diff --git a/packages/core/scripts/test-components/src/components.d.ts b/packages/core/scripts/test-components/src/components.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf59e4ae6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/scripts/test-components/src/components.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+/**
+ * This is an autogenerated file created by the Stencil build process.
+ * It contains typing information for all components that exist in this project
+ * and imports for stencil collections that might be configured in your stencil.config.js file
+ */
+
+
+declare global {
+  interface HTMLStencilElement extends HTMLElement {
+    componentOnReady(): Promise<this>;
+    componentOnReady(done: (ele?: this) => void): void;
+  }
+}
+
+
+
+import {
+  PageOne as PageOne
+} from './components/page-one/page-one';
+
+declare global {
+  interface HTMLPageOneElement extends PageOne, HTMLStencilElement {
+  }
+  var HTMLPageOneElement: {
+    prototype: HTMLPageOneElement;
+    new (): HTMLPageOneElement;
+  };
+  interface HTMLElementTagNameMap {
+    "page-one": HTMLPageOneElement;
+  }
+  interface ElementTagNameMap {
+    "page-one": HTMLPageOneElement;
+  }
+  namespace JSX {
+    interface IntrinsicElements {
+      "page-one": JSXElements.PageOneAttributes;
+    }
+  }
+  namespace JSXElements {
+    export interface PageOneAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+      
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+import {
+  PageTwo as PageTwo
+} from './components/page-two/page-two';
+
+declare global {
+  interface HTMLPageTwoElement extends PageTwo, HTMLStencilElement {
+  }
+  var HTMLPageTwoElement: {
+    prototype: HTMLPageTwoElement;
+    new (): HTMLPageTwoElement;
+  };
+  interface HTMLElementTagNameMap {
+    "page-two": HTMLPageTwoElement;
+  }
+  interface ElementTagNameMap {
+    "page-two": HTMLPageTwoElement;
+  }
+  namespace JSX {
+    interface IntrinsicElements {
+      "page-two": JSXElements.PageTwoAttributes;
+    }
+  }
+  namespace JSXElements {
+    export interface PageTwoAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+      
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+import {
+  TabOne as TabOne
+} from './components/tab-one/tab-one';
+
+declare global {
+  interface HTMLTabOneElement extends TabOne, HTMLStencilElement {
+  }
+  var HTMLTabOneElement: {
+    prototype: HTMLTabOneElement;
+    new (): HTMLTabOneElement;
+  };
+  interface HTMLElementTagNameMap {
+    "tab-one": HTMLTabOneElement;
+  }
+  interface ElementTagNameMap {
+    "tab-one": HTMLTabOneElement;
+  }
+  namespace JSX {
+    interface IntrinsicElements {
+      "tab-one": JSXElements.TabOneAttributes;
+    }
+  }
+  namespace JSXElements {
+    export interface TabOneAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+      
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+import {
+  TabThree as TabThree
+} from './components/tab-three/tab-three';
+
+declare global {
+  interface HTMLTabThreeElement extends TabThree, HTMLStencilElement {
+  }
+  var HTMLTabThreeElement: {
+    prototype: HTMLTabThreeElement;
+    new (): HTMLTabThreeElement;
+  };
+  interface HTMLElementTagNameMap {
+    "tab-three": HTMLTabThreeElement;
+  }
+  interface ElementTagNameMap {
+    "tab-three": HTMLTabThreeElement;
+  }
+  namespace JSX {
+    interface IntrinsicElements {
+      "tab-three": JSXElements.TabThreeAttributes;
+    }
+  }
+  namespace JSXElements {
+    export interface TabThreeAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+      
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+import {
+  TabTwo as TabTwo
+} from './components/tab-two/tab-two';
+
+declare global {
+  interface HTMLTabTwoElement extends TabTwo, HTMLStencilElement {
+  }
+  var HTMLTabTwoElement: {
+    prototype: HTMLTabTwoElement;
+    new (): HTMLTabTwoElement;
+  };
+  interface HTMLElementTagNameMap {
+    "tab-two": HTMLTabTwoElement;
+  }
+  interface ElementTagNameMap {
+    "tab-two": HTMLTabTwoElement;
+  }
+  namespace JSX {
+    interface IntrinsicElements {
+      "tab-two": JSXElements.TabTwoAttributes;
+    }
+  }
+  namespace JSXElements {
+    export interface TabTwoAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+      
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+declare global { namespace JSX { interface StencilJSX {} } }
diff --git a/packages/core/scripts/test-components/src/components/tab-one/tab-one.tsx b/packages/core/scripts/test-components/src/components/tab-one/tab-one.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b65f38ff0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/scripts/test-components/src/components/tab-one/tab-one.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { Component } from '@stencil/core';
+
+@Component({
+  tag: 'tab-one',
+})
+export class TabOne {
+
+  render() {
+    return [
+      <ion-page>
+        <ion-header>
+          <ion-toolbar>
+            <ion-title>Page One</ion-title>
+          </ion-toolbar>
+        </ion-header>
+        <ion-content>
+          tab one
+        </ion-content>
+      </ion-page>
+    ];
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/scripts/test-components/src/components/tab-three/tab-three.tsx b/packages/core/scripts/test-components/src/components/tab-three/tab-three.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd91cb4558
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/scripts/test-components/src/components/tab-three/tab-three.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { Component } from '@stencil/core';
+
+@Component({
+  tag: 'tab-three',
+})
+export class TabThree {
+
+  render() {
+    return [
+      <ion-page>
+        <ion-header>
+          <ion-toolbar>
+            <ion-title>Tab 3</ion-title>
+          </ion-toolbar>
+        </ion-header>
+        <ion-content>
+          tab three
+        </ion-content>
+      </ion-page>
+    ];
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/scripts/test-components/src/components/tab-two/tab-two.tsx b/packages/core/scripts/test-components/src/components/tab-two/tab-two.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5530c7a39c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/scripts/test-components/src/components/tab-two/tab-two.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { Component } from '@stencil/core';
+
+@Component({
+  tag: 'tab-two',
+})
+export class TabTwo {
+
+  render() {
+    return [
+      <ion-page>
+        <ion-header>
+          <ion-toolbar>
+            <ion-title>Tab two (2)</ion-title>
+          </ion-toolbar>
+        </ion-header>
+        <ion-content>
+          <ion-nav></ion-nav>
+        </ion-content>
+      </ion-page>
+    ];
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components.d.ts b/packages/core/src/components.d.ts
index 3ab8c6e870..29a595e193 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components.d.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/components.d.ts
@@ -2437,9 +2437,9 @@ declare global {
   }
   namespace JSXElements {
     export interface IonRouteAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
-      component?: string;
       path?: string;
       props?: any;
+      sel?: string;
     }
   }
 }
@@ -3002,7 +3002,7 @@ declare global {
       delegate?: FrameworkDelegate;
       disabled?: boolean;
       icon?: string;
-      path?: string;
+      name?: string;
       selected?: boolean;
       show?: boolean;
       tabsHideOnSubPages?: boolean;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/route/readme.md b/packages/core/src/components/route/readme.md
index aec9f098b8..b6c8c1a78f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/route/readme.md
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/route/readme.md
@@ -7,11 +7,6 @@
 
 ## Properties
 
-#### component
-
-string
-
-
 #### path
 
 string
@@ -22,13 +17,13 @@ string
 any
 
 
+#### sel
+
+string
+
+
 ## Attributes
 
-#### component
-
-string
-
-
 #### path
 
 string
@@ -39,6 +34,11 @@ string
 any
 
 
+#### sel
+
+string
+
+
 
 ----------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/route/route.tsx b/packages/core/src/components/route/route.tsx
index 8ae3d6b60f..75e3562ccc 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/route/route.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/route/route.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { Component, Prop } from '@stencil/core';
 export class Route {
 
   @Prop() path: string;
-  @Prop() component: string;
+  @Prop() sel: string;
   @Prop() props: any = {};
 
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/router/router-utils.ts b/packages/core/src/components/router/router-utils.ts
index c6d89e805d..6c36ad11e6 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/router/router-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/router/router-utils.ts
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ export function readNavState(node: HTMLElement) {
   }
   return {
     stack: stack,
-    pivot: pivot
+    pivot: pivot,
   };
 }
 
-export function matchPath(stack: string[], routes: RouterEntries): string[] {
+export function matchPath(stack: string[], routes: RouterEntries) {
   const path: string[] = [];
   for (const id of stack) {
     const route = routes.find(r => r.id === id);
@@ -85,7 +85,10 @@ export function matchPath(stack: string[], routes: RouterEntries): string[] {
       break;
     }
   }
-  return path;
+  return {
+    path: path,
+    routes: routes,
+  };
 }
 
 export function matchRouteChain(path: string[], routes: RouterEntries): RouterEntries {
@@ -140,7 +143,7 @@ export function readRoutes(root: Element): RouterEntries {
     .filter(el => el.tagName === 'ION-ROUTE')
     .map(el => ({
       path: parsePath(el.path),
-      id: el.component,
+      id: el.sel,
       props: el.props,
       subroutes: readRoutes(el)
     }));
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/router/router.tsx b/packages/core/src/components/router/router.tsx
index 5e1076a0b4..1f1de328cd 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/router/router.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/router/router.tsx
@@ -46,15 +46,15 @@ export class Router {
 
     console.debug('[IN] nav changed -> update URL');
     const { stack, pivot } = this.readNavState();
+    const { path, routes} = matchPath(stack, this.routes);
     if (pivot) {
       // readNavState() found a pivot that is not initialized
       console.debug('[IN] pivot uninitialized -> write partial nav state');
-      this.writeNavState(pivot, []);
+      this.writeNavState(pivot, [], routes);
     }
 
     const isPop = ev.detail.isPop === true;
-    const segments = matchPath(stack, this.routes);
-    this.writePath(segments, isPop);
+    this.writePath(path, isPop);
   }
 
 
@@ -62,13 +62,13 @@ export class Router {
     const node = document.querySelector('ion-app') as HTMLElement;
     const currentPath = this.readPath();
     if (currentPath) {
-      return this.writeNavState(node, currentPath);
+      return this.writeNavState(node, currentPath, this.routes);
     }
     return Promise.resolve();
   }
 
-  private writeNavState(node: any, path: string[]): Promise<any> {
-    const chain = matchRouteChain(path, this.routes);
+  private writeNavState(node: any, path: string[], routes: RouterEntries): Promise<any> {
+    const chain = matchRouteChain(path, routes);
 
     this.busy = true;
     return writeNavState(node, chain)
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/router/test/basic/index.html b/packages/core/src/components/router/test/basic/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2633b7a9e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/router/test/basic/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html dir="ltr">
+<head>
+  <meta charset="UTF-8">
+  <title>Nav</title>
+  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no">
+  <script src="/dist/ionic.js"></script>
+  <script src="/test-components/build/app.js"></script>
+
+</head>
+<body>
+
+  <ion-app>
+
+    <ion-router>
+      <ion-route path="/" sel="tab1"> </ion-route>
+      <ion-route path="/two" sel="tab2">
+        <ion-route path="/" sel="page-one"> </ion-route>
+        <ion-route path="/second-page" sel="page-two"> </ion-route>
+      </ion-route>
+      <ion-route path="/three" sel="tab-three"> </ion-route>
+      <ion-route path="/four" sel="tab4"> </ion-route>
+    </ion-router>
+
+    <ion-tabs>
+
+      <ion-tab name="tab1"
+        title="Plain List"
+        icon="star"
+        component="tab-one"></ion-tab>
+
+      <ion-tab name="tab2"
+        title="Schedule"
+        icon="globe"
+        component="tab-two"></ion-tab>
+
+      <ion-tab
+        title="Stopwatch"
+        icon="logo-facebook"
+        component="tab-three"></ion-tab>
+
+      <ion-tab name="tab4"
+        title="Messages"
+        icon="chatboxes"
+        name="tab-four">
+        INLINE CONTENT
+      </ion-tab>
+    </ion-tabs>
+
+  </ion-app>
+
+  <style>
+    f {
+      display: block;
+      margin: 15px auto;
+      max-width: 150px;
+      height: 150px;
+      background: blue;
+    }
+
+    f:last-of-type {
+      background: yellow;
+    }
+  </style>
+</body>
+
+<script>
+
+</script>
+</html>
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/tab/readme.md b/packages/core/src/components/tab/readme.md
index f4679940bd..9af52ed68a 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/tab/readme.md
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/tab/readme.md
@@ -97,12 +97,10 @@ string
 The icon for the tab button.
 
 
-#### path
+#### name
 
 string
 
-The URL path name to represent this tab within the URL.
-
 
 #### selected
 
@@ -180,12 +178,10 @@ string
 The icon for the tab button.
 
 
-#### path
+#### name
 
 string
 
-The URL path name to represent this tab within the URL.
-
 
 #### selected
 
@@ -223,7 +219,7 @@ Emitted when the current tab is selected.
 
 ## Methods
 
-#### getPath()
+#### getRouteId()
 
 
 #### setActive()
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/tab/tab.tsx b/packages/core/src/components/tab/tab.tsx
index 6fe90e2d13..61ca95fc66 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/tab/tab.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/tab/tab.tsx
@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@ export class Tab {
    */
   @Prop() btnId: string;
 
-  /**
-   * The URL path name to represent this tab within the URL.
-   */
-  @Prop() path: string;
-
   /**
    * The title of the tab button.
    */
@@ -43,6 +38,7 @@ export class Tab {
    * The badge for the tab button.
    */
   @Prop() component: any;
+  @Prop() name: string;
 
   /**
    * The badge color for the tab button.
@@ -102,7 +98,18 @@ export class Tab {
     return promise.then(() => this.fireChildren());
   }
 
-  fireChildren() {
+  @Method()
+  getRouteId(): string|null {
+    if (this.name) {
+      return this.name;
+    }
+    if (typeof this.component === 'string') {
+      return this.component;
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  private fireChildren() {
     const nav = getNavAsChildIfExists(this.el);
     if (nav && nav.getViews().length === 0 && nav.root) {
       // we need to initialize
@@ -112,17 +119,6 @@ export class Tab {
     return Promise.resolve();
   }
 
-  @Method()
-  getPath(): string {
-    if (this.path != null) {
-      return this.path;
-    }
-    if (this.title) {
-      return this.title.toLowerCase();
-    }
-    return '';
-  }
-
   hostData() {
     const visible = this.active && this.selected;
     return {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/tabs/readme.md b/packages/core/src/components/tabs/readme.md
index d8376922cb..dbdccbecee 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/tabs/readme.md
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/tabs/readme.md
@@ -217,6 +217,9 @@ Only affects `ios` mode. Defaults to `false`.
 Emitted when the tab changes.
 
 
+#### ionNavChanged
+
+
 ## Methods
 
 #### getByIndex()
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.tsx b/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.tsx
index ba3aa0ee1e..6107c6f57c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Component, Element, Event, EventEmitter, Listen, Method, Prop, State } from '@stencil/core';
-import { Config, NavOutlet } from '../../index';
+import { Config, NavOutlet, NavEventDetail } from '../../index';
 
 
 @Component({
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ export class Tabs implements NavOutlet {
    * Emitted when the tab changes.
    */
   @Event() ionChange: EventEmitter;
+  @Event() ionNavChanged: EventEmitter<NavEventDetail>;
 
   componentDidLoad() {
     this.loadConfig('tabsPlacement', 'bottom');
@@ -116,10 +117,10 @@ export class Tabs implements NavOutlet {
 
     return promise.then(() => {
       this.ionChange.emit(selectedTab);
+      this.ionNavChanged.emit({isPop: false});
     });
   }
 
-
   /**
    * @param {number} index Index of the tab you want to get
    * @returns {HTMLIonTabElement} Returns the tab who's index matches the one passed
@@ -152,14 +153,15 @@ export class Tabs implements NavOutlet {
     if (this.selectedTab === id) {
       return Promise.resolve();
     }
-    return this.select(id);
+    const tab = this.tabs.find(t => id === t.getRouteId());
+    return this.select(tab);
   }
 
 
   @Method()
   getRouteId(): string|null {
     if (this.selectedTab) {
-      return this.selectedTab.tagName;
+      return this.selectedTab.getRouteId();
     }
     return null;
   }
@@ -180,6 +182,9 @@ export class Tabs implements NavOutlet {
   }
 
   private initSelect() {
+    if (document.querySelector('ion-router')) {
+      return;
+    }
     // find pre-selected tabs
     const selectedTab = this.tabs.find(t => t.selected) ||
       this.tabs.find(t => t.show && !t.disabled);