diff --git a/EVENTS.txt b/EVENTS.txt
index fd75036894..0a1951d640 100644
--- a/EVENTS.txt
+++ b/EVENTS.txt
@@ -966,6 +966,9 @@ StartShowNoticeForm: before showing the notice form (before <form>)
 EndShowNoticeForm: after showing the notice form (after <form>)
 - $action: action being executed
 
+StartShowEntryForms: microapp entry form tab data
+- &$tabs: tab assoc array with 'tag' => (title, href to create new entry)
+
 StartGrantRole: when a role is being assigned
 - $profile: profile that will have the role
 - $role: string name of the role
diff --git a/js/util.js b/js/util.js
index 8396484859..5f95595edd 100644
--- a/js/util.js
+++ b/js/util.js
@@ -1414,6 +1414,8 @@ var SN = { // StatusNet
                     SN.Init.NoticeFormSetup(form);
                 })
                 .find('.notice_data-text').focus();
+
+        return false;
     },
 
         showMoreMenuItems: function (menuid) {
diff --git a/lib/action.php b/lib/action.php
index 95c88b2299..74ced563fb 100644
--- a/lib/action.php
+++ b/lib/action.php
@@ -681,7 +681,8 @@ class Action extends HTMLOutputter // lawsuit
     function showNoticeForm()
     {
         // TRANS: Tab on the notice form.
-        $tabs = array('status' => _m('TAB','Status'));
+        $tabs = array('status' => array('title' => _m('TAB','Status'),
+                                        'href'  => common_local_url('newnotice')));
 
         $this->elementStart('div', 'input_forms');
 
@@ -689,7 +690,8 @@ class Action extends HTMLOutputter // lawsuit
             $this->elementStart('ul', array('class' => 'nav',
                                             'id' => 'input_form_nav'));
 
-            foreach ($tabs as $tag => $title) {
+            foreach ($tabs as $tag => $data) {
+                $tag = htmlspecialchars($tag);
                 $attrs = array('id' => 'input_form_nav_'.$tag,
                                'class' => 'input_form_nav_tab');
 
@@ -702,8 +704,9 @@ class Action extends HTMLOutputter // lawsuit
                 $this->elementStart('li', $attrs);
 
                 $this->element('a',
-                               array('href' => 'javascript:SN.U.switchInputFormTab("'.$tag.'")'),
-                               $title);
+                               array('onclick' => 'return SN.U.switchInputFormTab("'.$tag.'");',
+                                     'href' => $data['href']),
+                               $data['title']);
                 $this->elementEnd('li');
             }
 
@@ -716,7 +719,7 @@ class Action extends HTMLOutputter // lawsuit
             $form->show();
             $this->elementEnd('div');
 
-            foreach ($tabs as $tag => $title) {
+            foreach ($tabs as $tag => $data) {
                 $attrs = array('class' => 'input_form',
                                'id' => 'input_form_'.$tag);
 
diff --git a/lib/microappplugin.php b/lib/microappplugin.php
index 8cb1450788..4da3bef935 100644
--- a/lib/microappplugin.php
+++ b/lib/microappplugin.php
@@ -162,6 +162,14 @@ abstract class MicroAppPlugin extends Plugin
      */
     abstract function deleteRelated($notice);
 
+    /**
+     *
+     */
+    public function newFormAction() {
+        // such as 'newbookmark' or 'newevent' route
+        return 'new'.$this->tag();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Check if a given notice object should be handled by this micro-app
      * plugin.
@@ -536,7 +544,9 @@ abstract class MicroAppPlugin extends Plugin
 
     function onStartShowEntryForms(&$tabs)
     {
-        $tabs[$this->tag()] = $this->appTitle();
+        $tabs[$this->tag()] = array('title' => $this->appTitle(),
+                                    'href'  => common_local_url($this->newFormAction()),
+                                   );
         return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/plugins/QnA/QnAPlugin.php b/plugins/QnA/QnAPlugin.php
index a4709df462..6e2560be35 100644
--- a/plugins/QnA/QnAPlugin.php
+++ b/plugins/QnA/QnAPlugin.php
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ class QnAPlugin extends MicroAppPlugin
         return true;
     }
 
+    public function newFormAction() {
+        return 'qnanewquestion';
+    }
+
     /**
      * Map URLs to actions
      *