diff --git a/examples/example1/src/example1.d b/examples/example1/src/example1.d
index 9a8f8905..42835599 100644
--- a/examples/example1/src/example1.d
+++ b/examples/example1/src/example1.d
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ extern (C) int UIAppMain(string[] args) {
                                 } else {
                                     SourceEdit editor = new SourceEdit(filename);
                                     if (editor.load(filename)) {
-                                        tabs.addTab(editor, toUTF32(baseName(filename)));
+                                        tabs.addTab(editor, toUTF32(baseName(filename)), null, true);
                                         tabs.selectTab(filename);
                                     } else {
                                         destroy(editor);
diff --git a/src/dlangui/widgets/tabs.d b/src/dlangui/widgets/tabs.d
index 9bc77ee9..a436a7cf 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/widgets/tabs.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/widgets/tabs.d
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class TabItemWidget : HorizontalLayout {
         _closeButton.drawableId = "close";
 		_closeButton.trackHover = true;
         _closeButton.onClickListener = &onClick;
-        if (_enableCloseButton) {
+        if (!_enableCloseButton) {
             _closeButton.visibility = Visibility.Gone;
         } else {
             _closeButton.visibility = Visibility.Visible;
@@ -260,6 +260,14 @@ class TabControl : WidgetGroupDefaultDrawing {
             }
         }
     }
+
+	/// when true, shows close buttons in tabs
+	@property bool enableCloseButton() { return _enableCloseButton; }
+	/// ditto
+	@property void enableCloseButton(bool enabled) {
+		_enableCloseButton = enabled;
+	}
+
     /// returns tab count
     @property int tabCount() const {
         return _items.length;