Merge pull request #5573 from Textualize/fix-tabs-clear

cleared tabs fix

Author: willmcgugan

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 ### Fixed
 
 - Fixed `Link` binding to open the link https://github.com/Textualize/textual/issues/5564
+- Fixed issue with clear_panes breaking tabbed content https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/5573
 
 ## [2.1.0] - 2025-02-19
 

src/textual/widgets/_tabs.py

@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ def clear(self) -> AwaitComplete:
         underline = self.query_one(Underline)
         underline.highlight_start = 0
         underline.highlight_end = 0
-        self.call_after_refresh(self.post_message, self.Cleared(self))
+        self.post_message(self.Cleared(self))
         self.active = ""
         return AwaitComplete(self.query("#tabs-list > Tab").remove())