# Dashboard

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## [Examples for node-red-node-ui-table](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/examples-for-node-red-node-ui-table/14256)

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**Author:** [@johnwalicki](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/johnwalicki)\
**Replies:** 92\
**Last updated:** [3 July 2020 10:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/examples-for-node-red-node-ui-table/14256 "2020-07-03T10:47:34Z")

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@kazuhitoyokoi / @dceejay - I just stumbled across your new node-red-ui-node-table table node. Very nice! I have tons of Node-RED dashboards where I hand build html tables inside function nodes and render them in an ui\_…

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## [For loop utilizing ui\_numeric](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/for-loop-utilizing-ui-numeric/29268)

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**Author:** [@vlturner](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/vlturner)\
**Replies:** 32\
**Last updated:** [3 July 2020 03:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/for-loop-utilizing-ui-numeric/29268 "2020-07-03T03:12:44Z")

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I need something like this. I need to set my charge value in a recipe window for the operational parameters of a device. I will have another button somewhere which sets multiple possibilities. Set Auto or Single Shot…

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## [Time format for time picker](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/time-format-for-time-picker/29396)

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**Author:** [@jgerardi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jgerardi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [2 July 2020 17:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/time-format-for-time-picker/29396 "2020-07-02T17:24:45Z")

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I want to make a time picker in a text input and then send it on to my tasmota's. I want to set up my dashboard as in the picuure below. Once i enter a time i want to be able pass it on to an mqtt message. what i have…

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## [Dashboard Chart - Clear Manually With No Limit on Stored Points](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-chart-clear-manually-with-no-limit-on-stored-points/28762)

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**Author:** [@setheroo](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/setheroo)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [2 July 2020 16:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-chart-clear-manually-with-no-limit-on-stored-points/28762 "2020-07-02T16:08:49Z")

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Firstly, appreciate any and all help - first time to post here - I have a Chart Node that is ingesting data every ~10 seconds from an MQTT Source. The Chart Node itself is set to reset daily using the 1 Day setting and h…

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## [How to not have to manually refresh a dashboard ui on startup](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-not-have-to-manually-refresh-a-dashboard-ui-on-startup/29233)

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**Author:** [@Zoomer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Zoomer)\
**Replies:** 35\
**Last updated:** [2 July 2020 08:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-not-have-to-manually-refresh-a-dashboard-ui-on-startup/29233 "2020-07-02T08:28:18Z")

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Hello, I am very new to node red and the linux operating system (3 weeks).I am using a raspberry pi 3 and I have been trying to make a temperature gauge with node red which hooks up to a small 5 inch tft screen. The ide…

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## [Title placement by UI template](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/title-placement-by-ui-template/29276)

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**Author:** [@Joaovitor](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Joaovitor)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [2 July 2020 01:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/title-placement-by-ui-template/29276 "2020-07-02T01:41:42Z")

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Well, I developed an application on the node-RED dasboard. I used dashboard nodes to build the graphs. Well, in my case I left the menu table hidden, which prevents me from entering a title through the dashboard setti…

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## [Why does ui-chart send an output on deploy?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/why-does-ui-chart-send-an-output-on-deploy/29223)

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**Author:** [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)\
**Replies:** 43\
**Last updated:** [1 July 2020 12:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/why-does-ui-chart-send-an-output-on-deploy/29223 "2020-07-01T12:30:59Z")

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If you have a ui-chart connected to a debug node (set to display the complete msg object) and do a deploy, the chart node generates a output message that only contains a message id. Is this an expected action? Example:…

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## [Newbie here, Tibber question](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/newbie-here-tibber-question/29199)

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**Author:** [@Henke82](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Henke82)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [1 July 2020 11:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/newbie-here-tibber-question/29199 "2020-07-01T11:50:58Z")

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Hi guys! Maybe this is a more general question to be honest, but the context still is around the Dashboard topic so I will give it a try. I installed Node-red for a couple of weeks ago but I just recently started to work…

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## [Node-Red using chart.js vertical bar graph](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-using-chart-js-vertical-bar-graph/29253)

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**Author:** [@Curious](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Curious)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [1 July 2020 00:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-using-chart-js-vertical-bar-graph/29253 "2020-07-01T00:56:52Z")

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Hi , I am fairly new to Node-Red but think it is a great tool. Once you get the hang of using messages . . . it is amazing! I have created charts in Node-Red using the node-red-contrib-chartjs. The charts I have create…

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## [Clear Dynamically Form UI](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/clear-dynamically-form-ui/19061)

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**Author:** [@Hamidreza](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Hamidreza)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [1 July 2020 00:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/clear-dynamically-form-ui/19061 "2020-07-01T00:49:34Z")

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I Want To Clear Form Manually. My Form Contain 2Textinput ,UserName And Password. I Want Clear UserName and Password In The Form Manually When Accept Password.

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## [Change colour of widget in dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-colour-of-widget-in-dashboard/29260)

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**Author:** [@martynwheeler](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/martynwheeler)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [30 June 2020 22:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-colour-of-widget-in-dashboard/29260 "2020-06-30T22:40:53Z")

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Hi, I am using a template node to put together a dashboard. I have a button which is styled: class="md-raised nr-dashboard-form-button md-button md-ink-ripple" The colour of the button is defined in the node-red dash…

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## [Dashboard wont work](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-wont-work/29220)

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**Author:** [@jgerardi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jgerardi)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [30 June 2020 17:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-wont-work/29220 "2020-06-30T17:39:00Z")

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When i try to open dashboard, i get Welcome to the Node-red dashboard. Please add some UI nodes and redeploy. The UI nodes are there. This is the log file and im wondering if it might have to do with the connection iss…

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## [How many outputs does a chart node have?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-many-outputs-does-a-chart-node-have/29238)

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**Author:** [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [30 June 2020 16:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-many-outputs-does-a-chart-node-have/29238 "2020-06-30T16:17:38Z")

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I thought the chart node had just one output, and that is what I see when I add a ui-chart node. However, when I import the example flow from the bottom of https://github.com/node-red/node-red-dashboard/blob/master/Char…

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## [Linebreak in \<textarea\> in ui\_template](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/linebreak-in-textarea-in-ui-template/29248)

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**Author:** [@Rs3hc](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Rs3hc)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [30 June 2020 16:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/linebreak-in-textarea-in-ui-template/29248 "2020-06-30T16:17:27Z")

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Little problem. Have a template node in which a html textarea is created. Now I would like to place some numbers (1 2 3 4) there. However, each number should be on a new line. The following attempts with control ch…

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## [Restore Chart data after power outage](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/restore-chart-data-after-power-outage/29159)

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**Author:** [@Ki-va](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Ki-va)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [30 June 2020 15:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/restore-chart-data-after-power-outage/29159 "2020-06-30T15:35:28Z")

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hi, I'm trying to save and read chart data into a context var. I'v edited the setting.js file to save the context variables into a file. In this example flow I inject random numbers to a chart and save them to a Globa…

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## [How Can Monitor All my Equipment in One in dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-can-monitor-all-my-equipment-in-one-in-dashboard/29202)

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**Author:** [@wtrk](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/wtrk)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [30 June 2020 15:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-can-monitor-all-my-equipment-in-one-in-dashboard/29202 "2020-06-30T15:27:21Z")

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Hi everyone. Im monitoring to my PLC devices. As you see photo Im only see max 6 PLC devices. If I resize smaller and add soe more PLC device, it looks not good. Is it possible to make one page and if my PLC input or o…

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## [Text Input node suggestion](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/text-input-node-suggestion/29128)

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**Author:** [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [30 June 2020 11:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/text-input-node-suggestion/29128 "2020-06-30T11:43:28Z")

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The Text Input node..... It has options so it can be limited to what it is inputting. Eg: Time, Date, Month, Text, Number, E-mail address and so on. Time. PLEASE have an option for 24 hour time.

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## [Send message using keypress event](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-message-using-keypress-event/29175)

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**Author:** [@dhanasekar](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dhanasekar)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [29 June 2020 19:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-message-using-keypress-event/29175 "2020-06-29T19:40:51Z")

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I am using ui\_template. I would like to send payload at the time of clicking "enter" key. I am using the below script. but not working. But alert function working fine in keypress event. \<script\> $(…

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## [Node-red-dashboard Chart rewrite epoch time X axis labels](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-dashboard-chart-rewrite-epoch-time-x-axis-labels/29174)

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**Author:** [@johnwalicki](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/johnwalicki)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [29 June 2020 16:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-dashboard-chart-rewrite-epoch-time-x-axis-labels/29174 "2020-06-29T16:21:25Z")

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Dave CJ - There are several Weather Company APIs that return historical data that I would like to plot in charts. I build the chart data series with Epoch time as the X axis. It looks fine but the X axis labels are som…

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## [Hide groups in dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/hide-groups-in-dashboard/29144)

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**Author:** [@googleplexian](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/googleplexian)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [29 June 2020 10:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/hide-groups-in-dashboard/29144 "2020-06-29T10:30:03Z")

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hello how i can Hide group via ui\_control

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## [Using Timer in Node Red](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-timer-in-node-red/29124)

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**Author:** [@martynwheeler](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/martynwheeler)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [28 June 2020 22:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-timer-in-node-red/29124 "2020-06-28T22:23:10Z")

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I am trying to use a dashboard timer to set the on/off time for a lamp. I am using what looks like a really good implementation of this from https://notenoughtech.com/home-automation/a-timer-in-nodered/, however, I cann…

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## [Dashboard colors don't match the settings](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-colors-dont-match-the-settings/28907)

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**Author:** [@bertg](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bertg)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [26 June 2020 23:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-colors-dont-match-the-settings/28907 "2020-06-26T23:24:03Z")

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Hello, I hope you can help me. I've been having trouble setting the node-red-dashboard custom theme colors for some time now. As you can see in the screenshots below, the colors of the dashboard do not match the color…

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## [Creating dropdown with label:value pair](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/creating-dropdown-with-label-value-pair/29011)

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**Author:** [@jmoholth](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jmoholth)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [26 June 2020 14:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/creating-dropdown-with-label-value-pair/29011 "2020-06-26T14:45:35Z")

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I get a set of id - name pairs from a select statement. The result is in the inject node in the attached nodes. I would like to have a dropdown where the dropdown shows the name and when a name is selected the value sh…

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## [Possible to create a two-variable (X-Y) chart?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/possible-to-create-a-two-variable-x-y-chart/28474)

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**Author:** [@e-Duardo](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/e-Duardo)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [26 June 2020 07:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/possible-to-create-a-two-variable-x-y-chart/28474 "2020-06-26T07:23:04Z")

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As far as I know (I am very newby in Node-Red), the dashboard node corresponding to "Chart" allows us to represent a variable (Y-axis) versus time (X-axis), besides to bar or pie charts. I would like to represent a comp…

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## [Switch doesn't display music\_off icon](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/switch-doesnt-display-music-off-icon/28962)

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**Author:** [@Klara](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Klara)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [25 June 2020 23:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/switch-doesnt-display-music-off-icon/28962 "2020-06-25T23:06:42Z")

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Hi, I want to use the switch node with material design icons. This usually works without a problem, but with the icon "music\_off" it isn't working. These are my settings for the switch icon: And this is what I get …

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## [Button clickable at design level](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/button-clickable-at-design-level/28352)

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**Author:** [@Robertotarga](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Robertotarga)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [25 June 2020 08:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/button-clickable-at-design-level/28352 "2020-06-25T08:12:30Z")

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When you add a button node to your flow you have to go to the dashboard window to test its operability. To see the message flow in the debugger you have to go back to the design window. This windows juggling can be very…

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## [Extremely slow Dashboard because of Graphs](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/extremely-slow-dashboard-because-of-graphs/28722)

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**Author:** [@retep998](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/retep998)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [24 June 2020 07:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/extremely-slow-dashboard-because-of-graphs/28722 "2020-06-24T07:47:43Z")

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Hello and sorry if that topic was discussed already....i found several similar discussions already but still dont know what is the best way to solve it. I run a rental villa with 6 bed rooms in Thailand and have door a…

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## [BLE with Node-RED Dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ble-with-node-red-dashboard/28763)

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**Author:** [@BrainBomber100](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BrainBomber100)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [24 June 2020 05:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ble-with-node-red-dashboard/28763 "2020-06-24T05:26:31Z")

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Is there any way I can integrate Bluetooth Low Energy functionality with the Node-RED Dashboard, so that any device with the dashboard open will be able to detect the peripheral devices that I use in my flows? I want to …

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## [Worldmap-tracks - what does 'Track Layer' do?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/worldmap-tracks-what-does-track-layer-do/28818)

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**Author:** [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [23 June 2020 16:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/worldmap-tracks-what-does-track-layer-do/28818 "2020-06-23T16:51:17Z")

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Playing with the worldmap-tracks node (part of node-red-contrib-web-worldmap) and there is a configuration option 'Track Layer' but no explanation (that I can find) of what it does. Sooo, what do the three options do o…

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## [Ui\_media play/pause video option with ui\_button](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-media-play-pause-video-option-with-ui-button/28808)

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**Author:** [@jvperoni](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jvperoni)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [23 June 2020 13:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-media-play-pause-video-option-with-ui-button/28808 "2020-06-23T13:00:24Z")

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Hello. I'm new in programming, and I'm having some problems using the ui\_media node using external buttons to play/pause the video in the dashboard. It only works when I use the "show controls" option in the node, but I …

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