diff --git a/src/Gui/CombiView.h b/src/Gui/CombiView.h
index 39db7938e803..69103e316b9b 100644
--- a/src/Gui/CombiView.h
+++ b/src/Gui/CombiView.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ class GuiExport CombiView : public Gui::DockWindow
     virtual ~CombiView();
 
     Gui::TaskView::TaskView *getTaskPanel(void){return taskPanel;}
+    QTabWidget* getTabPanel() const { return tabs;}
 
 
     friend class Gui::ControlSingleton;
diff --git a/src/Gui/Control.cpp b/src/Gui/Control.cpp
index 5e4bf91e224a..4a8bebfb1122 100644
--- a/src/Gui/Control.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/Control.cpp
@@ -136,6 +136,16 @@ void ControlSingleton::showDialog(Gui::TaskView::TaskDialog *dlg)
     }
 }
 
+QTabWidget* ControlSingleton::tabPanel() const
+{
+    Gui::DockWnd::CombiView* pcCombiView = qobject_cast<Gui::DockWnd::CombiView*>
+        (Gui::DockWindowManager::instance()->getDockWindow("Combo View"));
+    // should return the pointer to combo view
+    if (pcCombiView)
+        pcCombiView->getTabPanel();
+    return 0;
+}
+
 Gui::TaskView::TaskDialog* ControlSingleton::activeDialog() const
 {
     return ActiveDialog;
diff --git a/src/Gui/Control.h b/src/Gui/Control.h
index d64bb2ceb003..a6ec1009966f 100644
--- a/src/Gui/Control.h
+++ b/src/Gui/Control.h
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ class GuiExport ControlSingleton : public QObject
     static void destruct (void);
 
     /** @name dialog handling 
-     *  this methods are used to control the TaskDialog stuff.
+     *  These methods are used to control the TaskDialog stuff.
      */
     //@{
-    /// This method start an Task dialog in the TaskView
+    /// This method starts a task dialog in the task view
     void showDialog(Gui::TaskView::TaskDialog *dlg);
     Gui::TaskView::TaskDialog* activeDialog() const;
     //void closeDialog();
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ class GuiExport ControlSingleton : public QObject
     Gui::TaskView::TaskView* taskPanel() const;
     /// raising the model view
     void showModelView();
+    /// get the tab panel
+    QTabWidget* tabPanel() const;
     //@}
 
     bool isAllowedAlterDocument(void) const;
diff --git a/src/Gui/TaskView/TaskDialog.h b/src/Gui/TaskView/TaskDialog.h
index 0a6321d931f2..367a175f0f1d 100644
--- a/src/Gui/TaskView/TaskDialog.h
+++ b/src/Gui/TaskView/TaskDialog.h
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class GuiExport TaskDialog : public QObject
     const std::vector<QWidget*> &getDialogContent(void) const;
     bool canClose() const;
 
-    /// tells the framework which buttons whisched for the dialog
+    /// tells the framework which buttons are wished for the dialog
     virtual QDialogButtonBox::StandardButtons getStandardButtons(void) const
     { return QDialogButtonBox::Ok|QDialogButtonBox::Cancel; }
     virtual void modifyStandardButtons(QDialogButtonBox*)