diff --git a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/currentTab Variable.tid b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/currentTab Variable.tid
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+caption: currentTab
+created: 20240627195924480
+modified: 20240627201655746
+tags: Variables [[Core Variables]]
+title: currentTab Variable
+type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
+
+The <<.def currentTab>> [[variable|Variables]] contains the title of the current tab within an enclosing set of tabs generated by the [[tabs Macro]].
+
+When a tiddler is [[transcluded|Transclusion]] within a tab, any use of the [[currentTiddler Variable]] will point to the tiddler containing the [[tabs Macro]] call. This may lead to surprises if the transcluded tiddler was originally written to display by itself in the [[Story River]] in ways that rely on self-reference. The currentTab macro enables a similar effect to currentTiddler for the special case of a tiddler rendered as a tab.
+
+Compare <<.vlink currentTiddler>>.
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diff --git a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/macros/TabsMacro.tid b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/macros/TabsMacro.tid
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 caption: tabs
 created: 20131228162203521
-modified: 20210721122823354
+modified: 20240627201724476
 tags: Macros [[Core Macros]]
 title: tabs Macro
 type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ By default the tabs are arranged horizontally above the content. To get vertical
 
 Within the template, the title of the selected tab is available in the <<.var currentTab>> variable.
 
-The <<.vlink currentTiddler>> variable is not affected by the <<.var tabs>> macro. This can put you in trouble if the list of tabs includes tiddlers that depend on the value of the <<.vlink currentTiddler>>, for example tiddlers listing children based on its own name. To overcome this problem you can use a [[TemplateTiddler|TemplateTiddlers]] like the following:
+The <<.vlink currentTiddler>> variable is not affected by the <<.var tabs>> macro. This can put you in trouble if the list of tabs includes tiddlers that depend on the value of the <<.vlink currentTiddler>>, for example tiddlers listing children based on its own name. To overcome this problem you can make use of the <<.vlink currentTab>> variable, which can be used in a [[TemplateTiddler|TemplateTiddlers]] such as the following:
 
 ```
 <$tiddler tiddler=<<currentTab>>>