diff -urN cui23/button.c cui24/button.c
--- cui23/button.c	Thu Jan 30 23:10:00 2014
+++ cui24/button.c	Thu Jan 30 23:20:00 2014
@@ -62,8 +62,11 @@
 void
 cui_button_str_set(cui obj, char *s)
 {
+	int visi = cui_is_visible(obj);
+	if(visi) cui_hide(obj);
 	cui_label_str_set(obj, s);
 	obj->w += 2;
+	if(visi) cui_show(obj);
 }
 
 /* EOF */
diff -urN cui23/label.c cui24/label.c
--- cui23/label.c	Thu Jan 30 23:10:00 2014
+++ cui24/label.c	Thu Jan 30 23:20:00 2014
@@ -39,10 +39,11 @@
 cui_label_str_set(cui obj, char *s)
 {
 	cui_label p = (cui_label)obj;
-	cui_hide(obj);
+	int visi = cui_is_visible(obj);
+	if(visi) cui_hide(obj);
 	p->s = s;
 	obj->w = strlen(s);
-	cui_show(obj);
+	if(visi) cui_show(obj);
 }
 
 /* EOF */