# Tabbed Windows within a Window

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tabbed-windows-within-a-window/88953>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, vision\
**Created:** [April 17, 2024, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tabbed-windows-within-a-window/88953 "2024-04-17T00:23:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Sasi\_Rai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sasi\_Rai](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sasi_Rai)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tabbed-windows-within-a-window/88953/1 "2024-04-17T00:23:41Z")

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Hi Everyone,

I am trying to build a screen like below:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/4/d483c7eae639e035e7f8c8b18b00e825b09f6f6c.png)

I started with a new main window with a docked navigation bar on the top.  
Then in the bottom is the trend and some other buttons.

Now, in the middle, I would like to have a two tiered tabbed "view". For example, when Plant 1 is chosen, it will show me another view with tabbed Items 1 to Item 3. Each item will have a different set of control. When Plant 2 is chosen, there could be a different list of tabbed items.

Is it possible to do so?

As for now, I will be creating exact copies of the screens and just changing the middle part as required and navigating to different pages. But ideally, I would like to refresh the middle "view" only.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 12:34am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tabbed-windows-within-a-window/88953/2 "2024-04-17T00:34:48Z")

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I would use one or more tab strips set to not do their own navigation. Then I would place containers on top of each other in that space, and control their visibility.

If it is too complicated to make that work, I'd put a template holder their and control the path to one of several templates based on the tab strip values.

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**Author:** ![Sasi\_Rai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sasi\_Rai](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sasi_Rai)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tabbed-windows-within-a-window/88953/3 "2024-04-17T06:35:51Z")

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Thanks pturmel!

I was hoping there would be a more elegant way of doing this.

Anyway, I have taken the Tree View and Container method, just need to juggle about 20 different containers. The Template Container would be elegant but I will end up making a heap of them.

Cheers!