# Set Current page "thing"

**URL:** <https://forum.bubble.io/t/set-current-page-thing/143334>\
**Category:** App Organization\
**Created:** [March 26, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/set-current-page-thing/143334 "2021-03-26T20:52:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![chris.charette241](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@chris.charette241](https://forum.bubble.io/u/chris.charette241)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/set-current-page-thing/143334/1 "2021-03-26T20:52:02Z")

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Is it possible to change a Current page “thing” and have that new data populate without having to reload the page?

Currently I use a repeating group with a set of selections. Using workflow on the text field inside the RG, I set a state to **Current cell’s “thing”** , in my case it’s “Property”. After setting this state, I do a Go to page “page\_name” and send **“Current cell’s Property”**.

Is there no way to populate a page with the new “thing” without having to reload the page? I do a lot of things in the Page load workflow that I’d rather not do if the only thing changing is the data.

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**Author:** ![brenton.strine](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/brenton.strine/32/124156_2.png) [@brenton.strine](https://forum.bubble.io/u/brenton.strine)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/set-current-page-thing/143334/2 "2023-01-11T13:58:31Z")

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Lol, here I am for the third time finding this question in a search because I have the same question. I think I have been looking for this answer about once a month.

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**Author:** ![jangidrahul0494](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/jangidrahul0494/32/234895_2.png) [@jangidrahul0494](https://forum.bubble.io/u/jangidrahul0494)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/set-current-page-thing/143334/3 "2023-01-11T14:21:13Z")

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Can you please share the screen shot?

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**Author:** ![NigelG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@NigelG](https://forum.bubble.io/u/NigelG)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/set-current-page-thing/143334/4 "2023-01-11T14:23:20Z")

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IIRC go to a page which is the same page doesn’t ‘reload’ it.

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**Author:** ![luc.simp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@luc.simp](https://forum.bubble.io/u/luc.simp)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/set-current-page-thing/143334/5 "2023-01-11T15:06:19Z")

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FWIW what I’ve been doing for a long time is creating a custom state on the page the same type as the page’s thing. on page load, I set the state from the page’s thing, and build my page to reference the state, not the page’s thing. That way I can change it easily in a workflow.

Nigel is correct in that “go to page” action doesn’t refresh the page if it’s the current page, but I have experienced some issues with certain plugins reacting poorly to that method. YMMV.