# Dashboard

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## [Dynamic URL Window Pop-up in NODE HTML template](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dynamic-url-window-pop-up-in-node-html-template/95752)

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**Author:** [@gtei](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gtei)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [2 March 2025 12:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dynamic-url-window-pop-up-in-node-html-template/95752 "2025-03-02T12:59:40Z")

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Hi, I would like to open a dynamic URL by clicking on a button using the HTML template node. My msg.payload has the following items: name: device name of device MAC: device MAC address IP: device IP address I would l…

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## [Different alignments of columns in v-data-table](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/different-alignments-of-columns-in-v-data-table/95510)

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**Author:** [@xtrailrunner](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/xtrailrunner)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [1 March 2025 21:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/different-alignments-of-columns-in-v-data-table/95510 "2025-03-01T21:55:11Z")

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Hello, I've just started to use Dashboard 2.0 with th v-data-table component. I have a simple table with two columns. First column displays labels and should be left-aligned. The second column displays numerical values…

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## [DB2 - Chart node - time serie](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/db2-chart-node-time-serie/95712)

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**Author:** [@Switchblade2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Switchblade2)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [28 February 2025 18:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/db2-chart-node-time-serie/95712 "2025-02-28T18:18:41Z")

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Hi, I'm starting to use DB2 and struggle with the Chart node. I have an object containing a time serie that I want to plot I get the chart to display the input if I put "X-axis type" as "Linear", but the I can format …

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## [DB2 horizontal divider](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/db2-horizontal-divider/95703)

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**Author:** [@duaw](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/duaw)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [28 February 2025 06:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/db2-horizontal-divider/95703 "2025-02-28T06:01:06Z")

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Dear all! I am discovering the new dashboard 2 right now and it looks very promising. Thanks a lot! I want a horzontal line, a divider. Figured out that I can do it w/ markdown ---. Think I can have displayed literall…

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## [Public display with long running browser clients](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/public-display-with-long-running-browser-clients/95697)

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**Author:** [@kitori](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kitori)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [28 February 2025 05:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/public-display-with-long-running-browser-clients/95697 "2025-02-28T05:52:51Z")

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Hey there, I (have to :see\_no\_evil:) build a public display showing some data from different Solar Power plants. Getting the Data from a shitload of different inverters models and collect them over mqtt is the easy part…

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## [Dashboard2 - template node - debugging](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard2-template-node-debugging/95686)

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**Author:** [@gNeandr](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gNeandr)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [27 February 2025 21:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard2-template-node-debugging/95686 "2025-02-27T21:14:57Z")

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Need advice, what is the best way to write and debug HTML/JS code in “template node”. Firefox DevTools only partially helps, the generated debug links don't point to the code. Can version control be used?

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## [Conditional animation iu-template dashboard 2](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/conditional-animation-iu-template-dashboard-2/95695)

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**Author:** [@Pepex7](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Pepex7)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [27 February 2025 15:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/conditional-animation-iu-template-dashboard-2/95695 "2025-02-27T15:05:52Z")

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I'm adding with ui-template an icon for alerts in dashboard 2. \<template\> \<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.0.0-beta3/css/all.min.css"\> \<div style="text-ali…

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## [Dashboard2 / Button / ui\_update label](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard2-button-ui-update-label/95220)

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**Author:** [@gNeandr](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gNeandr)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [26 February 2025 14:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard2-button-ui-update-label/95220 "2025-02-26T14:41:20Z")

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If msg.ui\_update={“label”: “XYZ”} is used, the label is changed. So far so good. But it seems that the label is changed somewhat strongly and can only be changed with another msg.ui\_update. Would expect that with a cha…

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## [Show a PDF on screen in Dashboard 2](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/show-a-pdf-on-screen-in-dashboard-2/95656)

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**Author:** [@BartZ](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BartZ)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [26 February 2025 11:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/show-a-pdf-on-screen-in-dashboard-2/95656 "2025-02-26T11:54:28Z")

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Hello All, I'm trying to find a way to display a PDF on a Dashboard 2 on a click of a Read-Me button. I've tried several options mentioned in online samples but somehow I cannot get it to work. Anybody having some poi…

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## [Dashboard created using node-red-dashboard 2.0 supports i18n](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-created-using-node-red-dashboard-2-0-supports-i18n/95636)

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**Author:** [@manasb26](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/manasb26)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [26 February 2025 10:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-created-using-node-red-dashboard-2-0-supports-i18n/95636 "2025-02-26T10:05:38Z")

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Is there a way in which multi language support can be implemented for the dashboards created using flowfuse/node-red-dashboard 2.x?

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## [Node red dashboard using relays and authentication using badhe scans](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-dashboard-using-relays-and-authentication-using-badhe-scans/95643)

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**Author:** [@qureshi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/qureshi)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [25 February 2025 21:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-dashboard-using-relays-and-authentication-using-badhe-scans/95643 "2025-02-25T21:02:47Z")

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Hey guys. This is probably going to be a really simple question for most of you and i would appreciate the help. So I'm trying to build a simple dashboard to automate a Vending machine. I initially want the user to sc…

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## [Firefox again …](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/firefox-again/95612)

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**Author:** [@duaw](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/duaw)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [25 February 2025 06:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/firefox-again/95612 "2025-02-25T06:14:56Z")

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Dear all! I am stuck with Firefox and the viusal layout editor in DB2. My FF (latest, latest macOS, Apple Silicon) does not allow any resizing of a fixed, grid layout. Same URL copied to Safari … works like a charm. I …

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## [Is it Possible to Develop a Mobile App Using Node-RED and Dashboard 2.0?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-possible-to-develop-a-mobile-app-using-node-red-and-dashboard-2-0/95626)

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**Author:** [@Tim99](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Tim99)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [24 February 2025 20:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-possible-to-develop-a-mobile-app-using-node-red-and-dashboard-2-0/95626 "2025-02-24T20:30:25Z")

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The main focus of Dashboard 2.0 is rightly, developing dashboards, however I am intrigued to see if it is possible to develop a mobile app using Node-RED and the Dashboard 2.0 nodes. I have shared my efforts in the Shar…

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## [Fade-in effect on page change interactions](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fade-in-effect-on-page-change-interactions/95625)

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**Author:** [@lary33](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/lary33)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [24 February 2025 20:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fade-in-effect-on-page-change-interactions/95625 "2025-02-24T20:30:15Z")

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Hi! I need to create a fade-in effect when i change the pages in my dashboard 2.0. any idea if its' possible?

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## [Installing Unified-RED on Windows with SQL Server – Help Needed](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/installing-unified-red-on-windows-with-sql-server-help-needed/95614)

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**Author:** [@fopak](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fopak)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [24 February 2025 19:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/installing-unified-red-on-windows-with-sql-server-help-needed/95614 "2025-02-24T19:25:30Z")

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Hello everyone, I am new to Node-RED, and for the past two days, I have been trying to install Unified-RED without success. After installing Unified-RED and restarting the server (Node-RED), I get Error 1 and notice t…

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## [Dashboard nodes, buttons, text etc not showing in UI but SVG will](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-nodes-buttons-text-etc-not-showing-in-ui-but-svg-will/95356)

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**Author:** [@UserSan](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/UserSan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [24 February 2025 15:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-nodes-buttons-text-etc-not-showing-in-ui-but-svg-will/95356 "2025-02-24T15:22:39Z")

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Hi, I've recently come across and issue when I was trying to create new tabs on my dashboard with buttons that will link to information on other tabs. When i created the new tabs and added the corresponding buttons, depl…

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## [Dashboard 2.0 virtual keyboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-0-virtual-keyboard/95603)

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**Author:** [@hauier](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hauier)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [24 February 2025 08:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-0-virtual-keyboard/95603 "2025-02-24T08:41:07Z")

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Hello, I want to implement a feature in Dashboard 2.0 similar to the virtual keyboard in Dashboard 1. For example, when a text input node is clicked, a virtual keyboard should appear. However, there aren’t many examples…

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## [Recommended dashboard widget](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/recommended-dashboard-widget/95524)

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**Author:** [@k5map](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/k5map)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [24 February 2025 04:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/recommended-dashboard-widget/95524 "2025-02-24T04:26:43Z")

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I need to create a widget on my dashboard to reflect the position of our window blinds. I currently am using the gauge, but not really happy with it. Does anyone have a recommendation on what to use to show the positio…

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## [Template img element displays local image based on msg.filename / msg.payload](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/template-img-element-displays-local-image-based-on-msg-filename-msg-payload/95553)

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**Author:** [@Ten21](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Ten21)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [23 February 2025 10:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/template-img-element-displays-local-image-based-on-msg-filename-msg-payload/95553 "2025-02-23T10:14:55Z")

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Hi, everyone, I have just started my journey in Node-red! I'm using dashboard 2.0 and hosting on Windows. As per mentioned in the topic, I would like to display local image based on msg.filename or msg.payload I have t…

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## [Dashboard 2.0 Gauge - Reduce empty space between label and gauge](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-0-gauge-reduce-empty-space-between-label-and-gauge/95572)

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**Author:** [@thomaspz](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/thomaspz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [22 February 2025 14:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-0-gauge-reduce-empty-space-between-label-and-gauge/95572 "2025-02-22T14:42:17Z")

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I change my ui to flowfuse dashboard 2.0. I use many gauge widgets to show different Temperatures. Is there a way to reduce the space between the label and the gauge? The gauge is in a group with size 4x1 and the size …

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## [Basic auth for dashboard 2 It stops working](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/basic-auth-for-dashboard-2-it-stops-working/95538)

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**Author:** [@Pepex7](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Pepex7)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [21 February 2025 22:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/basic-auth-for-dashboard-2-it-stops-working/95538 "2025-02-21T22:41:18Z")

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I'm using basic auth for dashboard 2 (@aikitori/node-red-dashboard-2-basic-auth) but when I restart the server it stops working. in the console it says: node-red-dashboard-2-basic-auth: Dashboard interacted with…

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## [Raspberry Debian 11: How automatically open http://localhost:1880/ui after node-red service start?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/raspberry-debian-11-how-automatically-open-http-localhost-1880-ui-after-node-red-service-start/95494)

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**Author:** [@lumanga](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/lumanga)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [21 February 2025 14:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/raspberry-debian-11-how-automatically-open-http-localhost-1880-ui-after-node-red-service-start/95494 "2025-02-21T14:00:55Z")

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Dear All, I have a raspberry pi3 with Raspbian 11 "bullseye", kernel 6.1 and the "old X11 server" with LXDE. I have Node-Red v4 installed and enabled via "sudo systemctl enable nodered.service" I want that after Nod…

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## [Dashboard 2.0 copy to clipboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-0-copy-to-clipboard/95488)

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**Author:** [@tmichaeltx](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/tmichaeltx)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [20 February 2025 13:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-0-copy-to-clipboard/95488 "2025-02-20T13:24:33Z")

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Is there an easy way to have a button or something similar on a dashboard that when clicked will copy text sent from the flow to the clipboard of the user ready to be pasted in another application? I am sure this would …

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## [ui\_iFrame disable if flow context contains exact value](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-iframe-disable-if-flow-context-contains-exact-value/95533)

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**Author:** [@P.Macak](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/P.Macak)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [20 February 2025 13:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-iframe-disable-if-flow-context-contains-exact-value/95533 "2025-02-20T13:18:57Z")

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Hello colleagues, I'm trying to build some kind of switch which will enable specific ui\_iFrame based on value in flow context. For example if (flow.get('agv\_status') === "offline") --\> disable ui\_iFrame 1-3 and enable n…

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## [First time with node red, issue with chart node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/first-time-with-node-red-issue-with-chart-node/94396)

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**Author:** [@ortech](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ortech)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [19 February 2025 18:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/first-time-with-node-red-issue-with-chart-node/94396 "2025-02-19T18:07:56Z")

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Hi I am new here and work with node red the first time. I am a programmer in vb.net. So some knowledge about programming is there. I want to display some values with the chart node. I imported a flow from the www to …

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## [Multiline in Dashboard 2.0](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/multiline-in-dashboard-2-0/95520)

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**Author:** [@tmessers](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/tmessers)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [19 February 2025 15:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/multiline-in-dashboard-2-0/95520 "2025-02-19T15:11:09Z")

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Hi folks, i am dealing with a problem for hours but i can not get a solution. The problem: I do have two object as the result of 2 querys in two different databases. i change the msg.topic with a change-node to the t…

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## [UI-Form to get From and To Dates](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-form-to-get-from-and-to-dates/95283)

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**Author:** [@smanjunath211](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/smanjunath211)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [18 February 2025 15:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-form-to-get-from-and-to-dates/95283 "2025-02-18T15:51:29Z")

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I am using a ui-form to get a period of dates. Is it possible to put restriction on the second date, depending on the first date, without exiting the node ? so user Should NOT be able to put a 'to' date in the past with…

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## [Button group nodes / no change of states](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/button-group-nodes-no-change-of-states/95333)

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**Author:** [@ceysa75](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ceysa75)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [18 February 2025 15:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/button-group-nodes-no-change-of-states/95333 "2025-02-18T15:09:05Z")

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Hi all, I have found an issue I think. Feeding the button group node with an msg.ui\_update as follows (from a function node). All is working fine (appearance, ouput). But the button states only change after a refresh o…

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## [Setting the src attribute in an img tag (ui-template node) by a variable from inside the ui-template](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/setting-the-src-attribute-in-an-img-tag-ui-template-node-by-a-variable-from-inside-the-ui-template/95426)

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**Author:** [@Zephyr](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Zephyr)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [17 February 2025 19:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/setting-the-src-attribute-in-an-img-tag-ui-template-node-by-a-variable-from-inside-the-ui-template/95426 "2025-02-17T19:27:13Z")

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Hi there, I'going to build a clickable icon/picture in dashboard 2. It should have 2 pictures, toggled by the click. f.ex. bulb-on.png and bulb-off.png. How can I set the src of the img tag with a variable of my ui-te…

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## [Dashboard in node-red](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-in-node-red/95417)

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**Author:** [@Boy\_co\_don](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Boy_co_don)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [17 February 2025 11:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-in-node-red/95417 "2025-02-17T11:57:30Z")

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Dear Expert. Best wish for all of you first. I want to use Dashboard in node red in order to create SCADA Application for my factory. In which, Node-red will use Modbus TCP to read and control device in work site. I …

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