# Object becomes visible only when another view is opened

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/object-becomes-visible-only-when-another-view-is-opened/28416>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [September 20, 2019, 3:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/object-becomes-visible-only-when-another-view-is-opened/28416 "2019-09-20T03:37:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![sebastian.zanotto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@sebastian.zanotto](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sebastian.zanotto)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 3:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/object-becomes-visible-only-when-another-view-is-opened/28416/1 "2019-09-20T03:37:46Z")

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Hello,

I have a docked view that shows some text and a few other things, how do I make it so the text changes when a different view is opened but still uses the same docked view.

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**Author:** ![bfuson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bfuson/32/4597_2.png) [@bfuson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bfuson)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 12:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/object-becomes-visible-only-when-another-view-is-opened/28416/2 "2019-09-20T12:13:44Z")

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Are you trying to implement a Header that shows the title of the current window?  
If so you can read the tag `System/Client/System/CurrentWindow`.

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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:** [September 20, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/object-becomes-visible-only-when-another-view-is-opened/28416/3 "2019-09-20T16:40:04Z")

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Is this in Perspective, or Vision?

If Perspective, you could send a message when a View opens, then configure a message listener in the docked View to change the desired text when a message of a specific type is heard.

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**Author:** ![sebastian.zanotto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@sebastian.zanotto](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sebastian.zanotto)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/object-becomes-visible-only-when-another-view-is-opened/28416/4 "2019-09-23T02:03:57Z")

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Hi yes I am using perspective, how exactly would you do this I am very new to ignition especially perspective.

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**Author:** ![witman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d2c977/32.png) [@witman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/witman)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 3:24am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/object-becomes-visible-only-when-another-view-is-opened/28416/5 "2019-09-23T03:24:50Z")

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See [https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC80/Component+Message+Handlers](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC80/Component+Message+Handlers).