# Get component property from primary desktop (on multiple desktops)

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-component-property-from-primary-desktop-on-multiple-desktops/31953>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80, scripting\
**Created:** [February 5, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-component-property-from-primary-desktop-on-multiple-desktops/31953 "2020-02-05T16:36:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![rpavlicek](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/rpavlicek/32/55868_2.png) [@rpavlicek](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rpavlicek)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-component-property-from-primary-desktop-on-multiple-desktops/31953/1 "2020-02-05T16:36:43Z")

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I’m utilizing the system.gui.openDesktop to open a popup so the user can drag it to their secondary monitor. This works, but I also want, through a script, to interact from the second desktop’s popup to talk to a component’s property on the main desktop window. I have tried all system.gui\nav desktop scripting functions without any success. Any ideas? Thanks

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-component-property-from-primary-desktop-on-multiple-desktops/31953/2 "2020-02-05T17:07:11Z")

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If this popup is a singleton, consider binding the component property in question to a client tag. Then you can manipulate the value at will.

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**Author:** ![rpavlicek](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/rpavlicek/32/55868_2.png) [@rpavlicek](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rpavlicek)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-component-property-from-primary-desktop-on-multiple-desktops/31953/3 "2020-02-05T17:39:46Z")

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Thanks, this worked! So simple, yet I missed thinking about using a client tag as a centralized client specific “memory” tag for this.