--- rxvt-unicode/src/perl/tabbed	2006/02/11 02:28:19	1.19
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/perl/tabbed	2006/02/20 19:42:55	1.20
@@ -140,7 +140,10 @@
 
    $self->configure;
    $self->copy_properties;
-   $tab->focus_in;
+   
+   $tab->focus_out; # just in case, should be a nop
+   $tab->focus_in if $self->focus;
+   
    $tab->XMapWindow ($tab->parent);
    delete $tab->{activity};
    $self->refresh;