# Dashboard

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## [Fontawesome questions](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fontawesome-questions/27932)

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**Author:** [@ACJUK](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ACJUK)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [8 June 2020 16:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fontawesome-questions/27932 "2020-06-08T16:12:25Z")

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Morning all I'm just starting with Node-RED in general, and only yesterday started looking at using it for the dashboard. I'm running it as an addon for HASS and currently using appdaemon for the dashboard but would ju…

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## [Anyway to change dashboard browser tab label?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/anyway-to-change-dashboard-browser-tab-label/27990)

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**Author:** [@wb666greene](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/wb666greene)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [8 June 2020 14:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/anyway-to-change-dashboard-browser-tab-label/27990 "2020-06-08T14:36:07Z")

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I tend to have multiple nod-red tabs open in Chrome or Chromium browser to monitor various node-red systems, and the dashboards are confusing since the tab labels all say " Node-RED Dashboard", the editor tabs are OK as …

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## [Nr dashboard - switch node - change background color](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nr-dashboard-switch-node-change-background-color/27884)

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**Author:** [@juntiedt](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/juntiedt)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [8 June 2020 10:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nr-dashboard-switch-node-change-background-color/27884 "2020-06-08T10:47:46Z")

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How can I change the background color of a switch node? I managed to change the background color of a button node but this method does not work with a switch node. Any help appreciated

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## [Compass gauge suppress display numeric value](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/compass-gauge-suppress-display-numeric-value/27987)

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**Author:** [@warnert](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/warnert)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [8 June 2020 10:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/compass-gauge-suppress-display-numeric-value/27987 "2020-06-08T10:03:23Z")

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I display the wind direction with a compass gauge. The values that represent the direction are from 0 - 15. But I don't want that value displayed in the center. The winddirection is displayed in text above the gauge. …

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## [How to create a server for websocket node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-create-a-server-for-websocket-node/27968)

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**Author:** [@Shimu](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Shimu)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [8 June 2020 07:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-create-a-server-for-websocket-node/27968 "2020-06-08T07:53:53Z")

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## [CSS button not working](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/css-button-not-working/27962)

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**Author:** [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [8 June 2020 02:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/css-button-not-working/27962 "2020-06-08T02:00:29Z")

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I am playing a lot with CSS buttons. For the most they are working. But this one isn't playing the game. Given all the other buttons are working and when I set the icon name it doesn't show. Code: \<div id="GButtonM\_…

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## [Dashboard TextInput](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-textinput/27948)

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**Author:** [@plainpylut](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/plainpylut)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [7 June 2020 18:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-textinput/27948 "2020-06-07T18:26:59Z")

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I just started using Node-Red. I created a dashboard with text input. What is the best way to clear out msg.payload so the 'previous' input string is deleted? New user! Unable to upload my flow; Sorry! Thanks \[{"id…

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## [Displaying an image in dashboard from a Url](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/displaying-an-image-in-dashboard-from-a-url/27912)

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**Author:** [@evanic14](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/evanic14)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [7 June 2020 14:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/displaying-an-image-in-dashboard-from-a-url/27912 "2020-06-07T14:18:43Z")

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Hi, I have a problem. I'm using the node-red-contrib-buienradar library. This is basically an API that sends weather data. I would like to diplay an icon in my dashboard that came from that API message. But I can't get…

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## [Dashboard become unresponsive](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-become-unresponsive/27802)

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**Author:** [@NODE777](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/NODE777)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [7 June 2020 07:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-become-unresponsive/27802 "2020-06-07T07:51:30Z")

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Hi there ! I'been working with Node-Red some time now and I've created a nice and full of widgets dashboard that fulfill my application's requirements. The current issue is that on each of the four tabs suddenly appe…

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## [Adding graph to notification email](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/adding-graph-to-notification-email/27927)

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**Author:** [@Hasan90](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Hasan90)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [7 June 2020 06:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/adding-graph-to-notification-email/27927 "2020-06-07T06:24:15Z")

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Hello, I'm new to Node-RED and I am trying to send a notification email with an attached graph. Please help me with: Request a graph from a different website (Grafana). Attach the graph to the email. Please check the…

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## [Dashboard UI "max try" login](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-ui-max-try-login/27349)

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**Author:** [@me6ran](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/me6ran)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [6 June 2020 21:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-ui-max-try-login/27349 "2020-06-06T21:02:38Z")

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Hi Seems like UI Dashboard does not have a "max try" option for its login,. I have been trying to find a way to limit the login try on my UI Dashboard, but no success. for example if I navigate to my UI address http://…

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## [Msg ui property Y axis scale](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/msg-ui-property-y-axis-scale/9634)

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**Author:** [@accca](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/accca)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [5 June 2020 15:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/msg-ui-property-y-axis-scale/9634 "2020-06-05T15:54:47Z")

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It is possible to decide the scale of Y-axis in a chart, e.g. line chart? Maybe sending some msg.ui\_property messages? Thanks

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## [Ui template with array of ui-gauge](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-template-with-array-of-ui-gauge/27822)

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**Author:** [@MatthewD](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/MatthewD)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [5 June 2020 10:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-template-with-array-of-ui-gauge/27822 "2020-06-05T10:35:08Z")

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Hi everyone, I'm trying to use the template component to build a dynamic array of gauge. I'm trying this cause I have a not fixed number of sensors and I want to show their value with different gauges. I've searched a l…

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## [Which is the best Dashboard for Ios?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/which-is-the-best-dashboard-for-ios/7938)

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**Author:** [@GiovanniG](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/GiovanniG)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [5 June 2020 00:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/which-is-the-best-dashboard-for-ios/7938 "2020-06-05T00:33:12Z")

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HI guys, sorry for the silly question if it can appear that.. I developed the flow I needed and I configured Alexa to work on my system too (based on wall swtiches), now it's time to add phone as control (even remotely,…

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## [How to make sub menus in the side menu?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-make-sub-menus-in-the-side-menu/27743)

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**Author:** [@RyuunosukeDS3](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/RyuunosukeDS3)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [4 June 2020 16:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-make-sub-menus-in-the-side-menu/27743 "2020-06-04T16:07:35Z")

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Sorry guys, last question, I had those stacked up. I read a post like that but it didn't really show a way to do that. Does anyone have any ideas? I'm going to have way too many tabs since i'm building a dashboard for a …

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## [How to remove overflow from dashboard without removing the ability to scroll](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-remove-overflow-from-dashboard-without-removing-the-ability-to-scroll/27740)

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**Author:** [@RyuunosukeDS3](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/RyuunosukeDS3)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [4 June 2020 16:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-remove-overflow-from-dashboard-without-removing-the-ability-to-scroll/27740 "2020-06-04T16:05:25Z")

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Hello guys! I've been tryingto removethe overflow/scrollbar from the node-red dashboard but when i remove it i lose the ability to scroll. I've tried assigning the "overflow: hidden" to a div that has another div inside …

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## [How to Redirect Tab using UI Control Node without timeout](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-redirect-tab-using-ui-control-node-without-timeout/27717)

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**Author:** [@novski](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/novski)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [4 June 2020 06:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-redirect-tab-using-ui-control-node-without-timeout/27717 "2020-06-04T06:36:49Z")

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My flow has a template node with this: \<div layout="row" layout-align="space-between"\> \<img src={{msg.payload}} alt="floorplan missing" usemap="#workmap" width="300" height="340"\> \<map name="workmap"\> \<area …

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## [FTP static dashboard to web server](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ftp-static-dashboard-to-web-server/27755)

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**Author:** [@bayesey](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bayesey)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [4 June 2020 09:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ftp-static-dashboard-to-web-server/27755 "2020-06-04T09:53:23Z")

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Hi Is it possible to regularly send either a static version of the web page or an image of a node red dashboard to my web host? This means I could display my dashboard to the public without exposing my internal network…

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## [How can I make a website page in the main node-red adress](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-can-i-make-a-website-page-in-the-main-node-red-adress/27742)

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**Author:** [@RyuunosukeDS3](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/RyuunosukeDS3)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [4 June 2020 09:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-can-i-make-a-website-page-in-the-main-node-red-adress/27742 "2020-06-04T09:30:44Z")

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I switched the flow editor to localhost:1880/admin, how can I make a website in localhost:1880?

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## [Modbus contrib optimization for energy storage control](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/modbus-contrib-optimization-for-energy-storage-control/27710)

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**Author:** [@Sasko](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Sasko)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [3 June 2020 14:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/modbus-contrib-optimization-for-energy-storage-control/27710 "2020-06-03T14:47:03Z")

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At the moment I'm building an ui for a solar energy storage with node red modbus contrib. The problem is, that the browser starts getting very lame, when I combine the nodes with a lot of gauges, I think I used about 9 t…

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## [Slider incoherent behaviour when disabled](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/slider-incoherent-behaviour-when-disabled/27663)

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**Author:** [@Robertotarga](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Robertotarga)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [3 June 2020 10:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/slider-incoherent-behaviour-when-disabled/27663 "2020-06-03T10:48:21Z")

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IMHO current implementation (v. 2.22.1) of dashboard-slider component in disabled mode has two flaws: it moves leftwise to its minumum position while keeping its current payload value. That's uncoherent and the user …

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## [Convert format of datetime from database to local time with Moment node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/convert-format-of-datetime-from-database-to-local-time-with-moment-node/27649)

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**Author:** [@jan-k](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jan-k)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [3 June 2020 06:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/convert-format-of-datetime-from-database-to-local-time-with-moment-node/27649 "2020-06-03T06:41:37Z")

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Greetings, I had tried to use the moment node to convert the datetime from a mysql database to local time and it works. Now I am trying to convert for an array of datetime with moment node. My database was storing the r…

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## [Ui\_artlessguage Font Issue](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-artlessguage-font-issue/27602)

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**Author:** [@vlturner](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/vlturner)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [2 June 2020 20:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-artlessguage-font-issue/27602 "2020-06-02T20:22:57Z")

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Look over the Label on the top, since the last update they got unreadable.

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## [Creating a dashboard from a CSV file](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/creating-a-dashboard-from-a-csv-file/27562)

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**Author:** [@weihan08](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/weihan08)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [2 June 2020 20:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/creating-a-dashboard-from-a-csv-file/27562 "2020-06-02T20:22:33Z")

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Hi guys, I am very new to node red and I hope someone can help me out. I have been tasked with building a special dashcam using Raspberry Pi, consisting of many sensors like accelerometer, rain sensor, pressure sensor et…

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## [News Feed: Truncate and Layout](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/news-feed-truncate-and-layout/27631)

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**Author:** [@alcor007](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/alcor007)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [2 June 2020 20:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/news-feed-truncate-and-layout/27631 "2020-06-02T20:17:45Z")

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Dear all, I could use a little help with truncating news messages I receive from an http request. I managed to obtain a list with the titles of news itens (group 1 in the example) and I managed to obtain a list with rat…

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## [Kafka node in node-red](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/kafka-node-in-node-red/27646)

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**Author:** [@wiam](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/wiam)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [2 June 2020 16:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/kafka-node-in-node-red/27646 "2020-06-02T16:15:22Z")

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I'm asked to make a dashboard using node-red where the input is a kafka producer that provides the data thats is gonna be shown on the dashboard on graphs so everytime the data in the graphs changes based on the data pro…

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## [Change the time from the Dashboard Bigtimer / eztimer](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-the-time-from-the-dashboard-bigtimer-eztimer/27630)

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**Author:** [@971JMD](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/971JMD)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [1 June 2020 22:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-the-time-from-the-dashboard-bigtimer-eztimer/27630 "2020-06-01T22:32:01Z")

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salut I want to know if it is possible to change the time from the Dashboard? est-il possible de changer l'heure depuis le Dashbord ?

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## [Ui-template with canvas gauge](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-template-with-canvas-gauge/27620)

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**Author:** [@Hermann](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Hermann)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [1 June 2020 12:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-template-with-canvas-gauge/27620 "2020-06-01T12:27:43Z")

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Hi there, I tried to activate a canvas-gauge with the ui-template node. Unfortunately, I can't get it to work. The only result ist the random data generated by the function node written to the dashboard tab. This is the…

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## [GET xxx:1880/ui/loading.html 404 (Not Found) and SideNav 'left' is not available! Did you use md-component-id='left'?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/get-xxx-1880-ui-loading-html-404-not-found-and-sidenav-left-is-not-available-did-you-use-md-component-id-left/26902)

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**Author:** [@TomLi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TomLi)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [1 June 2020 09:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/get-xxx-1880-ui-loading-html-404-not-found-and-sidenav-left-is-not-available-did-you-use-md-component-id-left/26902 "2020-06-01T09:07:31Z")

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when open http://xxx:1880/ui on Chrome browsers, there are some error in the browser debug console.

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## [Problem Getting Image in Template Node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/problem-getting-image-in-template-node/12193)

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**Author:** [@tcontrada](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/tcontrada)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [31 May 2020 14:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/problem-getting-image-in-template-node/12193 "2020-05-31T14:41:32Z")

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I looked around the form, but could not get anything to work correctly. I want to simply display an image in the dashboard template node. I have my image file in the .node-red\\node\_modules\\node-red-dashboard\\dist folde…

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