Thanks Andrei,
The example syntax in the "Info" Tab on the side-bar for the node "ui_control" is
{group:{hide:["tab_name_group_name_with_underscores"], show:["reveal_another_group"], focus:true}}
its INCORRECT syntax for JSON.
I put the example below in following the syntax on the ui_control example. It would not accept it as JSON, so I left it as "String". Mistake.
{group:{hide:["Tab1_Group_1"]}
The name of the "tab" is "Tab1"
the name of the "group" is "Group 1"
The above is according to the example.
Correct JSON is
{"group":{"hide":["Tab1_Group_1"]}}
Inject this as JSON and it works fine... WOW.
Please update the example for correct JSON syntax. double quotes around "group" and "hide".