this is the programme. Problem: Even when widgets: {disable: ['aaa1']}, the button remains enabled. Can you help identify why the ui-control component does not respect the disabled binding? [ { "id": "b25a83a1347510a1", "type": "tab", "label": "流程 2", "disabled":…

You are right, it does not work with widgets, it does with groups. Here is a much simpler flow showing the problem [{"id":"adb3f9612e23595d","type":"ui-button","z":"b25a83a1347510a1","group":"1ff4c0fc452da5ae","name":"aaa1","label":"aaa1","order":1,"width":0,"height":0,"emulateClick":false,"toolti…

As a workaround you can send msg.enabled true or false direct to the node.

@joepavitt , should widget enable/disable work or is this an error in the help text?

@hyxdxhb1231 This is fixed the dashboard v1.30.0

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rakgupta 5 September 2025 11:31 5

Just as a test, can you try enabling/disabling it with the ID? From your flow, the ID of aaa1 is “adb3f9612e23595d”. I had the same issue with show/hide groups and using the ID worked.

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