# Show/Hide Using ui-control Issues
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/show-hide-using-ui-control-issues/96483
**Category:** Dashboard
**Tags:** dashboard-2
**Created:** [9 April 2025 00:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/show-hide-using-ui-control-issues/96483 "2025-04-09T00:06:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@mitty45](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mitty45)
#### Post date: [9 April 2025 00:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/show-hide-using-ui-control-issues/96483/1 "2025-04-09T00:06:58Z")
Hi all,
I have created several different dashboards (both v1 and v2) using the ui-control node to show/hide certain pages and groups or to redirect the user to a particular page with no issues. The syntax obviously changed slightly between dashboard v1 and v2 but everything was working. Today I looked at one of my dashboards and no matter what I did, the ui-control node would not properly show/hide certain pages and groups and wouldn't redirect to different pages. I took the flow and recreated it on a separate, isolated instance and had no issues being able to show/hide or redirect. I connected debug nodes and see no errors. I tried on multiple browsers but still the issue persists. I cleared browser cache and checked for any console errors (there were none). I feel quite dumb as I stated this was working before. Is there something I am missing? Any help would be appreciated.
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [9 April 2025 07:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/show-hide-using-ui-control-issues/96483/2 "2025-04-09T07:49:53Z")
Is it D1 or D2 that is failing?
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### Author:  [@mitty45](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mitty45)
#### Post date: [9 April 2025 16:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/show-hide-using-ui-control-issues/96483/3 "2025-04-09T16:16:23Z")
D2 is the one failing.
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [9 April 2025 16:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/show-hide-using-ui-control-issues/96483/4 "2025-04-09T16:18:35Z")
Add a debug node showing what you are sending to the ui-control node and post what it shows for a failing operation.
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### Author:  [@mitty45](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mitty45)
#### Post date: [9 April 2025 16:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/show-hide-using-ui-control-issues/96483/5 "2025-04-09T16:40:46Z")
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [9 April 2025 17:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/show-hide-using-ui-control-issues/96483/6 "2025-04-09T17:01:26Z")
Show and hide has been improved in the new v1.23.0 released today.
docs: [Control ui-control | Node-RED Dashboard 2.0](https://dashboard.flowfuse.com/nodes/widgets/ui-control.html#show-hide)
So now you can do:
```auto
msg.payload = {
groups: {
show: [
'abcd1234', // ID of group to show
],
hide: [
'efgh5678', // ID of group to hide
'wxyz9876', // ID of group to hide
]
}
}
```
The advantage of using IDs is if you change the name of the page or group, the ID remains the same.
To get the ID of a group, use the `i` info panel on the right hand sidebar
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [9 April 2025 20:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/show-hide-using-ui-control-issues/96483/7 "2025-04-09T20:55:13Z")
You didn't tell us, but I am guessing that it stopped working when you changed the group names and added in colons.
>
>
> \### Current Behavior
>
> I am injection the following JSON into a ui-control:
> \`\`\`
> …
> {
> "groups": {
> "hide": \[
> "MyPage:My: Second Group"
> \]
> }
> }
> \`\`\`
> This throws an error:
> \`\`\`
> No item with the name 'My' found
> \`\`\`
> Tried different escape methods like quotes and backslash for the colon in my group name, but nothing worked.
>
> \### Expected Behavior
>
> Group name with a colon should be processed correctly.
>
> \### Steps To Reproduce
>
> Create a group with a colon in its name and try to show/hide it via ui-control.
>
> \### Environment
>
> \_No response\_
>
> \### Have you provided an initial effort estimate for this issue?
>
> I am not a FlowFuse team member
That has also been fixed in the most recent release, I believe.
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### Author:  [@mitty45](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mitty45)
#### Post date: [9 April 2025 21:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/show-hide-using-ui-control-issues/96483/8 "2025-04-09T21:45:34Z")
I found the mistake and corrected the issue. Thanks for the assistance.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [23 April 2025 21:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/show-hide-using-ui-control-issues/96483/9 "2025-04-23T21:45:53Z")
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