diff --git a/spec/app/pane-spec.coffee b/spec/app/pane-spec.coffee
index 499452b31..f0f0d99aa 100644
--- a/spec/app/pane-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/app/pane-spec.coffee
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ describe "Pane", ->
       describe "when no view has yet been appended for that item", ->
         it "appends and shows a view to display the item based on its `.getViewClass` method", ->
           pane.showItem(editSession1)
-          editor = pane.itemViews.find('.editor').view()
+          editor = pane.currentView
+          expect(editor.css('display')).toBe ''
           expect(editor.activeEditSession).toBe editSession1
 
       describe "when a valid view has already been appended for another item", ->
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ describe "Pane", ->
           pane.showItem(editSession1)
           pane.showItem(editSession2)
           expect(pane.itemViews.find('.editor').length).toBe 1
-          editor = pane.itemViews.find('.editor').view()
+          editor = pane.currentView
           expect(editor.css('display')).toBe ''
           expect(editor.activeEditSession).toBe editSession2
 
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ describe "Pane", ->
         expect(pane.itemViews.find('#view-2')).not.toExist()
         pane.showItem(view2)
         expect(pane.itemViews.find('#view-2')).toExist()
+        expect(pane.currentView).toBe view2
 
   describe ".removeItem(item)", ->
     it "removes the item from the items list and shows the next item if it was showing", ->
diff --git a/src/app/pane.coffee b/src/app/pane.coffee
index acafb25a1..69ce2af62 100644
--- a/src/app/pane.coffee
+++ b/src/app/pane.coffee
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ class Pane extends View
     @addItem(item)
     @itemViews.children().hide()
     view = @viewForItem(item)
-    unless view.parent().is(@itemViews)
-      @itemViews.append(view)
+    @itemViews.append(view) unless view.parent().is(@itemViews)
     @currentItem = item
-    view.show()
+    @currentView = view
+    @currentView.show()
 
   addItem: (item) ->
     return if _.include(@items, item)