# Initialisation of a tab page

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/initialisation-of-a-tab-page/63913>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [September 9, 2022, 8:51am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/initialisation-of-a-tab-page/63913 "2022-09-09T08:51:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Klaus\_Reckefuss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e79b87/32.png) [@Klaus\_Reckefuss](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Klaus_Reckefuss)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 8:51am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/initialisation-of-a-tab-page/63913/1 "2022-09-09T08:51:31Z")

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I have a tab page, which is a linked view, in ignition perspective. When i change to a previous opened tab all settings are lost. it seem that the view in the page is reinitialized again. Is there a simple setting to avoid that or do i have save the settings and to set them again by code.

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**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 9:16am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/initialisation-of-a-tab-page/63913/2 "2022-09-09T09:16:54Z")

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Yes, you need the **runWhileHidden** option set to true.

![runWhileHidden](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/1/0/1061ded1200150743ede53bcc8cffd3994127141.png)

The default tab list takes one property - the tab caption. Since we want multiple parameters per tab we need to change each item in the list to an object type and define two new values `text` and `runWhileHidden` within that object.

- Right-click on the `tabs.0` and under `Structure` select `Change To ... | Object`.
- Add a value `text` and define the tab caption.
- Add a value `runWhileHidden` and set to `true`.
- Repeat for any other tabs that require runWhileHidden.

[https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Perspective+-+Tab+Container](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Perspective+-+Tab+Container)