# How can a tab (page) have a default value? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Tags:** tutorial\ **Created:** [March 20, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-can-a-tab-page-have-a-default-value/80881 "2025-03-20T19:37:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Braunne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Braunne](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Braunne)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-can-a-tab-page-have-a-default-value/80881/1 "2025-03-20T19:37:27Z")
Hi, Upon loading, how can one load a tab (page or screen) with a default value? (I don’t know if **Title** or **slug** are relevant?) Your help is quite appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-can-a-tab-page-have-a-default-value/80881/2 "2025-03-21T00:22:59Z")
What do you mean by a “default value”? What’s your use case here? ---
**Author:** ![Braunne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Braunne](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Braunne)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 1:47am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-can-a-tab-page-have-a-default-value/80881/3 "2025-03-21T01:47:18Z")
some fixed value for that screen. I have a boolean value that needs to be reset upon navigating (loading) to a screen. In other words, how do I reset a variable upon loading a screen? ---
**Author:** ![Braunne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Braunne](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Braunne)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 6:03pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-can-a-tab-page-have-a-default-value/80881/4 "2025-03-21T18:03:27Z")
For boolean variables use **check and uncheck** and not enable or disable! ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-can-a-tab-page-have-a-default-value/80881/5 "2025-03-21T23:49:24Z")
Your best bet might be an AI component. Tell the component to clear the boolean every time it reloads, and hide it from the screen using CSS. Assign it a hidden CSS class name, and use this code in the CSS section in Settings \> Appearance: ```auto .hidden { display: none; } ``` ---
**Author:** ![Braunne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Braunne](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Braunne)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-can-a-tab-page-have-a-default-value/80881/6 "2025-04-12T22:21:41Z")
No CSS unfortunately. and no AI… How can one do something upon loading a screen? you would know. ---
**Author:** ![slscustom.ru](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/slscustom.ru/32/77336_2.png) [@slscustom.ru](https://community.glideapps.com/u/slscustom.ru)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-can-a-tab-page-have-a-default-value/80881/7 "2025-04-12T23:11:39Z")
> [@ThinhDinh](#): > > and hide it from the screen using CSS You can ask AI don’t display anything instead using CSS and AI custom component is available on free plan i believe ---
**Author:** ![slscustom.ru](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/slscustom.ru/32/77336_2.png) [@slscustom.ru](https://community.glideapps.com/u/slscustom.ru)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 11:24pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-can-a-tab-page-have-a-default-value/80881/8 "2025-04-12T23:24:04Z")
> [@Auto Action trigger](https://community.glideapps.com/t/auto-action-trigger/77525): > > I made a prompt that allow an action to be triggered on page load. I attempted to create a prompt that allows the AI component to perform an action on load after a delay of 100 ms. While I couldn’t get it to work with the provided delay value, it still enables us to make the AI execute a custom action upon page load. Here is the prompt : 1. In the \*\*DATA\*\* section, define only the `Delay` property with a milliseconds value. 2. On component load, automatically retrieve the `Delay` property. If… Just paste it on your page [NotificationTrigger - Glide custom component](https://components.glide.info/share/commit::f9440757-a58d-7cc5-2550-57b01769a109) And create Show Notification custom action with first step is wait 0.1 then set column to default value ---
**Author:** ![fk1214](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/fk1214/32/71058_2.png) [@fk1214](https://community.glideapps.com/u/fk1214)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 7:14am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-can-a-tab-page-have-a-default-value/80881/10 "2025-04-15T07:14:26Z")
AI’s the only way you can do it for now, otherwise users have to click a button each time to trigger it