How do I control hue groups?

Setup, Configuration and Use Beginners
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Hey all. So I may have searched poorly or maybe I am too much of a newb to figure this out, but how do I control a group of hue bulbs in openhab 2?

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I don’t use hue stuff but the principle is the same:

  1. Create a Group item (give the Group a type and a function).
    Example: Group:Switch:OR(ON, OFF) Lights "All Lights [(%d)]"
  2. Make the items that you want members of this Group
  3. Control the Group item

For more info, check out: http://docs.openhab.org/configuration/items.html#groups

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Huh… Is the only way to create a group within the file itself? I thought the paperUI would allow you to do it. Sorry if these are basic questions, I am just now starting to dive into OpenHab. I am currently on smartThings

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Of course PaperUI does allows you to create Groups and assign items to them.
You can use the info from the Groups link above within your PaperUI configuration steps.
I couldn’t find a step by step docs entry on Group creation using PaperUI but it should be straight forward to do it.
I think that you may have to disable Simple mode in Item Linking to see the Items menu on PaperUI and use that to create and assign Groups