2 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/tabbedarea.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/tabbedarea.cpp
index 940dad12a..47b02c925 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/tabbedarea.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/tabbedarea.cpp
@@ -241,6 +241,19 @@ void TabbedArea::setSelectedTab(gcn::Tab *tab)
     widgetResized(NULL);
 }
 
+void TabbedArea::setSelectedTab(const std::string &name)
+{
+    for (TabContainer::const_iterator itr = mTabs.begin(),
+         itr_end = mTabs.end(); itr != itr_end; ++itr)
+    {
+        if ((*itr).first && (*itr).first->getCaption() == name)
+        {
+            setSelectedTab((*itr).first);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 void TabbedArea::widgetResized(const gcn::Event &event A_UNUSED)
 {
     int width = getWidth() - 2 * getFrameSize()
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/tabbedarea.h b/src/gui/widgets/tabbedarea.h
index a91b4c199..3ad113b4c 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/tabbedarea.h
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/tabbedarea.h
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ class TabbedArea : public gcn::TabbedArea, public gcn::WidgetListener
 
         void setSelectedTab(gcn::Tab *tab);
 
+        void setSelectedTab(const std::string &name);
+
         void widgetResized(const gcn::Event &event);
 
 /*