# Tabs stay where you left them

> Refresh the brand editor or a student detail page and the tab you were on is still active — no more landing back on the first tab every time the page reloads.

Last updated 2026-05-22 · Source: https://prolaud.com/help/tab-persistence

## How it works

Switching tabs writes the active tab into the URL as a ?tab= query parameter. Reload, share the link, bookmark it, navigate back from a sub-page — the tab survives all of it. The first tab on each page omits the param (so the URL stays clean for the common case).

## Where it’s live

- Portal → Brand (Templates / Identity / Style / Layout / Advanced).
- Students → student detail (Overview / Activity / Questions / Invoices / Links / Messages).
- Other tabbed surfaces are migrating over the next few releases — same pattern.

## Sharing a tab

Copy the URL while on the Style tab and send it to a co-instructor — they land on Style, not on the default. Useful for design review sessions where you don’t want to spend the first 30 seconds saying “click the third tab.”

> **Note:** If you pass an unknown ?tab= value (typo, stale link, removed tab), we silently fall back to the first tab — no error toast.

## Related

- [Pick a portal template](https://prolaud.com/help/portal-template)
- [Engagement — at-risk students at a glance](https://prolaud.com/help/engagement-table)