# Vision Tab Strip navigates on first press, animates selected on second press

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-tab-strip-navigates-on-first-press-animates-selected-on-second-press/81160>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** vision\
**Created:** [October 30, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-tab-strip-navigates-on-first-press-animates-selected-on-second-press/81160 "2023-10-30T14:41:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![zachary.roisum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/zachary.roisum/32/42809_2.png) [@zachary.roisum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zachary.roisum)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-tab-strip-navigates-on-first-press-animates-selected-on-second-press/81160/1 "2023-10-30T14:41:35Z")

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I am using a Tab Strip to navigate between windows in my application. The Tab Strip is the only component in a template that is on all of the main windows. When in runtime and pressing a tab the main window navigates to the correct window on the first press, but the selection color does not change until a second press of the new tab. How do I get the tab strip selection to update on the first press and not requiring a double-click?

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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:** [October 30, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-tab-strip-navigates-on-first-press-animates-selected-on-second-press/81160/2 "2023-10-30T14:48:01Z")

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The tab strip, when set to swap windows itself, is not designed to be **inside** the windows being swapped. It is supposed to be in a dock. I wouldn't expect it to work as you've described.

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**Author:** ![zachary.roisum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/zachary.roisum/32/42809_2.png) [@zachary.roisum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zachary.roisum)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-tab-strip-navigates-on-first-press-animates-selected-on-second-press/81160/3 "2023-10-30T15:03:41Z")

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That makes sense, I'll move the tab strip out to a docked window.