diff --git a/src/hidabletabwidget.cpp b/src/hidabletabwidget.cpp
--- a/src/hidabletabwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/hidabletabwidget.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright © 2015 Hasan Yavuz Özderya
+  Copyright © 2017 Hasan Yavuz Özderya
 
   This file is part of serialplot.
 
@@ -77,3 +77,8 @@ void HidableTabWidget::connectSignals()
         connect(this, SIGNAL(tabBarDoubleClicked(int)), this, SLOT(onTabBarDoubleClicked()));
     }
 }
+
+void HidableTabWidget::showTabs()
+{
+    hideAction.setChecked(false);
+}
diff --git a/src/hidabletabwidget.h b/src/hidabletabwidget.h
--- a/src/hidabletabwidget.h
+++ b/src/hidabletabwidget.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright © 2015 Hasan Yavuz Özderya
+  Copyright © 2017 Hasan Yavuz Özderya
 
   This file is part of serialplot.
 
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ public:
     explicit HidableTabWidget(QWidget *parent = 0);
     QAction hideAction;
 
+public slots:
+    void showTabs();
+
 private slots:
     void onHideAction(bool checked);
     void onTabBarClicked();
diff --git a/src/mainwindow.cpp b/src/mainwindow.cpp
--- a/src/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) 
     connect(&commandPanel, &CommandPanel::focusRequested, [this]()
             {
                 this->ui->tabWidget->setCurrentWidget(&commandPanel);
+                this->ui->tabWidget->showTabs();
             });
 
     tbPortControl->setObjectName("tbPortControl");
@@ -253,6 +254,7 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) 
     connect(commandPanel.newCommandAction(), &QAction::triggered, [this]()
             {
                 this->ui->tabWidget->setCurrentWidget(&commandPanel);
+                this->ui->tabWidget->showTabs();
             });
 }