Indicators show thru to front page of tab control.

I have a tab control with boolean indicators on the second and third pages. When the indicators are activated (mine blink when certain tests are selected), they show on the front panel. I have tried to "move to front" the tab control but that didn't work. The property node for the tab control doesn't seem to have anything to help either. Any ideas?

I found a straightforward solution here: http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Determine-if-Tab-is-active/td-p/1841435
which does change as the tabs change.
The blinking question was asked, as noted, 12 years ago. I apologize for the confusion caused by changing the question.
I consider my question solved.
Thanks to those who responded.

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