diff --git a/src/components/window/file.rs b/src/components/window/file.rs
index 7989465..bf0dcb9 100644
--- a/src/components/window/file.rs
+++ b/src/components/window/file.rs
@@ -82,22 +82,9 @@ impl FileImplementedEditor for super::EchidnaWindow {
     }
     fn save_file_as(&self, file: &gio::File) {
         let window_imp = self.to_imp();
-        let page: EchidnaCoreEditor;
-
-        match window_imp.notebook
-            .nth_page(
-                Some(window_imp.notebook
-                    .current_page()
-                    .expect(
-                        "No tabs is the current tab, probably all tabs closed. No files to save"
-                    )
-                )
-            ).expect(
-                "Couldn't get the page of the current index. Try again."
-            ).downcast::<EchidnaCoreEditor>() {
-            Ok(res) => page = res,
-            Err(e) => panic!(format!("We got an error when trying to downcast the current tab page into EchidnaCoreEditor:\n{}", e))
-        }
+        let page: EchidnaCoreEditor = self
+            .get_current_tab()
+            .expect("Can't find the current tab because there are no tabs.");
 
         let buffer: Buffer = page
             .to_imp()
diff --git a/src/components/window/mod.rs b/src/components/window/mod.rs
index 40ed731..d692722 100644
--- a/src/components/window/mod.rs
+++ b/src/components/window/mod.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ pub mod file;
 pub mod imp;
 pub mod menubar;
 
-use glib::object::IsA;
+use glib::object::{Cast, IsA};
 use gtk::subclass::prelude::*;
 
 glib::wrapper! {
@@ -28,4 +28,25 @@ impl EchidnaWindow {
     pub fn to_imp(&self) -> &imp::EchidnaWindow {
         imp::EchidnaWindow::from_instance(self)
     }
+
+    pub fn get_current_tab<A: IsA<gtk::Widget>>(&self) -> Result<A, &str> {
+        let window_imp = self.to_imp();
+        let nth = window_imp.notebook.current_page();
+
+        match nth {
+            None => Err("No tabs are currently opened, maybe there are no tabs."),
+            Some(nth) => {
+                let page = window_imp
+                    .notebook
+                    .nth_page(Some(nth))
+                    .expect("Couldn't get the page of the current index.");
+
+                match page.downcast::<A>()
+                {
+                    Ok(page) => Ok(page),
+                    Err(e) => Err("Cannot downcast to type parameter A. Maybe it's not in the type you are looking for."),
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }