diff --git a/helpers/fhirliquid-engine.ts b/helpers/fhirliquid-engine.ts
index c63e849..b23af50 100644
--- a/helpers/fhirliquid-engine.ts
+++ b/helpers/fhirliquid-engine.ts
@@ -571,7 +571,9 @@ export class FhirLiquidEngine {
     expression: ExpressionContext,
     state: EvaluationState,
   ): boolean {
-    const values = this.evaluateExpression(expression, state);
+    const values = this.evaluateExpression(expression, state)
+      .map(value => fhirpath.resolveInternalTypes(value))
+      .filter(value => value !== null && value !== undefined);
     if (values.length === 0) return false;
     if (values.length !== 1 || typeof values[0] !== "boolean") {
       throw new Error(
@@ -599,7 +601,7 @@ export class FhirLiquidEngine {
       expressionText,
       variables,
       this.model,
-      { async: false },
+      { async: false, resolveInternalTypes: false },
     );
   }
 
@@ -616,13 +618,14 @@ export class FhirLiquidEngine {
   ): string {
     const context: FhirLiquidRenderContext = {
       resource: state.resource,
-      variables: variablesFromState(state),
+      variables: resolvedVariablesFromState(state),
     };
     const rendered: string[] = [];
     for (const value of values) {
-      if (value === null || value === undefined) continue;
-      const custom = this.renderValue?.(value, context);
-      rendered.push(custom ?? defaultValueToString(value));
+      const resolvedValue = fhirpath.resolveInternalTypes(value);
+      if (resolvedValue === null || resolvedValue === undefined) continue;
+      const custom = this.renderValue?.(resolvedValue, context);
+      rendered.push(custom ?? defaultValueToString(resolvedValue));
     }
     return rendered.join(", ");
   }
@@ -644,6 +647,15 @@ function variablesFromState(state: EvaluationState): Record<string, unknown> {
   };
 }
 
+function resolvedVariablesFromState(
+  state: EvaluationState,
+): Record<string, unknown> {
+  return Object.fromEntries(
+    Object.entries(variablesFromState(state))
+      .map(([name, value]) => [name, fhirpath.resolveInternalTypes(value)]),
+  );
+}
+
 function itemsBetween<TItem extends ParserRuleContext>(
   items: TItem[],
   startExclusive: number,
diff --git a/test/fhirliquid-engine.test.ts b/test/fhirliquid-engine.test.ts
index 9b70550..46adff3 100644
--- a/test/fhirliquid-engine.test.ts
+++ b/test/fhirliquid-engine.test.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,22 @@ const patient = {
   ],
 };
 
+const patientWithExtensions = {
+  ...patient,
+  meta: {
+    extension: [
+      {
+        url: "u1",
+        valueString: "sample extension string",
+      },
+      {
+        url: "u12",
+        valueMarkdown: "### a simple header",
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+};
+
 describe("FhirLiquidEngine", () => {
   it("renders FHIRPath output and Liquid filters", () => {
     const engine = new FhirLiquidEngine();
@@ -59,6 +75,18 @@ describe("FhirLiquidEngine", () => {
     expect(evaluateFhirLiquid(template, patient)).toBe("1=Chalmers,3=Jones;");
   });
 
+  it("retains FHIR type information for loop variables", () => {
+    const template = "{% for i in Patient.meta.extension %}"
+      + "[{{ i.value }}|{{ %i.value }}|"
+      + "{{ i.valueString }}|{{ i.valueMarkdown }}]"
+      + "{% endfor %}";
+
+    expect(evaluateFhirLiquid(template, patientWithExtensions)).toBe(
+      "[sample extension string|sample extension string|sample extension string|]"
+      + "[### a simple header|### a simple header||### a simple header]",
+    );
+  });
+
   it("applies loop modifiers and renders the empty branch", () => {
     expect(evaluateFhirLiquid(
       "{% for name in Patient.name reversed offset: 1 limit: 2 %}"
@@ -92,6 +120,24 @@ describe("FhirLiquidEngine", () => {
     )).toContain("<strong>Important</strong>");
   });
 
+  it("passes resolved values to custom renderers", () => {
+    const renderValue = jest.fn(() => undefined);
+    const engine = new FhirLiquidEngine({ renderValue });
+
+    expect(engine.evaluate(
+      "{% for name in Patient.name limit: 1 %}{{ name }}{% endfor %}",
+      patient,
+    ))
+      .toContain("\"family\":\"Chalmers\"");
+    expect(renderValue).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      patient.name[0],
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        resource: patient,
+        variables: expect.objectContaining({ name: patient.name[0] }),
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+
   it("rejects invalid templates and multi-value assignments", () => {
     const engine = new FhirLiquidEngine();
 
diff --git a/vue3-src/app/components/TwinPaneTab.vue b/vue3-src/app/components/TwinPaneTab.vue
index a2faecd..2640571 100644
--- a/vue3-src/app/components/TwinPaneTab.vue
+++ b/vue3-src/app/components/TwinPaneTab.vue
@@ -343,8 +343,8 @@ const getActiveTabs = (): TabData[] => {
   } else {
     const lockedTabData = props.tabs[lockedTab.value]
     const selectableTabData = props.tabs[selectableTab.value]
-    if (lockedTabData) result.push(lockedTabData)
-    if (selectableTabData) result.push(selectableTabData)
+    if (lockedTabData && lockedTabData.show) result.push(lockedTabData)
+    if (selectableTabData && selectableTabData.show) result.push(selectableTabData)
   }
   return result
 }
diff --git a/vue3-src/app/pages/fhir-liquid.vue b/vue3-src/app/pages/fhir-liquid.vue
index 6301e95..ee50fb3 100644
--- a/vue3-src/app/pages/fhir-liquid.vue
+++ b/vue3-src/app/pages/fhir-liquid.vue
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ useHead({
 
 interface TwinPaneControl {
   selectTab(tabIndex: number): void;
+  getActiveTabs(): TabData[];
 }
 
 interface ResourceEditorControl {
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ const tabSpaces = 2;
 const TEMPLATE_TAB = 0;
 const RESOURCE_TAB = 1;
 const OUTPUT_TAB = 2;
+const OUTPUT_HTML_TAB = 3;
 const ERRORS_TAB = 4;
 const twinTabControl = ref<TwinPaneControl>();
 const templateEditor = ref<ResourceEditorControl>();
@@ -235,8 +237,12 @@ function evaluateTemplate(): void {
   }
 
   errorOutcome.value = undefined;
-  twinTabControl.value?.selectTab(OUTPUT_TAB);
-  showSuccessMessage("Template evaluated successfully.");
+  var activeTabs = twinTabControl.value?.getActiveTabs() ?? [];
+  // only switch tabs if either of the output tabs are not currently active
+  if (!activeTabs.some(tab => tab.tabName === "Output" || tab.tabName === "Output HTML")) {
+    twinTabControl.value?.selectTab(hasHtmlOutput.value ? OUTPUT_HTML_TAB : OUTPUT_TAB);
+  }
+  // twinTabControl.value?.selectTab(OUTPUT_TAB);
 }
 
 function ctrlEnterHandler(event: KeyboardEvent): void {