--- src/ui/dialog/new-from-template.cpp	Mon Jan 06 07:49:17 2014
+++ src/ui/dialog/new-from-template.cpp	Mon Jan 13 13:58:22 2014
@@ -44,10 +44,13 @@
 void NewFromTemplate::_createFromTemplate()
 {
     _main_widget.createTemplate();
-    
-    response(0);
+    _onClose();
 }
 
+void NewFromTemplate::_onClose()
+{
+    response(0);
+}
 
 void NewFromTemplate::load_new_from_template()
 {
--- src/ui/dialog/new-from-template.h	Mon Jan 06 07:49:17 2014
+++ src/ui/dialog/new-from-template.h	Mon Jan 13 14:55:47 2014
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 
 class NewFromTemplate : public Gtk::Dialog
 {
+
+friend class TemplateLoadTab;
 public:
     static void load_new_from_template();
     
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@
     TemplateLoadTab _main_widget;
     
     void _createFromTemplate();
+    void _onClose();
 };
 
 }
--- src/ui/dialog/template-load-tab.cpp	Mon Jan 06 07:49:17 2014
+++ src/ui/dialog/template-load-tab.cpp	Mon Jan 13 14:55:23 2014
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 #include "template-widget.h"
 #include "template-load-tab.h"
+#include "new-from-template.h"
 
 #include <gtkmm/messagedialog.h>
 #include <gtkmm/scrolledwindow.h>
@@ -31,10 +32,8 @@
 #include "xml/document.h"
 #include "xml/node.h"
 
-
 namespace Inkscape {
 namespace UI {
-    
 
 TemplateLoadTab::TemplateLoadTab()
     : _current_keyword("")
@@ -84,7 +83,9 @@
 
 void TemplateLoadTab::_onRowActivated(const Gtk::TreeModel::Path &, Gtk::TreeViewColumn*)
 {
-    _info_widget->create();
+    createTemplate();
+    NewFromTemplate* parent = static_cast<NewFromTemplate*> (this->get_toplevel());
+    parent->_onClose();
 }
 
 void TemplateLoadTab::_displayTemplateInfo()