>Hi everybody,
>
>In few forms I switched from bootstrap nav pills and partial view to the following markup:
>
>

> <div class="col-lg-3 col-md-3 panel-container">
>                        <tabset vertical="true" type="pills">
>                            <tab heading="@Labels.general" select="selectView('general')"  >
>
>                            </tab>
>
>                            <tab heading="@Labels.passes" select="selectView('guestPasses')">
>
>                            </tab>
>
>                            <tab heading="@Labels.history" select="selectView('guestActivity')">
>
>                            </tab>
>                            
>                            <tab heading="@Labels.userDefined 1"
>                                 select="selectView('userDefined1')" >
>                            </tab>                     
>                            
>                            <tab heading="@Labels.userDefined 2"
>                                 select="selectView('userDefined2')" >
>                            </tab>
>                        </tabset>
>                    </div>
>
>                    <div class="col-lg-9 col-md-9 panel-container">
>                        <div data-ui-view data-autoscroll="false"></div>
>                        <div data-ui-view="guestPasses" data-autoscroll="false"></div>
>                    </div>

>
>And I've noticed the behavior change I am wondering if I should live with or can do something about - if I type something that makes control invalid (say, in the text allowing 10 characters type 20), I can see the invalid message when I am on this tab. When I switch to another tab and then go back, that control goes to the original empty state.
>
>The code to select view is simple:
>
>

>$scope.selectView = function (viewName) {
>                if ($scope.isNew) {
>                    $state.go('new.' + viewName);
>                }
>                else {
>                    $state.go('edit.' + viewName);
>                }
>            };

>
>and all the ui-views are defined at the top.
>
>I am wondering if there is a way to preserve that bad input while switching between tabs or that behavior is expected?
>
>Thanks in advance.

Not clear whether you are just losing the validation message or also entered input.
If the latter then one solution I've seen mooted is to put the model in a service/factory so that it is preserved....