diff --git a/plugin-designs/posterverse/posterverse.vue b/plugin-designs/posterverse/posterverse.vue
index f80328b90..39d7c95e7 100644
--- a/plugin-designs/posterverse/posterverse.vue
+++ b/plugin-designs/posterverse/posterverse.vue
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ import BackToTopButton from '@map/components/BackToTopButton.vue'
 import ShellLanguageMenu from '@map/components/ShellLanguageMenu.vue'
 import { saveLocale } from '@map/layouts/app-wrapper-material/languages.js'
 import { loadScriptOnce, whenTagDefined } from '@map/utils/embedScript.js'
+import { readViewKeys, writeViewKeys, onAddressChange, urlOwnerOf } from '@map/composables/useViewAddress.js'
 import { translate, LOCALES } from './src/strings.js'
 import { SECTIONS, TABS, resolveTabs } from './src/tabs.js'
 
@@ -226,11 +227,22 @@ export default defineComponent({
   mounted() {
     this.watchHostLang()
     // Paint the rail at once; the manifest completes the rows in the background and re-drives the mount.
-    this.select(this.initialIndex())
+    // First paint is a REPLACE, so a reload or a shared link keeps the tab without adding a Back step. If the
+    // address names a tab that only arrives with the manifest (a provisional row), write nothing yet: writing
+    // tab 0 here would overwrite the link, and applyManifest's own first-paint replace writes the honoured tab.
+    const want = this.requestedTab()
+    const known = !want || this.tabs.some((t) => t.id === want)
+    this.select(this.initialIndex(), { firstPaint: true, fromHistory: !known })
+    // Back / Forward re-apply the tab from the address and never write (writing would lose Forward).
+    this._offAddress = onAddressChange(({ tab }) => {
+      const i = this.tabs.findIndex((t) => t.id === tab)
+      this.select(i >= 0 ? i : 0, { fromHistory: true })
+    })
     this.loadManifest()
   },
   beforeUnmount() {
     if (this._langObs) { this._langObs.disconnect(); this._langObs = null }
+    if (this._offAddress) { this._offAddress(); this._offAddress = null }
   },
   methods: {
     tr(key, params) { return translate(this.uiLocale, key, params) },
@@ -250,8 +262,11 @@ export default defineComponent({
     },
     requestedTab() {
       let q = ''
-      try { q = new URLSearchParams(location.search).get('tab') || '' } catch { /* non-browser */ }
-      return String(this.tab || this.cfg.tab || q || '').trim()
+      try { q = readViewKeys(location.search).tab } catch { /* non-browser */ }
+      // On a page whose address this shell owns, the URL (a reload, a shared link) beats a baked cfg.tab, or the
+      // first-paint replace would overwrite the link with the default. Elsewhere the host's config leads.
+      const order = urlOwnerOf(this.cfg) ? [this.tab, q, this.cfg.tab] : [this.tab, this.cfg.tab, q]
+      return String(order.find((v) => v) || '').trim()
     },
     initialIndex() {
       const i = this.tabs.findIndex((t) => t.id === this.requestedTab())
@@ -306,7 +321,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
       const w = !this._honouredTab && want ? this.tabs.findIndex((t) => t.id === want) : -1
       const i = this.tabs.findIndex((t) => t.id === activeId)
       this._honouredTab = true
-      this.select(w >= 0 ? w : (i >= 0 ? i : 0))
+      this.select(w >= 0 ? w : (i >= 0 ? i : 0), { firstPaint: true })
     },
     onSelect(key) {
       const i = this.tabs.findIndex((t) => t.id === key)
@@ -322,7 +337,10 @@ export default defineComponent({
       if (this.base) return this.base.replace(/\/+$/, '') + '/' + r
       return '../' + r
     },
-    select(i) {
+    // The tab is written to the address by the ONE owner (urlOwner in profile-config: 'app' on our own pages,
+    // 'host' when a host's router writes, absent on a partner's page = read only). A reader's choice is a push;
+    // first paint is a replace; Back / Forward never write.
+    select(i, { fromHistory = false, firstPaint = false } = {}) {
       const prevIndex = this.activeIndex
       this.activeIndex = i
       // Release the outgoing heavy pane first, so at most one live map context exists at a time.
@@ -334,6 +352,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
       if (!t) return
       // Tell the host which plugin is showing (CustomEvent 'tab-change', detail[0] = { id, label }).
       if (prevIndex !== i || !this._announced) { this._announced = true; this.$emit('tab-change', { id: t.id, label: this.tabLabel(t) }) }
+      if (!fromHistory) writeViewKeys({ tab: t.id }, { owner: urlOwnerOf(this.cfg), push: !firstPaint, el: this.$el })
       if (!t.scriptUrl) return   // applyManifest selects again once the manifest lands
       // A heavy tab's slot exists only after its v-if subtree renders, so mount on the next tick.
       if (!t.mounted) this.$nextTick(() => { if (this.activeIndex === i) this.mountElement(i) })