# Hide group via ui\_control not working

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/hide-group-via-ui-control-not-working/23606>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [25 March 2020 10:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/hide-group-via-ui-control-not-working/23606 "2020-03-25T10:38:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![jibeer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/jibeer/32/12071_2.png) [@jibeer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jibeer)\
**Post date:** [25 March 2020 10:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/hide-group-via-ui-control-not-working/23606/1 "2020-03-25T10:38:31Z")

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Hi all,

I don't understand : I'm able to hide/show a group by injecting the following payload to a ui\_control node :

```auto
{
    "group": {
        "show": [
            "Tab_1_Group_1"
        ]
    }
}

```

but I can't enable/disable the group with the message

```auto
{
    "group": {
        "disable": [
            "Tab_1_Group_1"
        ]
    }
}

```

What's wrong ?

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**Author:** ![JGKK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/jgkk/32/18515_2.png) [@JGKK](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JGKK)\
**Post date:** [25 March 2020 17:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/hide-group-via-ui-control-not-working/23606/2 "2020-03-25T17:23:04Z")

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I think disable is only a tab function and not something you can do with a group. groups only support hide/show focus.  
Best regards Johannes

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**Author:** ![jibeer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/jibeer/32/12071_2.png) [@jibeer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jibeer)\
**Post date:** [26 March 2020 06:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/hide-group-via-ui-control-not-working/23606/3 "2020-03-26T06:43:32Z")

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OK, that was not so clear in the node documentation. This could be an interesting feature for Gui, as depending on some context, groups of buttons for example can be enabled or disabled.... But there's many other ways to do this, no worries

Thx!

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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [26 March 2020 07:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/hide-group-via-ui-control-not-working/23606/4 "2020-03-26T07:49:57Z")

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Most individual widgets can be enabled and disabled.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [9 April 2020 07:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/hide-group-via-ui-control-not-working/23606/5 "2020-04-09T07:49:58Z")

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