# Back button not showing when using state.go()

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/back-button-not-showing-when-using-state-go/40858>\
**Category:** ionic-v1\
**Created:** [January 9, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/back-button-not-showing-when-using-state-go/40858 "2016-01-09T15:01:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![NomYap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@NomYap](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/NomYap)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/back-button-not-showing-when-using-state-go/40858/1 "2016-01-09T15:01:03Z")

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So my app is set up in the following way - I have 2 tabs: Tab A and Tab B  
Tab B has a sub-state, called B\_1.  
In Tab A, if I do state.go(‘B\_1’), there will be no back button in B\_1.  
Now, my understanding is that since tabs have their own history stack, if I go directly to B\_1 from A, there is no back button cause there is nothing to go back to in that tab’s history as I haven’t visited B. How can I circumvent this behaviour? I would like there to be a back button in B\_1 to B.

Here’s a [codepen](http://codepen.io/anon/pen/LGygVq) that illustrates the problem. Clicking Test will send you into a different tab’s sub-view and a back button will not appear.