# Bug accessing dashboard tabs by name

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bug-accessing-dashboard-tabs-by-name/76905
**Category:** Dashboard
**Created:** [24 March 2023 13:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bug-accessing-dashboard-tabs-by-name/76905 "2023-03-24T13:03:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![jbudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f8ce5/32.png) [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)
#### Post date: [24 March 2023 13:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bug-accessing-dashboard-tabs-by-name/76905/1 "2023-03-24T13:03:09Z")

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On a Raspberry Pi with Node-red 3.1.0-beta 2, npm 8.19.3, node-red-dashboard 3.4.0

If I am **already viewing a dashboard tab** and I type the URL of a different tab on that Pi

 ![Untitled 1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/4/8/48f51711ddead52ca96666963bfec1ccd7c2801e.jpeg)

It takes me to the tab I want

 ![Untitled 2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/3/d/3d574865c7cf9c8beb1ec09bfe73f8e424589099.jpeg)

But if I am **on some other website** and I type the same URL 192.168.1.26:1880/ui/#!/Gauges

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Then it takes me to tab #0 instead.

 ![Untitled 4](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/7/7/77dde9dd0256e0d1a104ff7e3ce227c30369482c.jpeg)

Also, if you go to a tab by number or selecting from the hamburger menu, the URL is rewritten including the socketid (Long, horrible)  
But if you successfully go to a tab by name, the URL is rewritten with just the tab _number_.  
Is it possible to always rewrite it with the tab name?  
Is it possible to get rid of the #! ? What is it there for?

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### Author: ![Sean-McG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/sean-mcg/32/54677_2.png) [@Sean-McG](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Sean-McG)
#### Post date: [25 March 2023 01:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bug-accessing-dashboard-tabs-by-name/76905/2 "2023-03-25T01:25:37Z")

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I see the same on V3.02, so it's not a new issue.

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [24 April 2023 01:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bug-accessing-dashboard-tabs-by-name/76905/3 "2023-04-24T01:26:23Z")

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