# Change tab / hide groups affects all sessions

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-tab-hide-groups-affects-all-sessions/53110>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Tags:** node-red-dashboard\
**Created:** [2 November 2021 02:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-tab-hide-groups-affects-all-sessions/53110 "2021-11-02T02:33:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Andrei](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/andrei/32/10446_2.png) [@Andrei](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Andrei)\
**Post date:** [6 November 2021 10:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-tab-hide-groups-affects-all-sessions/53110/7 "2021-11-06T10:39:14Z")

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~~I think it is a good idea to upgrade and test again~~. I am running different versions and it is working nicely. Opening different browser tabs (Chrome) and they are working without impacting others.

Node-RED : 2.1.0 - beta.2  
Dashboard: 3.0.4  
Windows 10 - Chrome

PS: After upgrading the dashboard to the latest version I could reproduce the issue you mentioned. I did a testing by opening three browser tabs.

So, my conclusion is that the ui\_control node behaves differently from dashboard version 3.0.4 to version 3.1.0.

Version 3.0.4  
The ui\_control node will receive three messages from the function node but will output only one to the connected debug node (updating only one browser tab).

Version 3.1.0  
The ui\_control node receives three messages from the function node and output three messages (one for each browser session opened).

I was expecting a behaviour like explained in below post:

> [@Missing socketID impacts dashboard template](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/missing-socketid-impacts-dashboard-template/43634/2):
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> It's not template node specific - it is the way the whole dashboard works... Only messages arriving from a UI widget will contain a valid socketid. The dashboard will then (if the socketid is intact) then only reply back to that socketid - precisely so you can do things like only set an alert/notification popup back to that socket (otherwise everyone has to hit OK/Cancel which gets very annoying) - or you can use it to send a ui\_control back to only one socket so they can switch tabs without swi…

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