# Button link to hidden tab **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [November 19, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-link-to-hidden-tab/18672 "2020-11-19T15:26:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Todd\_Lichtenwalter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/todd_lichtenwalter/32/12231_2.png) [@Todd\_Lichtenwalter](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Todd_Lichtenwalter)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-link-to-hidden-tab/18672/1 "2020-11-19T15:26:50Z")
Has anyone figured out/does the functionality exist, to link to a hidden tab from a button? I tried but its not working for me. Or in the least, link to a tab in the menu- that is not working for me either. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-link-to-hidden-tab/18672/2 "2020-11-19T15:38:23Z")
_Navigate_ to Tab (not link to tab) definitely works for Menu tabs. My understanding is that hidden tabs cannot be used at all. ---
**Author:** ![Todd\_Lichtenwalter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/todd_lichtenwalter/32/12231_2.png) [@Todd\_Lichtenwalter](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Todd_Lichtenwalter)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-link-to-hidden-tab/18672/3 "2020-11-19T15:45:39Z")
ok, that will work. Thanks Darren. Would be cool though to send them to a tab that is hidden so we have a way to make things appear not so overwhelming/massive long menu list. Maybe some day… ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-link-to-hidden-tab/18672/4 "2020-11-19T15:53:10Z")
> [@Todd\_Lichtenwalter](#): > > Would be cool though to send them to a tab that is hidden so we have a way to make things appear not so overwhelming/massive long menu list. Maybe some day… I had this problem as well. What I did was to group similar functions together into a single tab. For example, I had a bunch of admin related tabs. For these, I created a single “Administration” tab that just has a bunch of buttons. Each button navigates to a separate admin related screen. Maybe a similar approach to that could work for you? ---
**Author:** ![Todd\_Lichtenwalter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/todd_lichtenwalter/32/12231_2.png) [@Todd\_Lichtenwalter](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Todd_Lichtenwalter)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-link-to-hidden-tab/18672/5 "2020-11-19T16:06:42Z")
I hear ya, I have a little bit of that and it helps- maybe my app is just getting too big/beyond a normal case use scenario (70 sheets). Shouldn’t be an issue on other projects. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-link-to-hidden-tab/18672/6 "2020-11-19T16:52:08Z")
If you use the Link to Screen action on a button, it will open a new screen that you can treat and design just like you would a tab. I realize sometimes we tend to design a tab first and later change our mind and want to access it via a button instead of a tab. Unfortunately you’ll have to redesign the Link to Screen view to look like the existing tab looked. ---
**Author:** ![Bahadir\_Kaya](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/bahadir_kaya/32/14065_2.png) [@Bahadir\_Kaya](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Bahadir_Kaya)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-link-to-hidden-tab/18672/7 "2020-11-19T16:55:14Z")
Hi, I also tried this but I solved with navigate to tab and then I designed the related page. Shouldnt design first if you dont want to put a tab 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Todd\_Lichtenwalter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/todd_lichtenwalter/32/12231_2.png) [@Todd\_Lichtenwalter](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Todd_Lichtenwalter)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-link-to-hidden-tab/18672/8 "2020-11-19T17:57:31Z")
Bahadir, you are so right. My first app and I had not idea what I was doing(still don’t actually hahahaha) or how large this project would end up being which is now kinda nuts at 70+ sheets. Next time I will use your approach to keep the number of tabs down. Thanks bro.