# Any way to get active tab?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/any-way-to-get-active-tab/8656>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [6 March 2019 01:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/any-way-to-get-active-tab/8656 "2019-03-06T01:59:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![keremkos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@keremkos](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/keremkos)\
**Post date:** [6 March 2019 01:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/any-way-to-get-active-tab/8656/1 "2019-03-06T01:59:47Z")

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Hi,  
I have multiple tabs in the project.  
I would like to know how I can get the active/visible tab's name.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![bakman2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bakman2/32/6207_2.png) [@bakman2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bakman2)\
**Post date:** [6 March 2019 06:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/any-way-to-get-active-tab/8656/2 "2019-03-06T06:09:27Z")

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Use the "ui control" node.

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**Author:** ![keremkos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@keremkos](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/keremkos)\
**Post date:** [6 March 2019 08:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/any-way-to-get-active-tab/8656/3 "2019-03-06T08:24:49Z")

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Thanks bakman2.  
I've seen ui-control send "change" as msg.payload.  
I didn't realise that it actually send the name of the tab as msg.name.

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**Author:** ![Franco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e19b73/32.png) [@Franco](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Franco)\
**Post date:** [2 June 2021 21:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/any-way-to-get-active-tab/8656/4 "2021-06-02T21:49:54Z")

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@keremkos you can configure the ui-control node to show you an output when someone changes the tab/group. If you do it, the node shows you the number of the actual node in msg.tab

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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [2 June 2021 21:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/any-way-to-get-active-tab/8656/5 "2021-06-02T21:55:53Z")

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