diff -urN cui26/button.c cui27/button.c
--- cui26/button.c	Thu Jan 30 23:40:00 2014
+++ cui27/button.c	Thu Jan 30 23:50:00 2014
@@ -34,13 +34,10 @@
 	/* CUI_EVT_DRAW */
 	
 	attr = (val == CUI_DRAW_FOCUS) ? CUI_ESC_ULINE : CUI_ESC_NORMAL;
-	((cui_label)p->lb1)->attr = attr;
-	((cui_label)p->lb3)->attr = attr;
+	cui_label_attr_set(p->lb1, attr);
+	cui_label_attr_set(p->lb3, attr);
 	attr = (val == CUI_DRAW_ACTIVE) ? CUI_ESC_REVERSE : attr;
-	((cui_label)p->lb2)->attr = attr;
-	cui_draw(p->lb1);
-	cui_draw(p->lb2);
-	cui_draw(p->lb3);
+	cui_label_attr_set(p->lb2, attr);
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
diff -urN cui26/label.c cui27/label.c
--- cui26/label.c	Thu Jan 30 23:30:00 2014
+++ cui27/label.c	Thu Jan 30 23:50:00 2014
@@ -48,4 +48,12 @@
 	if(visi) cui_show(obj);
 }
 
+void
+cui_label_attr_set(cui obj, int attr)
+{
+	cui_label p = (cui_label)obj;
+	p->attr = attr;
+	cui_draw(obj);
+}
+
 /* EOF */
diff -urN cui26/label.h cui27/label.h
--- cui26/label.h	Thu Jan 30 23:30:00 2014
+++ cui27/label.h	Thu Jan 30 23:50:00 2014
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@
 void cui_label_init(cui obj, cui parent, int x, int y, char *s);
 char *cui_label_str_get(cui obj);
 void cui_label_str_set(cui obj, char *s);
+void cui_label_attr_set(cui obj, int attr);
 
 #endif