0               { nextIndex = 0 }
+	if nextIndex >= len(this.tabs) { nextIndex = len(this.tabs) - 1 }
+	if nextIndex < 0 {
+		this.Activate("")
+	} else {
+		this.Activate(this.tabs[nextIndex].name)
+	}
+}
+
+func (this *TabbedContainer) ClearTabs () {
+	this.tabs = nil
+	this.tabsRow.Clear()
+	this.tabsRow.Add(this.leftSpacer)
+	this.tabsRow.Add(this.rightSpacer)
+}
+
+func (this *TabbedContainer) setTabRowLayout () {
+	row := make(layouts.Row, 1 + len(this.tabs) + 1)
+	row[len(row) - 1] = true
+	this.tabsRow.SetLayout(row)
+}
+
+func (this *TabbedContainer) findTab (name string) (int, *tab) {
+	for index, tab := range this.tabs {
+		if tab.name == name { return index, tab }
+	}
+	return -1, nil
+}
+
+type tab struct {
+	tomo.TextBox
+	name string
+	root tomo.Object
+}
+
+func (this *tab) setActive (active bool) {
+	if active {
+		this.SetRole(tomo.R("objects", "Tab", "active"))
+	} else {
+		this.SetRole(tomo.R("objects", "Tab", ""))
+	}
+}
+