G4's case door won't stay closed - any suggestions, please?

Another question relating to my inherited Gigabit Ethernet G4's ongoing upgrades: I think fixing it so the blasted case door stayed shut w/o having to tape it would be a significant improvement, don't you? O.o
When the computer belonged to my brother-in-law I always figured it was probably a simple problem that he just didn't care enough to fix. When I first opened it up after it was turned over to me I fiddled with all the latch workings I could find to no avail, it stubbornly refused to snap shut and the slightest jar makes the door come crashing open unless it's shudder taped closed.
While working on the upgrades I've been attempting recently, I finally realized the actual cause of the problem - I found the 2 latch hooks that had broken off the top corners of the flexible plastic interior door panel floating around inside the case.
I don't suppose there's any point in attempting to super-glue them back in place, is there? They'd probably snap off again the first time I shut the case door. Does anyone have any suggestions for how I can keep the door closed that are at least slightly less of an eyesore than the dreaded "tape solution" and don't scream "hey look, the case door is broken" quite as loudly as even so-called invisible tape does?
Pretty please?

Thanks, fragmore! Hooray, no more nasty tape!
I was kind of wondering what that little pull tab thing was for - but not enough to, you know, actually look it up in the manual or anything. ;P
The only security concerns I had about the door involved the likelihood of finding my "intrepid-explorer-of-all-boxlike-spaces/any-available-heat-source-seeking" Siamese beastie curled up inside the case if it fell open while I wasn't there, so I don't think a lock will be necessary unless he enlists an accomplice equipped w/ opposable thumbs.
Thanks again for the brilliantly useful info!

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