diff -urN cui90/cui.c cui91/cui.c
--- cui90/cui.c	Mon Mar 31 02:00:00 2014
+++ cui91/cui.c	Tue Apr  1 23:00:00 2014
@@ -239,8 +239,8 @@
 cui_hide(cui obj)
 {
 	if(obj->flags & CUI_FLG_HIDE) return;
-	obj->flags |= CUI_FLG_HIDE;
 	if(cui_esc_cnt > 0) cui_clear(obj);
+	obj->flags |= CUI_FLG_HIDE;
 }
 
 void