# How do you use a button to direct to another tab? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [September 22, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-do-you-use-a-button-to-direct-to-another-tab/498 "2019-09-22T22:25:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chloef](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/chloef/32/305_2.png) [@chloef](https://community.glideapps.com/u/chloef)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-do-you-use-a-button-to-direct-to-another-tab/498/1 "2019-09-22T22:25:16Z")
Trying to direct from my welcome screen to specific tabs - can anybody lend a hand? Thank you!! ---
**Author:** ![david](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david/32/62831_2.png) [@david](https://community.glideapps.com/u/david)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-do-you-use-a-button-to-direct-to-another-tab/498/2 "2019-09-22T22:37:28Z")
Choose the `Link to Screen` action in the button configuration. ---
**Author:** ![chloef](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/chloef/32/305_2.png) [@chloef](https://community.glideapps.com/u/chloef)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 11:06pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-do-you-use-a-button-to-direct-to-another-tab/498/3 "2019-09-22T23:06:06Z")
This is linking to a sheet but not a tab… the tab I am trying to link to has two set’s of details and so has two sheets in one. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2019, 12:32am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-do-you-use-a-button-to-direct-to-another-tab/498/4 "2019-09-23T00:32:39Z")
Try linking to screen, set the style for that screen to Detail, then add list components that point to both sheets. This won’t highlight the button at the bottom, but should give you the results you want. You could also create a new dummy sheet with at least one heading, link the button to that sheet and follow the same directions above. ---
**Author:** ![chloef](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/chloef/32/305_2.png) [@chloef](https://community.glideapps.com/u/chloef)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 12:51am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-do-you-use-a-button-to-direct-to-another-tab/498/5 "2019-09-23T00:51:22Z")
Thank you Jeff! ---
**Author:** ![StephM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@StephM](https://community.glideapps.com/u/StephM)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-do-you-use-a-button-to-direct-to-another-tab/498/6 "2020-06-29T12:40:50Z")
@Jeff_Hager I have the same problem as @chloef I added the dummy sheet, but now I’m stuck and don’t understand how adding list components solves it? If you go to my app’s home page [https://toddl.glideapp.io/](https://toddl.glideapp.io/) you will see the first buttton pointing correctly to Actividades tab. The second button should point to Casals (but is currently linked to empty dummy). The third button is fine. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2020, 2:54am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-do-you-use-a-button-to-direct-to-another-tab/498/7 "2020-06-30T02:54:21Z")
You can either use the dummy sheet or just point to the Casals sheet and design it just like the tab. ---
**Author:** ![StephM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@StephM](https://community.glideapps.com/u/StephM)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 8:04am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-do-you-use-a-button-to-direct-to-another-tab/498/8 "2020-07-20T08:04:29Z")
Perfect, thank you! ---
**Author:** ![forsdick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/forsdick/32/26296_2.png) [@forsdick](https://community.glideapps.com/u/forsdick)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-do-you-use-a-button-to-direct-to-another-tab/498/9 "2020-09-28T20:57:17Z")
Is there a way to go to a Tab using a Button with action “Link to Screen” that _does_ light up the Tab icon? ---
**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:** [September 28, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-do-you-use-a-button-to-direct-to-another-tab/498/10 "2020-09-28T22:31:14Z")
Not at this time. Link to screen is independent from a tab. ---
**Author:** ![forsdick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/forsdick/32/26296_2.png) [@forsdick](https://community.glideapps.com/u/forsdick)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-do-you-use-a-button-to-direct-to-another-tab/498/11 "2020-10-16T13:17:23Z")
Feature suggestion: If a screen is displayed, search to see if there is a tab that is linked to that screen and if so, dim the current highlight tap and highlight the new tap. Would this be consistent with the rest of Glide? ---
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 8:43am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-do-you-use-a-button-to-direct-to-another-tab/498/12 "2024-02-18T08:43:00Z")