Not sure if this has been mentioned, I couldn't see anything. But it cannot just be me that finds this a pain? As my project has grown this list is getting longer and longer. If I add a new group then I know I can find it at the bottom of the list. But often I'm changing existing groups to add ano…

Which list of groups do you mean? Is this referring to groups (the core Node-RED feature that groups nodes in the editor), or are you referring to node-red-dashboard groups?

I mean selecting a dashboard group from the dropdown, eg in button config etc.

This is a dashboard node not core I'm afraid. I'll move and tag the post so it gets the proper attention.

That said, the config node selection UI is provided by the core and has been in long need of an update to make it more useful.

[image] knolleary: the config node selection UI is provided by the core What he said :wink:

Indeed - nothing the dashboard can do to influence that order as it's built up by the core config panel code... moving back...

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Feature request - selecting GUI group

Topic		Replies	Views
Group selection drop down list Feature Requests	5	88	12 June 2025
Feature request - selecting GUI group Feature Requests	12	345	16 March 2023
Dashboard 2: Does node-red-node-ui-list work? Dashboard dashboard-2	3	151	23 December 2024
Change the order of the group queue Dashboard	2	1384	2 August 2021
Node-red-dashboard-2-ui-lcd no "Group" field dropdown General dashboard-2	15	295	2 April 2025

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