# Tab Container Persective Placing Items in All Tabs **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective\ **Created:** [March 31, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tab-container-persective-placing-items-in-all-tabs/104470 "2025-03-31T17:46:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![controls4689](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@controls4689](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/controls4689)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tab-container-persective-placing-items-in-all-tabs/104470/1 "2025-03-31T17:46:47Z")
I am trying to use the tab contained for an I/O screen but if i place something in tab 0 it also places in tab 1, 2, 3 etc, and same for if i delete anything from any of them, in the inductive university video the guy just changed which tab he is on and was able to edit them without it affecting the others, does anyone know why this is case? ---
**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:** [March 31, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tab-container-persective-placing-items-in-all-tabs/104470/2 "2025-03-31T19:03:05Z")
I can't reproduce the behaviour. 1. What version? 2. Tab Container view or Tab Container component? Tip: use full stop / period to mark the end of your sentences rather than commas. It's a difficult read otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![controls4689](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@controls4689](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/controls4689)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tab-container-persective-placing-items-in-all-tabs/104470/3 "2025-03-31T20:14:39Z")
8.1, tab container component, when i set the currentTabIndex to 0 1 2 3 etc components stay the same across all tabs ---
**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:** [March 31, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tab-container-persective-placing-items-in-all-tabs/104470/4 "2025-03-31T20:25:05Z")
Check the silly stuff! ![Tab container problem](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/4/d/4d83ab0ecd5cd91964eaa3d134a4f6bbc7239267.png) - Are you dropping the components **in** the Tab Container component **①** or **on top of** the Tab container **②**? (If so, the component isn't in a tab - it's in the root.) - Did you Deep Select **③** the TabContainer before dropping the component? ---
**Author:** ![controls4689](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@controls4689](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/controls4689)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tab-container-persective-placing-items-in-all-tabs/104470/5 "2025-04-01T16:42:03Z")
Yes, I was dropping components into the tab container and I was deep selected on it, however if drag a coordinate container onto the tab it doesnt allow me to resize it instead it takes position of the full window and by just putting coordinate containers and changing the tabindex was the only way it seemed to work. Thank you ---
**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:** [April 3, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tab-container-persective-placing-items-in-all-tabs/104470/6 "2025-04-03T19:59:05Z")
> ... however if drag a coordinate container onto the tab it doesnt allow me to resize it instead it takes position of the full window... That is by design. The Tab Container itself is not a coordinate container so whatever is dropped on it will fill it. Try dropping an icon onto it. > ... and by just putting coordinate containers and changing the tabindex was the only way it seemed to work. This is not clear. I don't know what you were expecting or what you saw.