# Select option help

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/select-option-help/97065
**Category:** General
**Tags:** dashboard-2
**Created:** [14 May 2025 13:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/select-option-help/97065 "2025-05-14T13:05:54Z")
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### Author: ![fares-31](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/fares-31/32/100613_2.png) [@fares-31](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fares-31)
#### Post date: [14 May 2025 13:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/select-option-help/97065/1 "2025-05-14T13:05:54Z")

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Well, I have this idea. I want to make a selection option. When I choose "living room," it displays the living room TV voltage gauge. So, I do this.  
I create a group on the same page that has the selection option in it. Then I put the gauge group invisible and I put a function that when I click in the living room, it displays the living room gauge. But this method doesn't work. Is there an error?`Preformatted text`

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### Author: ![E1cid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/e1cid/32/77971_2.png) [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)
#### Post date: [14 May 2025 14:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/select-option-help/97065/2 "2025-05-14T14:07:34Z")

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The message into ui-control node should be in msg.payload  
As exampled here [Control ui-control | Node-RED Dashboard 2.0](https://dashboard.flowfuse.com/nodes/widgets/ui-control.html#show-hide)

To affect a group you need to add \<page\_name\>:\<group\_name\>.  
Example on page i linked to.  
ui-control would not need to lbe linked to the gauge node.

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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: [12 August 2025 14:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/select-option-help/97065/3 "2025-08-12T14:08:25Z")

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