# Tab strip object - How to hide tabs through scripting

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [May 6, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tab-strip-object-how-to-hide-tabs-through-scripting/105946 "2025-05-06T22:12:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tab-strip-object-how-to-hide-tabs-through-scripting/105946/1 "2025-05-06T22:12:57Z")

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Hi.

I need to hide/unhide some tabs using a script when a condition is triggered. Is there any way to do it?

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**Author:** ![ryan.white](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ryan.white/32/73193_2.png) [@ryan.white](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ryan.white)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tab-strip-object-how-to-hide-tabs-through-scripting/105946/2 "2025-05-06T22:16:02Z")

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Edit the `tabData` property of the tab strip in your script, set the `HIDDEN` value to true or false for the associated tabs. Its a dataset containing all the information for the tabs and their appearance, each tab has a row in the dataset.

You can also use a cell update binding.

> **[Cell Update Bindings | Ignition User Manual](https://www.docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/ignition-modules/vision/binding-types-in-vision/cell-update-bindings)**
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> Binding a Dataset Property to Realtime Values