# Detection of \[tab\] click possible?
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/detection-of-tab-click-possible/78053
**Category:** Dashboard
**Created:** [30 April 2023 18:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/detection-of-tab-click-possible/78053 "2023-04-30T18:45:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@edterbak](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/edterbak)
#### Post date: [30 April 2023 18:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/detection-of-tab-click-possible/78053/1 "2023-04-30T18:45:14Z")
Hi all,
I have a question and google was not able to show me the answer.
Maybe you know. (Hope so)
I have build a nice dashboard.
multiple tabs.
Inside the tabs I have multiple groups which I can show/hide with button presses. 🙂 works nicely.
I notice the settings of hidden/shown tabs/groups is not remembered if you log into the same dashboard from another device.
I have already built the ability to store and restore the state of shown/hidden tabs.
I am looking to create a 'refresh' action after a tab is selected.
Is it possible to detect GUI tab selection/clicking?
The alternative I have now, which I dont like, is a inject node which acts as a trigger every x minutes to refresh. But this is a brute force method... and I just dont like it. It is untidy, resource hogging and ugly.
Hopefully you guys know of an alternative that can help me in this 🙂
In the above image the Dashboard configuration I built so every user can hide or show main tabs based on their own preference.
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### Author:  [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)
#### Post date: [30 April 2023 18:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/detection-of-tab-click-possible/78053/2 "2023-04-30T18:59:31Z")
Ui-control will give you a on connect and tab change updates, read the help text.
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### Author:  [@edterbak](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/edterbak)
#### Post date: [30 April 2023 19:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/detection-of-tab-click-possible/78053/3 "2023-04-30T19:05:51Z")
Geeess..... I feel stupid now.
Ive been sending stuff to the ui-control node.. but never thought of putting a debug node behind it to see what comes out... OMG
It is so simple... DOH!!!
Thank E1cid
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [14 May 2023 19:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/detection-of-tab-click-possible/78053/4 "2023-05-14T19:06:18Z")
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