# Accessing other tabs while a script is running?

**URL:** <https://forums.toadworld.com/t/accessing-other-tabs-while-a-script-is-running/10446>\
**Category:** Toad for Oracle & DevOps Toolkit\
**Created:** [May 11, 2011, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/accessing-other-tabs-while-a-script-is-running/10446 "2011-05-11T09:53:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![ThatDonGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@ThatDonGuy](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/ThatDonGuy)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/accessing-other-tabs-while-a-script-is-running/10446/1 "2011-05-11T09:53:13Z")

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Other than using Scriptrunner, is there a way to run a script (with F5) so that it doesn’t bring up the dialog box that effectively locks me out of any other sessions on different tabs? (Or is that pretty much the reason Scriptrunner even exists?)