diff --git a/spec/app/pane-spec.coffee b/spec/app/pane-spec.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8693d67fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/app/pane-spec.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Editor = require 'editor'
+Pane = require 'pane'
+{$$} = require 'space-pen'
+
+describe "Pane", ->
+  [view1, view2, editSession1, editSession2, pane] = []
+
+  beforeEach ->
+    view1 = $$ -> @div id: 'view-1', 'View 1'
+    view2 = $$ -> @div id: 'view-1', 'View 1'
+    editSession1 = project.buildEditSession('sample.js')
+    editSession2 = project.buildEditSession('sample.txt')
+    pane = new Pane(view1, editSession1, view2, editSession2)
+
+  describe ".initialize(items...)", ->
+    it "displays the first item in the pane", ->
+      expect(pane.itemViews.find(view1)).toExist()
diff --git a/src/app/pane.coffee b/src/app/pane.coffee
index df096af7b..7ed290cd7 100644
--- a/src/app/pane.coffee
+++ b/src/app/pane.coffee
@@ -6,11 +6,20 @@ module.exports =
 class Pane extends View
   @content: (wrappedView) ->
     @div class: 'pane', =>
-      @subview 'wrappedView', wrappedView if wrappedView
+      @div class: 'item-views', outlet: 'itemViews'
 
   @deserialize: ({wrappedView}) ->
     new Pane(deserialize(wrappedView))
 
+  initialize: (@items...) ->
+    @viewsByItem = new WeakMap
+    @showItem(@items[0])
+
+  showItem: (item) ->
+    @itemViews.children().hide()
+    @itemViews.append(item) unless @itemViews.children(item).length
+    item.show()
+
   serialize: ->
     deserializer: "Pane"
     wrappedView: @wrappedView?.serialize()