# My buttons have disappeared, why? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [October 28, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/my-buttons-have-disappeared-why/33697 "2021-10-28T17:20:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gkopchuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ee7513/32.png) [@gkopchuk](https://community.glideapps.com/u/gkopchuk)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/my-buttons-have-disappeared-why/33697/1 "2021-10-28T17:20:48Z")
Hi, I have added several go to tab buttons. They were all displaying nicely. I went out of the app and back in and now they don’t display. I can see on the left they are there. So Why don’t they display? ![glide button prob](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/b/d/bd8cb667214ed3c2512f5a77455a609c5c1c1482.jpeg) ---
**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:** [October 28, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/my-buttons-have-disappeared-why/33697/2 "2021-10-28T17:25:38Z")
I see a lot of tabs that are hidden and a lot of buttons that go to tabs. Are you trying to go to a tab that’s hidden from view in the app? ---
**Author:** ![gkopchuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ee7513/32.png) [@gkopchuk](https://community.glideapps.com/u/gkopchuk)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/my-buttons-have-disappeared-why/33697/3 "2021-10-28T17:29:03Z")
I set the buttons up to go to a tab. The problem was each tab was cluttering up the bottom menu so I hid the tabs. I see when I did that it hid the button as well. So the issue is how do I display the buttons and not have the bottom menu cluttered? ![glide button prob02](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/5/9/598b6b7b722223a884dc70f024ca5ad45614bf82.jpeg) ---
**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:** [October 28, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/my-buttons-have-disappeared-why/33697/4 "2021-10-28T17:33:58Z")
Well, the only way is to move those tabs to the side menu. Once you hide a tab, it’s no longer accessible. If you move them to the side menu, then they don’t show at the bottom, but are still accessible. The alternative is to build new screens by setting the button action to show new screen instead of go to tab…but you would possibly have to redo whatever you did in those tabs (should be reasonably easy by copying and pasting components). I always use screens if I don’t intend to show a tab in my app. ---
**Author:** ![gkopchuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ee7513/32.png) [@gkopchuk](https://community.glideapps.com/u/gkopchuk)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/my-buttons-have-disappeared-why/33697/5 "2021-10-28T17:36:04Z")
Creating a new screen is not a prob! I hope. I will give it a shot. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![gkopchuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ee7513/32.png) [@gkopchuk](https://community.glideapps.com/u/gkopchuk)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/my-buttons-have-disappeared-why/33697/6 "2021-10-28T17:48:03Z")
Dumb question: How do I create a new screen without it being a tab? I have been looking and can’t find something that says how. I don’t want it to be a form. I want to display data with it. ---
**Author:** ![Dilon\_Perera](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/dilon_perera/32/85652_2.png) [@Dilon\_Perera](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Dilon_Perera)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/my-buttons-have-disappeared-why/33697/7 "2021-10-28T17:52:22Z")
@gkopchuk add the action show new screen ---
**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:** [October 28, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/my-buttons-have-disappeared-why/33697/8 "2021-10-28T17:59:50Z")
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