# Simple iframe app shows empty page **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [November 1, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-iframe-app-shows-empty-page/106041 "2017-11-01T14:07:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blueemerald](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@blueemerald](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/blueemerald)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-iframe-app-shows-empty-page/106041/1 "2017-11-01T14:07:59Z")
I have a kibana app plugin that is implemented as an iframe to another URL. When I go my kibana website the app plugin in shows up. When I click on my app (on the left side where all the apps are), it works just fine. But when I click on the app plugin again a white screen shows up instead of my expected content. Is there some setup I must perform in index.js or app.js, etc ... that will insure my iframe URL will show up when the app is clicked on ? ---
**Author:** ![rashmi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rashmi/32/16391_2.png) [@rashmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashmi)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-iframe-app-shows-empty-page/106041/2 "2017-11-01T15:01:03Z")
May I ask which version of Kibana you are using ? Thanks Rashmi ---
**Author:** ![blueemerald](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@blueemerald](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/blueemerald)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 6:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-iframe-app-shows-empty-page/106041/3 "2017-11-06T18:10:12Z")
5.3.4 ---
**Author:** ![blueemerald](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@blueemerald](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/blueemerald)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-iframe-app-shows-empty-page/106041/4 "2017-11-07T22:06:17Z")
Hi Rashmi, 5.3.4 is our Kibana version. ---
**Author:** ![lukas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas/32/6812_2.png) [@lukas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukas)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-iframe-app-shows-empty-page/106041/5 "2017-11-07T22:34:20Z")
I'm having a little trouble envisioning what's happening here. Could you provide some screenshots? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![blueemerald](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@blueemerald](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/blueemerald)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 12:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-iframe-app-shows-empty-page/106041/7 "2017-11-08T12:48:09Z")
Lukas Here is the view of the kibana App when our app is first selected from the left menu: , ![tm-p1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/1/21a0dfa266f098db058b1f9dc0afc933c2df47ed.jpg) and here is the view when the our kibana App is clicked on again (in the left menu): ![tm-p2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/c/9cc596a21b0bac53c56b5aa5dbbbb3d5e5c42a5b.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![lukas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas/32/6812_2.png) [@lukas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukas)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-iframe-app-shows-empty-page/106041/8 "2017-11-08T15:52:08Z")
Yeah, this is an odd bug, and for some reason giving your page a default URL other than "/" seems to fix it. So, rather than something like ```auto require('ui/routes') .when('/', { template: require('plugins/threat_model/templates/index.html') }) ``` Try something like ```auto require('ui/routes') .when('/home', { template: require('plugins/threat_model/templates/index.html') }) ``` ---
**Author:** ![blueemerald](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@blueemerald](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/blueemerald)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 1:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-iframe-app-shows-empty-page/106041/9 "2017-11-13T13:41:06Z")
Lukas, When the threat model is first clicked on (from the left menu) the url that shows up in the browser contains the appended string, "#/?\_g=()". I'm not sure why. (as in [http://localhost:5601/app/threat\_model#/?\_g=()](http://localhost:5601/app/threat_model#/?_g=()) ) When it is clicked on again, the url is appended with this string: "#?\_g=()", (as in [http://localhost:5601/app/threat\_model#?\_g=()](http://localhost:5601/app/threat_model#?_g=()) ) and when clicked on a 3rd time it becomes this: [http://localhost:5601/app/threat\_model#](http://localhost:5601/app/threat_model#) None of these urls match the intended: [http://localhost:5601/app/threat\_model](http://localhost:5601/app/threat_model) So something in the code flow when clicking on the left menu "Threat Model" is appending these various strings. P.S. I did try what you suggested, but it did not fix the issue. ---
**Author:** ![blueemerald](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@blueemerald](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/blueemerald)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 6:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-iframe-app-shows-empty-page/106041/10 "2017-11-20T18:48:37Z")
You can reproduce my problem, by downloading this kibana app plugin: > **[asileon/kibana\_shard\_allocation](https://github.com/asileon/kibana_shard_allocation)** > > kibana\_shard\_allocation - Elasticsearch Shards Allocation visualization as a kibana plugin Startup kibana, and click on the "shard" app on the left. You will notice it comes up fine. Click on it again, and you will see the white screen I speak of. * * * Note, I am using kibana 5.3.2 and I also changed the shard plugin to reference that version as well. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-iframe-app-shows-empty-page/106041/11 "2017-12-18T18:49:24Z")
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