# CP5 – "global" tab overrides bringToFront()
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/cp5-global-tab-overrides-bringtofront/33617
**Category:** Libraries
**Created:** [November 19, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cp5-global-tab-overrides-bringtofront/33617 "2021-11-19T14:16:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@jango\_fx](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jango_fx)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cp5-global-tab-overrides-bringtofront/33617/1 "2021-11-19T14:16:34Z")
i’d like to use controlP5’s Tabs.
and i’d like to have some GUI elements showing up in all tabs (that is exist on the “global” tab)
but i DON’T want those elements to overlay everything else.
i thought `bringToFront()` would be the appropriate method. but it seems the “global” tab stays in front of everything else, no matter what… ☹
is any there anything else i can do, to manipulate the “z-index” of controlP5 elements?
```auto
import controlP5.*;
ControlP5 cp5;
ScrollableList dropdown1, dropdown2;
void setup() {
size(300, 400);
cp5 = new ControlP5(this);
cp5.addTab("extra").activateEvent(true);
dropdown2 = cp5.addScrollableList("dropdown2")
.setPosition(100, 105)
.setColorBackground(color(60));
;
dropdown1 = cp5.addScrollableList("dropdown1")
.setPosition(50, 50)
;
for (int i=0; i<40; i++) {
dropdown1.addItem("thing "+i, i);
dropdown2.addItem("item "+i, i);
}
cp5.getController("dropdown2").moveTo("global");
cp5.getController("dropdown1").moveTo("extra");
cp5.getController("dropdown1").bringToFront();
cp5.getTab("extra").bringToFront();
}
void draw() {
background(0);
if (dropdown1.isMouseOver()) {
println(frameCount + " go to front");
dropdown1.bringToFront();
}
}
void controlEvent(ControlEvent theControlEvent) {
if (theControlEvent.isTab()) {
if (theControlEvent.getTab().getName() == "extra")
{
println("bring to front");
dropdown1.bringToFront();
}
}
}
```
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### Author:  [@GoToLoop](https://discourse.processing.org/u/GoToLoop)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cp5-global-tab-overrides-bringtofront/33617/2 "2021-11-19T14:51:54Z")
> [@jango\_fx](#):
>
> `if (theControlEvent.getTab().getName() == "extra")`
`if ("extra".equals(theControlEvent.getTab().getName())) {`
> **[equals() / Reference](https://processing.org/reference/String_equals_.html)**
>
> Compares two strings to see if they are the same. This method is necessary because it's not possible to compare strings using the equality operator (==). Returns true if the strings are the sam…
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### Author:  [@jango\_fx](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jango_fx)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cp5-global-tab-overrides-bringtofront/33617/3 "2021-11-19T23:55:55Z")
thx, but doesn’t make a difference