# Assign Group to UI element via Environment variable

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/assign-group-to-ui-element-via-environment-variable/88076>\
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**Created:** [18 May 2024 07:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/assign-group-to-ui-element-via-environment-variable/88076 "2024-05-18T07:06:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [18 May 2024 07:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/assign-group-to-ui-element-via-environment-variable/88076/2 "2024-05-18T07:33:52Z")

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That capability was added to node-red 4.x. It is currently in beta. Give it a go

> [@tada Node-RED 4.0.0-beta.3 released](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-4-0-0-beta-3-released/87987):
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> tada The third and hopefully final beta release of Node-RED 4.0 is now available! Update May16th: We've republished the beta as 4.0.0-beta.3-1 to fix a packaging error. Node-RED 4.x requires at least Node 18.x. We recommend using Node 20 This release addresses all of the issues that had been highlighted against the previous beta, and throws in some new features. Here are the highlights. The [Change Log](https://github.com/node-red/node-red/blob/c107c5fc92314ec8bfa9fe0b0d09e78d56b2f60c/CHANGELOG.md#400-beta3-beta-release) has the full list of changes. Note: if any issues are reported against the beta, we'll u…

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