# How to Group flows

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-group-flows/74972>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [10 February 2023 03:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-group-flows/74972 "2023-02-10T03:36:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![bjdaijun](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bjdaijun/32/75846_2.png) [@bjdaijun](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bjdaijun)\
**Post date:** [10 February 2023 03:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-group-flows/74972/1 "2023-02-10T03:36:50Z")

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I have so much flows and they would make the tab seems very messy。  
So， If there is a method to mange flows by group？

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**Author:** ![nomadicMaker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/nomadicmaker/32/73924_2.png) [@nomadicMaker](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/nomadicMaker)\
**Post date:** [10 February 2023 04:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-group-flows/74972/2 "2023-02-10T04:13:46Z")

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I'm simply a beginner but I found this useful.

[https://nodered.org/docs/developing-flows/](https://nodered.org/docs/developing-flows/)

Paul

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [10 February 2023 07:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-group-flows/74972/3 "2023-02-10T07:27:52Z")

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> [@bjdaijun](#):
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> method to mange flows by group？

Yes, see [Groups : Node-RED](https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/editor/workspace/groups)

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**Author:** ![bjdaijun](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bjdaijun/32/75846_2.png) [@bjdaijun](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bjdaijun)\
**Post date:** [10 February 2023 08:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-group-flows/74972/4 "2023-02-10T08:10:30Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/5/a/5a93cc810a4d29002c926649069eb612980cbea5.png)

Thanks for reply. But there may be a mistake of my post。

As the image shows， I means there are so many tabs , and how to group these tabs.

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [10 February 2023 08:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-group-flows/74972/5 "2023-02-10T08:29:44Z")

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Tag groups have been discussed before but never implemented (other features took precedence)

In short, tab grouping is not supported.

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**Author:** ![jbudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f8ce5/32.png) [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)\
**Post date:** [16 February 2023 09:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-group-flows/74972/6 "2023-02-16T09:33:09Z")

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Would the ability to specify the colour of a tab be a useful change?  
We could drag related tags together to give the appearance of groups.

 ![Untitled 4](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/f/9/f9bbe5cbbb135802c78981b6700e674f079bfada.jpeg)

There is no "Appearance" button in the editor tab config, but maybe it could be done by setting an environment variable for the tab, something like tabHSL = "140, 100%, 95%"?

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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:** [2 March 2023 09:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-group-flows/74972/7 "2023-03-02T09:33:48Z")

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