# Why does ui-control not work?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/why-does-ui-control-not-work/98922>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Tags:** dashboard-2\
**Created:** [3 September 2025 09:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/why-does-ui-control-not-work/98922 "2025-09-03T09:28:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [5 September 2025 11:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/why-does-ui-control-not-work/98922/5 "2025-09-05T11:31:56Z")

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> [@hyxdxhb1231](#):
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> Can you help identify why the `ui-control` component does not respect the `disabled` binding?

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.

> [@Dashboard 2: Show/hide group by group name not working?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-show-hide-group-by-group-name-not-working/98960):
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> Hello: When using ui-control to show/hide groups, if I use the group name, it doesn't work and I see and error message in NR logs - Sep 17:55:45 - [error] [ui-control:Show/hide Lux Events] Error: No group found with id or name 'Indoor Lux Events' 4 Sep 17:55:54 - [error] [ui-control:Show/hide Lux Events] Error: No group found with id or name 'Indoor Lux Events' However, if I use the group ID (found it after exporting the flow and searching for ui-group), it works. I had converted another fl…

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