# Find/Replace in Perspective Tabs

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-in-perspective-tabs/81601>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [November 7, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-in-perspective-tabs/81601 "2023-11-07T16:09:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![eddie\_johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/57b2e6/32.png) [@eddie\_johnson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/eddie_johnson)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-in-perspective-tabs/81601/1 "2023-11-07T16:09:03Z")

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Is there a way to use Find/Replace on one Tab in the Tab container? If not is there a way to select multiple items and only Find/Replace on those objects?

Also, is there a way to group objects in Perspective?

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**Author:** ![cmallonee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/cmallonee/32/6416_2.png) [@cmallonee](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmallonee)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-in-perspective-tabs/81601/2 "2023-11-07T16:23:43Z")

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> [@eddie\_johnson](#):
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> Is there a way to use Find/Replace on one Tab in the Tab container?

No. Find/Replace is done at the resource level, so you'd be replacing all instances in the entire View. Usually, I recommend that people develop each Tab of a Tab Container such that each Tab _is its own View_, using an Embedded View as the "child" of the Tab.

> [@eddie\_johnson](#):
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> If not is there a way to select multiple items and only Find/Replace on those objects?

Find/Replace allows for specifying that only individual instances should be replaced. You can't bulk edit, but you can find the usages you want to change and do them one at a time.

> [@eddie\_johnson](#):
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> Also, is there a way to group objects in Perspective?

No. Individual components do allow for wrapping them in a Container, but there is no "grouping" mechanism analogous to Vision's implementation. Copy/Paste is the best avenue for this, but beware that positional settings are unlikely to be retained, and any binding or scripting references are also likely to break as the referenced absolute paths no longer resolve to the original location.

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**Author:** ![eddie\_johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/57b2e6/32.png) [@eddie\_johnson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/eddie_johnson)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-in-perspective-tabs/81601/3 "2023-11-07T16:29:32Z")

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Thanks for the prompt, succinct reply. I won't spend time looking.

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**Author:** ![cmallonee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/cmallonee/32/6416_2.png) [@cmallonee](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmallonee)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-in-perspective-tabs/81601/4 "2023-11-07T16:31:37Z")

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One option you DO have is to copy the JSON of the container you've placed within a single tab, paste that into your favorite text editor, replace anything you're trying to replace, and then paste the modified JSON back into the Designer.