# Dashboard

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## [Default template contents](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/default-template-contents/90970)

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**Author:** [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [14 September 2024 15:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/default-template-contents/90970 "2024-09-14T15:24:13Z")

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When a ui-template widget is dragged onto the editor, it has a default type of Widget (Group-Scoped) and default content, including \<template\>, \<script\> and \<style\> sections. I can put CSS in the style section and it is…

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## [No highlighting on mouse over the Dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/no-highlighting-on-mouse-over-the-dashboard/90896)

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**Author:** [@WhiteLion](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/WhiteLion)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [14 September 2024 11:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/no-highlighting-on-mouse-over-the-dashboard/90896 "2024-09-14T11:38:37Z")

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Mouse is over the Dashboard 2.0 node and its not highlighted as in DB 1 I use the feature of DB 1 very often. I ve flows for switches of one type and when I add a new switch I usually copy the flow, change some names…

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## [Dashboard 2 gauge dynamic label assignment issue](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-gauge-dynamic-label-assignment-issue/90856)

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**Author:** [@ncuxonama](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ncuxonama)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [14 September 2024 11:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-gauge-dynamic-label-assignment-issue/90856 "2024-09-14T11:08:32Z")

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Hello everyone. I have the following issue. I am trying to set a dynamic lable for one of my gauges and I have read the documentation about it stating that as long as I send msg.ui\_update.title with a value pair the titl…

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## [Text node needs possibility to set input value](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/text-node-needs-possibility-to-set-input-value/90936)

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**Author:** [@WhiteLion](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/WhiteLion)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [14 September 2024 11:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/text-node-needs-possibility-to-set-input-value/90936 "2024-09-14T11:06:51Z")

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While migration to DB2 I have to add many extra nodes to set the msg.payload to the value that the DB2 text node needs. In DB 1 it was possible to give the text node the where to take value from {msg.anything.anyvalue}. …

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## ["Offline ready" message box after user login in Incognito mode (Chrome)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/offline-ready-message-box-after-user-login-in-incognito-mode-chrome/90949)

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**Author:** [@Nandhini-Subramaniya](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Nandhini-Subramaniya)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [14 September 2024 11:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/offline-ready-message-box-after-user-login-in-incognito-mode-chrome/90949 "2024-09-14T11:04:22Z")

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I'm encountering an issue where, after a successful user login, a message box appears stating that the app is "offline ready." This only happens when using Chrome in Incognito mode. I would like to investigate where th…

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## [DB2 Switch node doesn't response when clicking on the label](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/db2-switch-node-doesnt-response-when-clicking-on-the-label/90770)

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**Author:** [@edje11](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/edje11)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [14 September 2024 05:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/db2-switch-node-doesnt-response-when-clicking-on-the-label/90770 "2024-09-14T05:40:08Z")

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In DB1 you can click anywhere on the line in a switch node, label or icon to get the node switching However in DB2 the node is only responding we clicking on the icon. This is very annoying when working with touchscreen…

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## [Dashboard 2.0 Groups width and height with CSS](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-0-groups-width-and-height-with-css/90924)

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**Author:** [@yjr77](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/yjr77)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [13 September 2024 16:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-0-groups-width-and-height-with-css/90924 "2024-09-13T16:52:24Z")

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With Dashboard 1.0 it was possible to resize a group with css by using the following code: ''' my\_group\_name{ width:12px; height : 23px; ''' Under Dashboard 2.0 the same has not efffect What is wrong please .

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## [Issue with Custom Middleware Not Blocking Access to Dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/issue-with-custom-middleware-not-blocking-access-to-dashboard/90919)

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**Author:** [@DhamodharanGopal](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/DhamodharanGopal)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [13 September 2024 14:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/issue-with-custom-middleware-not-blocking-access-to-dashboard/90919 "2024-09-13T14:58:34Z")

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I'm encountering an issue with custom middleware in ui\_base.js not properly enforcing session validation before serving the dashboard page. Despite setting up the middleware to check for a valid user session, users are s…

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## [\[DASHBOARD\] node-red-node-serialport display auto detect serial ports attached to the device](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-node-red-node-serialport-display-auto-detect-serial-ports-attached-to-the-device/90950)

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**Author:** [@SuperNinja](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/SuperNinja)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [13 September 2024 14:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-node-red-node-serialport-display-auto-detect-serial-ports-attached-to-the-device/90950 "2024-09-13T14:42:22Z")

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Hi, What works: I have a card connected to my PC via USB. In my dashboard I display the data transmitted by the serial node. That's OK. Now I change the card, the COM port changes and I have to enter the config to sele…

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## [UI template image via msg.payload](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-template-image-via-msg-payload/4395)

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**Author:** [@sweetwater](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sweetwater)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [13 September 2024 12:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-template-image-via-msg-payload/4395 "2024-09-13T12:06:04Z")

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Set up a UI TEMPLATE NODE. Want to display an image Method 1: \<img ng-src=''http://192.168.3.11/picture/snapshot.jpg" height="470" width="280" /\> This works fine. Method 2: using a function to set the msg.payload …

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## [Is possible to hide a column in table of dashboard v2?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-possible-to-hide-a-column-in-table-of-dashboard-v2/90868)

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**Author:** [@essereumano](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/essereumano)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [12 September 2024 19:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-possible-to-hide-a-column-in-table-of-dashboard-v2/90868 "2024-09-12T19:59:23Z")

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Hello everyone and congratulations for the speed and quality with which the new dashboard was put into production! Is it possible to hide a column in the dashboard v2 table? I ask because I need to hide the table IDs, wh…

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## [Custom formatters in ui-tabulator?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/custom-formatters-in-ui-tabulator/90906)

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**Author:** [@sys64738](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sys64738)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [12 September 2024 14:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/custom-formatters-in-ui-tabulator/90906 "2024-09-12T14:06:58Z")

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I tried the Tabulator based table node for Dashboard 2.0 by omrid, and found out that it was apparently not possible to define custom formatters. I am currently using formatters in the old dashboard tables, for instance …

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## [Combine vite vuejs project with dashboard-20](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/combine-vite-vuejs-project-with-dashboard-20/90911)

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**Author:** [@makerstorage](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/makerstorage)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [12 September 2024 14:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/combine-vite-vuejs-project-with-dashboard-20/90911 "2024-09-12T14:00:09Z")

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Hi, I have created a Vite Vue.js 3 project, and with the help of vite-plugin-singlefile, I can build the project into a single file. What I want to do is serve this file with the dashboard-20 template node. I can't get…

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## [How to pass sessionID between worldmap node and ui nodes and maintain browser session on a DB2 page that interacts with a worldmap? (multi user worldmap in db2)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-pass-sessionid-between-worldmap-node-and-ui-nodes-and-maintain-browser-session-on-a-db2-page-that-interacts-with-a-worldmap-multi-user-worldmap-in-db2/90910)

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**Author:** [@rmpasswd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/rmpasswd)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [12 September 2024 10:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-pass-sessionid-between-worldmap-node-and-ui-nodes-and-maintain-browser-session-on-a-db2-page-that-interacts-with-a-worldmap-multi-user-worldmap-in-db2/90910 "2024-09-12T10:15:04Z")

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tldr: it is possible to maintain a session with ui nodes from new dashboard 2.0 using msg.\_client.user. But Worldmap uses its own way(msg.\_sessionid) to maintain its own sessions. How to communicate sessionID and maintai…

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## [Send MSG back to NR from Dashboard 2.0 template node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-msg-back-to-nr-from-dashboard-2-0-template-node/90850)

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**Author:** [@aitor](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/aitor)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [12 September 2024 09:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-msg-back-to-nr-from-dashboard-2-0-template-node/90850 "2024-09-12T09:53:46Z")

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Hi there, I'm currently working with NR 4.0.2 and @flowfuse/node-red-dashboard:1.16.0 I'm aiming to have a button in a template node that sends back a msg.payload when I click it. Following the documentation DOC , I us…

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## [Trouble with Tables](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trouble-with-tables/90874)

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**Author:** [@sanderson](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sanderson)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [12 September 2024 04:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trouble-with-tables/90874 "2024-09-12T04:11:47Z")

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Hi all, I am not quite getting how to use the DB2 table node (or the DB2 template node) to display data. I have two asynchronous msg.payload objects, with identical labels, but different values. I would like to displa…

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## [Ui\_slider tooltip dynamically adjustable?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-slider-tooltip-dynamically-adjustable/90716)

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**Author:** [@gNeandr](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gNeandr)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [11 September 2024 18:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-slider-tooltip-dynamically-adjustable/90716 "2024-09-11T18:11:40Z")

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I wonder how the 'tooltip' of a ui\_slider can be dynamically adjusted to the current value of the slider?

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## [Chart node does not take data as expected](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/chart-node-does-not-take-data-as-expected/90891)

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**Author:** [@WhiteLion](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/WhiteLion)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [11 September 2024 16:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/chart-node-does-not-take-data-as-expected/90891 "2024-09-11T16:27:31Z")

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Hiho, while switching from DB1 chart node to DB2 chart node I notice that it does not "eat" the same data to draw the the chat. What is wrong ? Thx! DB1 chart node: DB2 chart node: Data that is send to the char…

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## [Change the frame color of a gauge node of type level](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-the-frame-color-of-a-gauge-node-of-type-level/90889)

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**Author:** [@thematrixrearwindow](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/thematrixrearwindow)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [11 September 2024 15:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-the-frame-color-of-a-gauge-node-of-type-level/90889 "2024-09-11T15:07:52Z")

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Hi, how can i change the (orange) frame color of the level gauge node also to be blue? Thanks!

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## [Table with edit / delete function](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/table-with-edit-delete-function/90807)

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**Author:** [@WhiteLion](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/WhiteLion)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [11 September 2024 09:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/table-with-edit-delete-function/90807 "2024-09-11T09:53:10Z")

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Hiho, I am messing around with getting a simple table to work, where I can edit the cells and delete the rows. Are there any examples for this ? Thx in advance !

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## [Readability of multi-line text area (ui-text-input)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/readability-of-multi-line-text-area-ui-text-input/90878)

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**Author:** [@Bobo](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Bobo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [11 September 2024 09:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/readability-of-multi-line-text-area-ui-text-input/90878 "2024-09-11T09:48:01Z")

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Not sure if this has been reported already, but the top line of the text area gets squished by the label. Minor but annoying :slight\_smile:

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## [Dashboard2 notification to all clients](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard2-notification-to-all-clients/90632)

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**Author:** [@JonnyTech](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JonnyTech)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [11 September 2024 05:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard2-notification-to-all-clients/90632 "2024-09-11T05:29:52Z")

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When a notification node is triggered in dashboard2, how can I set it to appear on all connected clients? IIRC it was a simple checkbox in dashboard1 but I cannot see a similar option in d2.

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## [Weird things happening between platforms. Ubuntu Vs Apple](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/weird-things-happening-between-platforms-ubuntu-vs-apple/90828)

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**Author:** [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [11 September 2024 04:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/weird-things-happening-between-platforms-ubuntu-vs-apple/90828 "2024-09-11T04:16:27Z")

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Ok, this is weird. Looking at my machine (RasPi) from my NUC. I see: Note the IP\_Address field. If I look at it from a Mac Ipod. (Updated to latest OS last night) I get: IP\_Address is empty. I've tried refr…

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## [How to apply responsiveness to the node-red dashboard?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-apply-responsiveness-to-the-node-red-dashboard/90696)

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**Author:** [@shamim237](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/shamim237)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [10 September 2024 12:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-apply-responsiveness-to-the-node-red-dashboard/90696 "2024-09-10T12:49:42Z")

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I'm working on a Node-RED dashboard and struggling to make the layout responsive across different screen sizes and devices. I want the dashboard to adapt seamlessly whether it's viewed on a smartphone, tablet, or desktop…

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## [Login screen showing in NodeREd v4.0.2](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/login-screen-showing-in-nodered-v4-0-2/90848)

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**Author:** [@telescopio](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/telescopio)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [10 September 2024 12:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/login-screen-showing-in-nodered-v4-0-2/90848 "2024-09-10T12:08:29Z")

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HI I just installed Node Rd v4.0.2 in my PI $B and when it open is showing a log in screen, I dont' have any credential I try my Pi one but is not login. How I can ELIMINATE the login screen to be able to enter. Thanks…

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## [Using an external button to change tabs](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-an-external-button-to-change-tabs/90841)

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**Author:** [@Eran](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Eran)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [10 September 2024 11:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-an-external-button-to-change-tabs/90841 "2024-09-10T11:00:07Z")

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It should have been pretty straight forward to be able to control which tab is visible using an external button through Raspberry Pi 4, but after hours of trying (and failing) I'm reaching out to you guys for help. So f…

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## [Form node: making a text value read only](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/form-node-making-a-text-value-read-only/90813)

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**Author:** [@Potemkin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Potemkin)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [10 September 2024 09:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/form-node-making-a-text-value-read-only/90813 "2024-09-10T09:56:56Z")

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Hi Guys, I have a form the user needs to input, but the first value on the form is a "transaction ID". This is a database generated unique value and though I want it to be displayed, I don't want the user to edit it. …

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## [Ui-control possible memory leak](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-control-possible-memory-leak/90768)

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**Author:** [@Gaetano](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Gaetano)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [10 September 2024 06:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-control-possible-memory-leak/90768 "2024-09-10T06:11:16Z")

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I use Dashboard 2 under NodeRed 4.0.2. I use ui-control to go to a specific page. My syslog has many lines produced every time ui-control is used. The syslog lines are as follows: 2024-09-07T13:47:36.641313+02:00 PI4…

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## [Is anyone familiar with using openweather api to show accumulated rainfall over the period of last 24 hours?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-anyone-familiar-with-using-openweather-api-to-show-accumulated-rainfall-over-the-period-of-last-24-hours/90537)

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**Author:** [@abhmeh](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/abhmeh)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [8 September 2024 06:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-anyone-familiar-with-using-openweather-api-to-show-accumulated-rainfall-over-the-period-of-last-24-hours/90537 "2024-09-08T06:13:31Z")

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s anyone fimiliar with using openweather api to show accumulated rainfall over the period of last 24 hours?

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## [Developing for D2](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/developing-for-d2/90731)

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**Author:** [@Bobo](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Bobo)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [6 September 2024 10:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/developing-for-d2/90731 "2024-09-06T10:38:54Z")

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I thought I would fork and clone the D2 repo to my dev raspberry pi so I could poke around with the v-calendar request I made a few weeks ago, which appears to have hit a bit of a road block. Following these instruction…

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