diff --git a/spec/app/pane-spec.coffee b/spec/app/pane-spec.coffee
index 6d090371b..3921542ef 100644
--- a/spec/app/pane-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/app/pane-spec.coffee
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ describe "Pane", ->
       expect(view2.css('display')).toBe ''
       expect(pane.currentItem).toBe view2
 
+    describe "when the given item isn't yet in the items list on the pane", ->
+      it "adds it to the items list after the current item", ->
+        view3 = $$ -> @div id: 'view-3', "View 3"
+        pane.showItem(editSession1)
+        expect(pane.getCurrentItemIndex()).toBe 1
+        pane.showItem(view3)
+        expect(pane.getItems()).toEqual [view1, editSession1, view3, view2, editSession2]
+        expect(pane.currentItem).toBe view3
+        expect(pane.getCurrentItemIndex()).toBe 2
+
     describe "when showing a model item", ->
       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", ->
diff --git a/src/app/pane.coffee b/src/app/pane.coffee
index f94779bd5..2d121f7ff 100644
--- a/src/app/pane.coffee
+++ b/src/app/pane.coffee
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class Pane extends View
     @showItem(@items[index])
 
   showItem: (item) ->
+    @addItem(item)
     @itemViews.children().hide()
     view = @viewForItem(item)
     unless view.parent().is(@itemViews)
@@ -54,6 +55,11 @@ class Pane extends View
     @currentItem = item
     view.show()
 
+  addItem: (item) ->
+    return if _.include(@items, item)
+    @items.splice(@getCurrentItemIndex() + 1, 0, item)
+    item
+
   removeItem: (item) ->
     @showNextItem() if item is @currentItem and @items.length > 1
     _.remove(@items, item)