# Client doesn't Navigate Like Designer

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-doesnt-navigate-like-designer/29767>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [November 7, 2019, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-doesnt-navigate-like-designer/29767 "2019-11-07T20:26:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![CCoker1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ccoker1/32/22605_2.png) [@CCoker1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/CCoker1)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-doesnt-navigate-like-designer/29767/1 "2019-11-07T20:26:13Z")

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When I have my application in Designer, I can navigate from page to page using the tree view navigation. When I made the Client, however, it doesn’t navigate from page to page like it does in the Designer. Does anyone know why the client isn’t behaving like the Designer in sim mode?

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**Author:** ![amansour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@amansour](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amansour)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-doesnt-navigate-like-designer/29767/2 "2019-11-08T21:12:30Z")

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Can you provide an example with screenshots? Also include the navigation python script if possible.

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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-doesnt-navigate-like-designer/29767/3 "2019-11-08T21:32:39Z")

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Are you using the swap function to navigate between pages? If you’re using open instead to open maximised pages and you already have navigated to a page before, it might be behind another opened page; reopening it won’t actually move it in front of another page. You should be using swap for main pages

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**Author:** ![CCoker1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ccoker1/32/22605_2.png) [@CCoker1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/CCoker1)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-doesnt-navigate-like-designer/29767/4 "2019-11-13T16:24:36Z")

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I figured it out, the windows were docked and they weren’t floating.