Feature: Add start & pause button per group in ping monitor

Source/NETworkManager.Localization/Resources/Strings.resx

@@ -3892,6 +3892,15 @@ Try again in a few seconds.</value>
   <data name="CloseGroup" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Close group</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="StartGroup" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Start group</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="GroupActions" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Group actions</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="PauseGroup" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Pause group</value>
+  </data>
   <data name="RunCommandDotsWithHotKey" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Run command... (Ctrl+Shift+P)</value>
   </data>

Source/NETworkManager/ViewModels/PingMonitorHostViewModel.cs

@@ -239,6 +239,28 @@ private void CloseGroupAction(object group)
         RemoveGroup(group.ToString());
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Gets the command to start every host in a group that is not currently running.
+    /// </summary>
+    public ICommand StartGroupCommand => new RelayCommand(StartGroupAction);
+
+    private void StartGroupAction(object group)
+    {
+        foreach (var host in Hosts.Where(host => host.Group.Equals(group.ToString()) && !host.IsRunning))
+            host.Start();
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Gets the command to pause every host in a group that is currently running.
+    /// </summary>
+    public ICommand PauseGroupCommand => new RelayCommand(PauseGroupAction);
+
+    private void PauseGroupAction(object group)
+    {
+        foreach (var host in Hosts.Where(host => host.Group.Equals(group.ToString()) && host.IsRunning))
+            host.Stop();
+    }
+
     #endregion
 
     #region Methods

Source/NETworkManager/Views/PingMonitorHostView.xaml.cs

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Controls;
 using NETworkManager.ViewModels;
 
 namespace NETworkManager.Views;
@@ -27,4 +29,17 @@ public void OnViewVisible()
     {
         _viewModel.OnViewVisible();
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Opens the group actions context menu on a normal click (not just right-click), so it
+    ///     works the same way for mouse, touch and keyboard activation. PlacementTarget is set
+    ///     explicitly since it isn't populated automatically when opening the menu this way, and
+    ///     the menu items rely on it to reach the group name (see Button.Tag in the XAML).
+    /// </summary>
+    private void GroupActionsButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+    {
+        var button = (Button)sender;
+        button.ContextMenu.PlacementTarget = button;
+        button.ContextMenu.IsOpen = true;
+    }
 }

Website/docs/application/ping-monitor.md

@@ -52,6 +52,18 @@ You can interact with the chart to inspect past results:
 
 When you zoom or pan, the chart leaves live mode and stops scrolling. A **Live** button then appears in the top-right corner of the chart — click it to return to live mode and resume auto-scrolling.
 
+### Groups
+
+Hosts are grouped by their profile group (or **Hosts** if none is set). Each group header shows a live count of hosts that are up, down and paused (**Paused** is only shown while at least one host in the group is paused).
+
+Click/tap the **⋮** icon on the right of a group header to open its action menu:
+
+| Action | Description |
+|--------|-------------|
+| **Start** | Starts every host in the group that isn't currently running |
+| **Pause** | Pauses every host in the group that's currently running |
+| **Close** | Stops and removes every host in the group |
+
 ### Context menu
 
 Right-click a monitored host (anywhere except the chart) to open the context menu:

Website/docs/changelog/next-release.md

@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ Release date: **xx.xx.2026**
 
 **Ping Monitor**
 
-- Added a live count of hosts up/down (and paused, if any) per group, next to the group's close button. [#3572](https://github.com/BornToBeRoot/NETworkManager/pull/3572)
+- Added a live count of hosts up/down (and paused, if any) to each group header. [#3572](https://github.com/BornToBeRoot/NETworkManager/pull/3572)
+- Added **Start** and **Pause** actions to each group header (next to the existing **Close**), to start every paused host in the group or pause every running one at once. Click/tap the **⋮** icon to open the group's action menu. [#3575](https://github.com/BornToBeRoot/NETworkManager/pull/3575)
 - Reworked each monitored host's card: the collapsed quick info now shows labeled values (`Received: X · Lost: Y · Packet loss: Z%`) instead of unlabeled numbers, the expanded view shows only the latency chart (with more room, since Hostname/IP address are already visible in the header) and the last status change time moved to a tooltip on the connectivity icon. The **Status change** field was also renamed to **Last status change**. [#3572](https://github.com/BornToBeRoot/NETworkManager/pull/3572)
 - Host input now accepts newline-separated hosts (one per line, e.g. a column pasted from Excel), converted automatically to the semicolon-separated form. [#3568](https://github.com/BornToBeRoot/NETworkManager/pull/3568)
 - Host input now supports shorthand IPv4 ranges like `192.168.0.1-100`, in addition to the existing `192.168.0.0-192.168.0.100` and `192.168.[0-100].1` range formats. [#3568](https://github.com/BornToBeRoot/NETworkManager/pull/3568)