Is there a way to prevent the CM tab switching when I start a sketch, etc?

I created a "universal" tab which has nearly all of my commonly used commands on it, so  I don't want the CM to switch tabs on me. ie: The CM automatically activates the Sketch tab when I start or edit a sketch. I want it to stay on my custom tab.

I'd rather not just close all those tabs, since I still want to be able to get to them for my less commonly used operations.

So is there a away to prevent the auto-tab-switching?

I suppose a work-around it to create another custom tab with the other, less commonly used operations, and then close all the standard tabs.

thanks,

john