UI_Control node question

General
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I have a list of buttons on my dashboard, and after selecting one, I want to reset my page back to the top. It looks like UI_Control Node is what I want, but no matter what I put into the mag.payload, nothing happens

My current tab is the 29th (from zero), named "Game".

My msg.payload has no effect. I've tried:

{tab:"(Game)"}
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Game

I even tried going to a different tab, #6 named "Weather". No effect.
So, what am I missing?

ui_control

[{"id":"d0c000b.a8dc3","type":"ui_ui_control","z":"93a8305d.e7f44","name":"","x":440,"y":2000,"wires":[[]]},{"id":"4b600c6.e012cf4","type":"ui_button","z":"93a8305d.e7f44","name":"Top","group":"7b2258fe.be6e88","order":0,"width":0,"height":0,"passthru":false,"label":"Top","color":"","bgcolor":"","icon":"","payload":"Game","payloadType":"str","topic":"","x":290,"y":2000,"wires":[["d0c000b.a8dc3"]]},{"id":"8d070812.9824a8","type":"ui_ui_control","z":"93a8305d.e7f44","name":"","x":440,"y":2040,"wires":[[]]},{"id":"4ceca9af.e953a8","type":"ui_button","z":"93a8305d.e7f44","name":"Weather","group":"7b2258fe.be6e88","order":0,"width":0,"height":0,"passthru":false,"label":"Weather","color":"","bgcolor":"","icon":"","payload":"Weather","payloadType":"str","topic":"","x":300,"y":2040,"wires":[["8d070812.9824a8"]]},{"id":"7b2258fe.be6e88","type":"ui_group","z":"","name":"Hints","tab":"7ff14e1a.f74df","order":3,"disp":true,"width":"5"},{"id":"7ff14e1a.f74df","type":"ui_tab","z":"","name":"Game","icon":"dashboard","order":1}]
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Isn't the ui_control node supposed to control jumps to different pages in the dashboard??? You are mentioning tabs like in the editor. Are you trying to jump between tabs in the editor?

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When the node information says "Tab Name" or number from zero, I have to assume it means the editor tab.

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From the node help: The format should be like
{"tab":"my_tab_name"}

You could try {"tab":"Game"}

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Well,,,the ui_control node is part of the dashboard nodes

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"Well,,,the ui_control node is part of the dashboard nodes"

Even if tru, I still can't go anywhere. Nothing makes any difference.
I was hopeful that I misread the node info and I did try

 {"tab":"Game"}
 {"tab":"Weather"}

Those are also the tab names in the Dashboard page of the editor.

And neither did anything.

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Then I do not know what could be the problem. I have used the ui control node since long and it has always been working. I just use a single string with the name of the group the "tab" has

I assume you use the Group name in the calls?

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EDIT:
In this example, I send the string "Video" to my ui control node, this will bring the page/tab "Video" in front

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Thank you- I sort of have it working. I can go-to any page now. My mistake was sending {"tab":"Game"} as a string, not as a JSON object. Mystery solved.

But not my initial problem where I want to go to the top of the current page.

I have a workaround that seems to work. I first go to another page, then back to my current page:

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Clever! I guess it has to be re-triggered like that to be fully "refreshed", i.e. "got to top" so to say

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The best laid plans...
I have a new problem. I can't leave the page. I click on the hamburger menu to go to another page in my dashboard, and I am instantly brought back to my Game page.

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