# Flex Repeater - Get Selected Instance

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/flex-repeater-get-selected-instance/29847>\
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**Created:** [November 11, 2019, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/flex-repeater-get-selected-instance/29847 "2019-11-11T15:28:16Z")\
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Short answer: no.  
Long answer: Don't rely on the Flex Repeater to handle this for you; let your Views do the work with Message Handlers.

Setup:  
Let the View being instanced accept a param (like `index` - this param is passed along free for all instances of the Flex Repeater without you needing to supply anything yourself).  
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on the ROOT node of the View, configure an onClick event to execute a Script Action with the following code:

```auto
system.perspective.sendMessage('ROOTCLICK', payload={'index': self.view.params.index}, scope='page')

```

Now go to the Flex Repeater, right-click the Flex Repeater, and select "Configure Scripts...".  
Under Message Handlers, add a new handler with a message type of "ROOTCLICK", and supply the following code:

```auto
self.custom.selected = payload['index']

```

Now your Flex Repeater is aware of which instance was most recently clicked.

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