# Sub-groups with different parents but the same name

**URL:** <https://discourse.jabref.org/t/sub-groups-with-different-parents-but-the-same-name/549>\
**Category:** Features\
**Tags:** ui\
**Created:** [March 31, 2017, 7:59am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/sub-groups-with-different-parents-but-the-same-name/549 "2017-03-31T07:59:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![buhtz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/buhtz/32/372_2.png) [@buhtz](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/buhtz)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 7:59am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/sub-groups-with-different-parents-but-the-same-name/549/1 "2017-03-31T07:59:13Z")

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It looks like that it is not possible to have sub-groups with different parents but the same name.

e.g.

```
/Literature/Notes
/Persons/Notes

```

Looking at the tree view it makes sense to do it that way.

And I understand why this isn’t (currently) possible with JabRef. It depends on how the groups are stored in the bib-file.

But the question is if you see a technical way to implement something like that?

Related bug-report: [https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/2695](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/2695)

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**Author:** ![tobiasdiez](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/tobiasdiez/32/340_2.png) [@tobiasdiez](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/tobiasdiez)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 9:23am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/sub-groups-with-different-parents-but-the-same-name/549/2 "2017-03-31T09:23:49Z")

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This is a known bug [https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/1495](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/1495).