# Tab viewPath not rendering selected view

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective\
**Created:** [July 19, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tab-viewpath-not-rendering-selected-view/76613 "2023-07-19T20:56:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![ian.sebryk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ian.sebryk/32/49319_2.png) [@ian.sebryk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ian.sebryk)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tab-viewpath-not-rendering-selected-view/76613/4 "2023-07-20T14:55:32Z")

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i was trying to find a workaround for the fact that you can't change the `display` of a particular tab. and in setting the tab's indicies to `object`, i could add the `disabled` property. what i was expecting was the `viewPath` property to populate the tab _contents_, not the tab _itself_. and, oddly enough, the errors that display, expecting strings, doesn't hamper the functioning of the tab-as-object. 🤷

so, thank you for helping me clear up the functional differences there. 👍

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