diff --git a/gtk-3.0/scss/widgets/_notebook.scss b/gtk-3.0/scss/widgets/_notebook.scss
index 9447d30..b2ce88e 100644
--- a/gtk-3.0/scss/widgets/_notebook.scss
+++ b/gtk-3.0/scss/widgets/_notebook.scss
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
         border-style: solid;
         border-color: border_normal($base_color);
         border-radius: 0;
-        background-color: $base_color;
-        background-image: none;
+        @include linear-gradient($base_color);
         background-clip: border-box;
         color: $text_color;
 
@@ -32,11 +31,11 @@
             &.frame {
                 border-color: border_normal($base_color);
 
-                &.top { border-width: 1px 1px 0; }
+                &.top { border-width: 1px 1px 0 1px; }
 
                 &.right { border-width: 1px 1px 1px 0; }
 
-                &.bottom { border-width: 0 1px 1px; }
+                &.bottom { border-width: 0 1px 1px 1px; }
 
                 &.left { border-width: 1px 0 1px 1px; }
             }
@@ -49,51 +48,94 @@
         }
 
         tab {
-            padding: ($spacing + 1px) ($spacing * 2);
+            padding: ($spacing + 1px) $spacing * 2;
             border: 1px solid transparent;
             background-color: transparent;
             background-image: none;
 
-            &:hover {
-                background-color: shade($base_color, .95);
-                border-color: shade($base_color, .8);
-            }
-
             &:active {
-                background-color: $base_color;
+                background-color: transparent;
                 background-image: none;
-                border-color: shade($base_color, .85);
             }
 
             &.top {
-                border-bottom-width: 0;
+                border-bottom-width: 2px;
                 border-bottom-right-radius: 0;
                 border-bottom-left-radius: 0;
+
+                &:hover {
+                    border-bottom-color: alpha($selected_bg_color, 0.3);
+                }
+
+                &:active {
+                    border-bottom-color: $selected_bg_color;
+                }
             }
 
             &.right {
-                border-left-width: 0;
+                border-left-width: 2px;
                 border-bottom-left-radius: 0;
                 border-top-left-radius: 0;
+
+                &:hover {
+                    border-left-color: alpha($selected_bg_color, 0.3);
+                }
+
+                &:active {
+                    border-left-color: $selected_bg_color;
+                }                
             }
 
-
             &.bottom {
-                border-top-width: 0;
+                border-top-width: 2px;
                 border-top-right-radius: 0;
                 border-top-left-radius: 0;
+
+                &:hover {
+                    border-top-color: alpha($selected_bg_color, 0.3);
+                }
+
+                &:active {
+                    border-top-color: $selected_bg_color;
+                }                
             }
 
             &.left {
-                border-right-width: 0;
+                border-right-width: 2px;
                 border-top-right-radius: 0;
                 border-bottom-right-radius: 0;
+
+                &:hover {
+                    border-right-color: alpha($selected_bg_color, 0.3);
+                }
+
+                &:active {
+                    border-right-color: $selected_bg_color;
+                }
             }
 
             GtkLabel { color: mix($text_color, $base_color, .3); }
 
+            &.reorderable-page {
+                &:hover {
+                    background-color: shade($base_color, .85);
+                    border-left: 0;
+                    border-right: 0;
+                    /* using box shadows instead of borders due to slanted edges */
+                    box-shadow: inset 0 3px alpha($black, .03), inset 0 2px alpha($black, .03), inset 0 1px alpha($black, .03), inset 1px 0 shade($base_color, .7), inset -1px 0 shade($base_color, .7);
+                }
+
+                &:active {
+                    background-color: shade($base_color, .9);
+                    border-left: 0;
+                    border-right: 0;
+                    box-shadow: inset 0 3px alpha($black, .03), inset 0 2px alpha($black, .03), inset 0 1px alpha($black, .03), inset 1px 0 shade($base_color, .75), inset -1px 0 shade($base_color, .75);
+                }
+            }              
+
             /* close button styling */
             .button { @extend %close_button; }
+
         }
 
         .prelight-page {
@@ -104,23 +146,5 @@
             &, GtkLabel { color: $text_color; }
         }
 
-        .reorderable-page {
-            &:hover {
-                background-color: shade($base_color, .85);
-                border-left: 0;
-                border-right: 0;
-                /* using box shadows instead of borders due to slanted edges */
-                box-shadow: inset 0 3px alpha($black, .03), inset 0 2px alpha($black, .03), inset 0 1px alpha($black, .03),
-                            inset 1px 0 shade($base_color, .7), inset -1px 0 shade($base_color, .7);
-            }
-
-            &:active {
-                background-color: shade($base_color, .9);
-                border-left: 0;
-                border-right: 0;
-                box-shadow: inset 0 3px alpha($black, .03), inset 0 2px alpha($black, .03), inset 0 1px alpha($black, .03),
-                            inset 1px 0 shade($base_color, .75), inset -1px 0 shade($base_color, .75);
-            }
-        }
     }
 }