diff --git a/guiframe.py b/guiframe.py
index cb9a05c..5c07533 100644
--- a/guiframe.py
+++ b/guiframe.py
@@ -1699,8 +1699,8 @@ class GUIFrame(QWidget):
         rblist[_idx].toggled.emit(True)
         return line
         '''
-
-    def qtab_wgt(self, key, irow, wgt_grid):
+            
+    def qtab_wgt(self, key, irow, wgt_grid, stacked=False):
 
         if key in self.settings.data["Expert"].keys():
             top_key = "Expert"
@@ -1749,7 +1749,7 @@ class GUIFrame(QWidget):
                     self.sender().tabBar().setTabTextColor(i, QColor("black"))
             self.parent.input_parameters[key] = sender_tab
             
-        qtab_widget = QTabWidget()
+        qtab_widget = QTabWidget() if not stacked else QStackedWidget()
         qtab_widget_dict = {}    
         itab = 0
         longest_title = "short"
@@ -1868,8 +1868,11 @@ class GUIFrame(QWidget):
             qw.setFixedHeight(tab_height)
             qtab_widget_dict[itab] = qw
             qtab_widget_dict[itab].title = title
-            qtab_widget.addTab(qtab_widget_dict[itab], title)
-
+            if not stacked:
+                qtab_widget.addTab(qtab_widget_dict[itab], title)
+            else:
+                qtab_widget.addWidget(qtab_widget_dict[itab])
+                
             itab += 1
         qtab_widget.qtab_widget_dict = qtab_widget_dict
 
@@ -1886,7 +1889,7 @@ class GUIFrame(QWidget):
         param_width = fm.maxWidth() * len(longest_title) 
         meas_line.setMaximumWidth(int(param_width*0.5))        
 
-        qtab_widget.setContentsMargins(0, 40, 0, 0)
+        qtab_widget.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
         qtab_widget.currentChanged.connect(on_tab_change)
         _default_idx = self.settings.data[top_key][key]["data"]["value"]
         qtab_widget.setCurrentIndex(_default_idx)
@@ -1895,7 +1898,8 @@ class GUIFrame(QWidget):
           
         final_wgt = QWidget()
         final_lo = QGridLayout()
-        final_wgt.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
+        
+        final_wgt.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0) #0, 40, 0, 0
         final_lo.addWidget(meas_label, 0, 0, 1, 2,
                            Qt.AlignmentFlag(Qt.AlignLeft|Qt.AlignVCenter))
         final_lo.addWidget(meas_line, 0, 2, 1, 2,
@@ -2200,8 +2204,8 @@ class GUIFrame(QWidget):
         line.addItems(value)
         line.setFixedHeight(26)
         line.currentTextChanged.connect(combo_cb)
-        line.setCurrentIndex(0)
-        line.currentTextChanged.emit(value[0])
+        line.setCurrentIndex(2)
+        line.currentTextChanged.emit(value[2])
         value_for_width = max(value, key=len)
 
         fm = QFontMetricsF(line.font())
@@ -2764,11 +2768,29 @@ class GUIFrame(QWidget):
            
             wgt_grid.addWidget(line, a, b, c, d,
                                Qt.AlignLeft | Qt.AlignVCenter)
+        elif buddy == "QStackedWidget".upper():
+            #print("buddy/label", buddy, label, key, value, flush=True)
+            line, qtab = self.qtab_wgt(key, irow, wgt_grid, stacked=True)
+            
+            if self.grid_loc: 
+                a = self.grid_loc[0]
+                b = self.grid_loc[1]
+                c = self.grid_loc[2]
+                d = self.grid_loc[3]
+            else:
+                a = irow
+                b = 0
+                c = 1
+                d = 4
+           
+            wgt_grid.addWidget(line, a, b, c, d,
+                               Qt.AlignLeft | Qt.AlignVCenter)    
         else:
             wgt_list = ["QCheckBox", "QComboBox", "QDoubleSpinBox", "QFrame",
                         "QHLine", "QLabel", "QLineEdit", "QLineRead",
-                        "QRadioButton", "QSpinBox", "QTabWidget","QVLine",
-                        "QPhaseStackedWidget", "QEnergyStackedWidget"]
+                        "QRadioButton", "QSpinBox", "QStackedWiodget",
+                        "QTabWidget","QVLine", "QPhaseStackedWidget",
+                        "QEnergyStackedWidget"]
             print("Widget {0} is not Supported".format(buddy))
             print("Supported widgets are: {0}".format(wgt_list))
             pass