# Latest

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/latest.md?no_subcategories=false&page=87

[Latest](https://discourse.nodered.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.nodered.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.nodered.org/tags.md)

**Page:** 88

---

## [Centering mdi icons](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/centering-mdi-icons/96325)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@MKaiser96](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/MKaiser96)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [29 March 2025 16:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/centering-mdi-icons/96325 "2025-03-29T16:30:54Z")

</div>

Hi there, I would like to switch from dashboard 1 to dashboard 2. I have some problems. I used weather icons in dashboard 1, but they are not supported in dashboard 2. So I have to use material design icons (mdi). I ad…

---

## [True / false nicht erkannt](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/true-false-nicht-erkannt/96272)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@binderj1](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/binderj1)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [29 March 2025 15:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/true-false-nicht-erkannt/96272 "2025-03-29T15:23:10Z")

</div>

Hallo Kann mir jemand sagen bzw. erklären warum in meinem Flow das (function-noe "Stop\_10") true und false nicht erkennt. \[{"id":"084fdb23992ec35f","type":"tab","label":"Flow 6","disabled":false,"info":"","env":\[\]},{"…

---

## [Missing MQTT in version 4.09](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/missing-mqtt-in-version-4-09/96324)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@B3l3s96](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/B3l3s96)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [29 March 2025 12:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/missing-mqtt-in-version-4-09/96324 "2025-03-29T12:21:18Z")

</div>

Hello, yesterday i upgraded node red to new version 4.0.9. Today i discovered that display which use MQTT didnt display data. I noticed that in node red missing MQTT functions. Any ide how to solve this problem ?

---

## [DB2 - Problem with v-table expandable rows](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/db2-problem-with-v-table-expandable-rows/96233)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@JeromeVISUALS](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JeromeVISUALS)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [29 March 2025 08:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/db2-problem-with-v-table-expandable-rows/96233 "2025-03-29T08:46:33Z")

</div>

Hi, doing some tests today to build a nice table in DB2 , trying to use v-table in template . So far so good, but I have a problem with expandable rows : I'm trying to replicate this from vuetify examples ( https://vue…

---

## [Dashboard 2.0: Can't save Layout Editor Request failed with status code 500](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-0-cant-save-layout-editor-request-failed-with-status-code-500/96081)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@jeroenst](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jeroenst)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [29 March 2025 08:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-0-cant-save-layout-editor-request-failed-with-status-code-500/96081 "2025-03-29T08:13:33Z")

</div>

When I try to save the layout editor of dashboard 2.0 i get the error Request failed with status code 500. How can I solve this?

---

## [Node hierarchy opinions?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-hierarchy-opinions/95979)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@PizzaProgram](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/PizzaProgram)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [29 March 2025 03:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-hierarchy-opinions/95979 "2025-03-29T03:44:20Z")

</div>

Hi, :slight\_smile: I'm try to fix problems at the famous (built-in) Arduino module of Node-RED. Here is my progress so far: But I'm stuck because I've faced how many problems is there with the current code structure,…

---

## [Why can't I download this library?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/why-cant-i-download-this-library/96282)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@utena](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/utena)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [28 March 2025 21:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/why-cant-i-download-this-library/96282 "2025-03-28T21:05:44Z")

</div>

i can't download this library. i need for a proyect, but it shows me this error. i have windows 11

---

## [Expose Index of Flow -\> Node (and be updatable)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/expose-index-of-flow-node-and-be-updatable/96161)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@marcus-j-davies](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/marcus-j-davies)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [28 March 2025 18:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/expose-index-of-flow-node-and-be-updatable/96161 "2025-03-28T18:07:45Z")

</div>

Ok... On occasion I see questions around the order of a Flow/Node being instantiated. And to be honest, It's a very valid query: Some Nodes may have a dependency. So... What if, the index (and I guess the order) in …

---

## [Function node and ui\_template (checkbox) does not exchange data](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/function-node-and-ui-template-checkbox-does-not-exchange-data/95758)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@ortech](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ortech)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [28 March 2025 17:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/function-node-and-ui-template-checkbox-does-not-exchange-data/95758 "2025-03-28T17:57:25Z")

</div>

Hi, I try to work with 24 checkboxes, but their statuses are never saved. In my function node I want to find out, when 1 of the 24 checkbox status is changed. So I want to save the status in an array of 24 entries perm…

---

## [With msg.action=connect sent twice stuck the MQTT node in "connecting"](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/with-msg-action-connect-sent-twice-stuck-the-mqtt-node-in-connecting/96309)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@greengolfer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/greengolfer)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [28 March 2025 16:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/with-msg-action-connect-sent-twice-stuck-the-mqtt-node-in-connecting/96309 "2025-03-28T16:05:28Z")

</div>

I am using a lot the dynamic configuration of MQTT nodes. Using msg.broker and msg.action, I can configure the remote broker and connect to it. I noticed that when msg.action=connect is sent twice (I know it shouldn't …

---

## [Groups alignment](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/groups-alignment/96311)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Giamma](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Giamma)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [28 March 2025 14:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/groups-alignment/96311 "2025-03-28T14:48:38Z")

</div>

It's not really nice... How to solve?

---

## [Http-request headers](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-headers/96310)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [28 March 2025 12:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-headers/96310 "2025-03-28T12:02:40Z")

</div>

The terms of service for the API I'm accessing, yr.no say, amongst other requirements: All requests must (if possible) include an identifying User Agent-string (UA) in the request with the application/domain name, optio…

---

## [Transferring temperature readings from Tasmota to IHost Sonoff](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/transferring-temperature-readings-from-tasmota-to-ihost-sonoff/96241)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@nroman60](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/nroman60)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [28 March 2025 10:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/transferring-temperature-readings-from-tasmota-to-ihost-sonoff/96241 "2025-03-28T10:06:57Z")

</div>

I need to transfer the temperature value from ESP 32 Tasmota to IHost Sonoff. For this I use Palette node-red-contrib-tasmota -nodeSensor. At its output I get 25.03.2025, 09:56:16node: debug 10 msg.payload : Object…

---

## [Ui-button dynamic properties](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-button-dynamic-properties/96290)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Giamma](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Giamma)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [28 March 2025 09:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-button-dynamic-properties/96290 "2025-03-28T09:25:12Z")

</div>

Hi everyone, I'm trying to transform one of my dashboard v1 in v2 and this is the result ... BUTTON: to modify label size I used the code for v1 \<font size=8\>1\</font\> but is correct? is there a better way? (same …

---

## [HTTP transfer encoding chunked](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-transfer-encoding-chunked/94332)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@gregorius](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gregorius)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [28 March 2025 09:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-transfer-encoding-chunked/94332 "2025-03-28T09:15:20Z")

</div>

Hi there, For reasons that go beyond the scope of this forum, I need to send large (\> 20MB) files over Node-RED http-in node. So I created a simple flow: The problem with this flow is that the read file node will cre…

---

## [2 Y-axis for a line chart](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/2-y-axis-for-a-line-chart/96293)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@GBROKO](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/GBROKO)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [28 March 2025 08:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/2-y-axis-for-a-line-chart/96293 "2025-03-28T08:19:03Z")

</div>

I want two y-axis. Thats my code but it is not working. \[ { "id": "4d42c82f441208c2", "type": "inject", "z": "6358dcd8731b6b68", "name": "", "props": \[ { …

---

## [Switch to a new tab programatically](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/switch-to-a-new-tab-programatically/96133)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@gerrybartley](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gerrybartley)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [28 March 2025 08:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/switch-to-a-new-tab-programatically/96133 "2025-03-28T08:00:53Z")

</div>

I'm using D2 with tab layout Node-Red v4.0.9 D2 v1.21.0 I want to click on a table row and switch to a new tab passing the row info to a control on that tab I used to be able to use link out and link in nodes to acco…

---

## [Reduce line spacing from text nodes](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/reduce-line-spacing-from-text-nodes/96216)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Becker](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Becker)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [27 March 2025 21:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/reduce-line-spacing-from-text-nodes/96216 "2025-03-27T21:45:16Z")

</div>

Hi, is it possible to reduce line spacing of text nodes with a template including some css: ? or do I have to create a table on my own like I did for fail2ban: \<div\> \<table class="table table-bordered" style="w…

---

## [MQTT - Postgrestor](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-postgrestor/96292)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@G1BS0N](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/G1BS0N)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [27 March 2025 17:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-postgrestor/96292 "2025-03-27T17:54:39Z")

</div>

Good morning everyone, I have been experiencing issues for the past four days with connecting my MQTT to a PostgreSQL node. My MQTT is connected to a Shelly device to read temperatures, humidity, and device power. Does …

---

## [Mikrotik API doesn't accept reply !empty](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mikrotik-api-doesnt-accept-reply-empty/96297)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Dasinho7](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Dasinho7)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [27 March 2025 14:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mikrotik-api-doesnt-accept-reply-empty/96297 "2025-03-27T14:34:56Z")

</div>

Hi, I've recently updated my router OS to 7.18 and since the update has been performed I'm running an issue on NodeRed where it breaks it when the reply doesn't have data to reply. I found the below on Mikrotik API doc…

---

## [Setup of https/ssl - local WebXR/Quest development](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/setup-of-https-ssl-local-webxr-quest-development/96224)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@gregorius](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gregorius)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [27 March 2025 11:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/setup-of-https-ssl-local-webxr-quest-development/96224 "2025-03-27T11:56:36Z")

</div>

Hi There, Just wanted to share my joy of setting up https on my local server using Node-RED. I've had to setup ssl a couple times before and its always been a pain (Nginx/Apache configs, self-signing authority and/or l…

---

## [TCP port field error when defined as a variable](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/tcp-port-field-error-when-defined-as-a-variable/96168)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@JonnyTech](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JonnyTech)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [26 March 2025 18:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/tcp-port-field-error-when-defined-as-a-variable/96168 "2025-03-26T18:26:44Z")

</div>

In my flow properties I set some environment variables (strings): device-ip = 10.10.10.10 device-port = 12345 Then I add a TCP request node and set its properties: Server = ${device-ip} Port = ${device-port} (There…

---

## [Dashboard 2 Tabulator](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-tabulator/96244)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Roland](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Roland)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [26 March 2025 18:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-tabulator/96244 "2025-03-26T18:26:41Z")

</div>

During my migration to Dashboard 2 i use @omrid01/node-red-dashboard-2-table-tabulator very often. Thx for your work. All works fine in version 0.6.4. After migration to 0.7.0 my tabulator widgets - no other change - st…

---

## [Increase the size of "Switch" doesn't work](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/increase-the-size-of-switch-doesnt-work/96269)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@ruk-shan](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ruk-shan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [26 March 2025 16:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/increase-the-size-of-switch-doesnt-work/96269 "2025-03-26T16:20:26Z")

</div>

flows (4).json (10.1 KB) I want to increase the size of Test\_switch and e-STOP switch. But simply changing size does't work. Pls help.

---

## [Program (service) status](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/program-service-status/96271)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@masala](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/masala)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [26 March 2025 16:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/program-service-status/96271 "2025-03-26T16:08:08Z")

</div>

Hi all, is there any way to get status of some program at remote server(PC)?

---

## [Defining pageTitle in FlowFuse Editor instance](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/defining-pagetitle-in-flowfuse-editor-instance/96267)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@stokes776](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/stokes776)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [26 March 2025 15:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/defining-pagetitle-in-flowfuse-editor-instance/96267 "2025-03-26T15:28:09Z")

</div>

In FlowFuse, when editing a specific Node-Red instance, the title will appear as "FlowFuse : ${selectedFlowName}" On my standalone Node-Red instances I use elsewhere, I always update this to instead be something like "…

---

## [Using a dashboard switch node to activate motor/step counter](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-a-dashboard-switch-node-to-activate-motor-step-counter/96261)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@RGGabe](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/RGGabe)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [26 March 2025 10:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-a-dashboard-switch-node-to-activate-motor-step-counter/96261 "2025-03-26T10:25:40Z")

</div>

I am trying to use a switch node on the dashboard and turn my stepper motor on and off. When I do implement a switch node, it sends through a boolean instead of the diameter value which is needed to determine the dire…

---

## [What is different between UI\_template for Dashboard 1.0 and Dashboard 2.0](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/what-is-different-between-ui-template-for-dashboard-1-0-and-dashboard-2-0/96262)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@hipatel93](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hipatel93)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [26 March 2025 07:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/what-is-different-between-ui-template-for-dashboard-1-0-and-dashboard-2-0/96262 "2025-03-26T07:13:04Z")

</div>

Hi I am new in node-red. Somehow, using AI, I have developed a code for the Dashboard UI\_Template. but this code is not working in Dashboard 2.0, if there any difference in coding or formating? flows.json (19.1 KB)

---

## [HTTP Request node different behaviour on NR v3.1 vs v4](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-node-different-behaviour-on-nr-v3-1-vs-v4/96100)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@michaelblight](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/michaelblight)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [25 March 2025 23:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-node-different-behaviour-on-nr-v3-1-vs-v4/96100 "2025-03-25T23:48:07Z")

</div>

I'm seeing a difference in behaviour in the HTTP Request node between v3.1.1 and v4.0.9. Has something changed? I've been on v3.1.1 for quite a while, and use several HTTP Request nodes to update HealthChecks.io for a f…

---

## [File read write security](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/file-read-write-security/96252)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@ebimohi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ebimohi)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [25 March 2025 21:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/file-read-write-security/96252 "2025-03-25T21:47:57Z")

</div>

Hi, I use Node-RED in a project where users can create flows and export data from the server to other systems through a specific endpoint (I have created a custom node for this). If I allow the "Write File" and "Read Fi…

[Previous page](https://discourse.nodered.org/latest.md?no_subcategories=false&page=86)

[Next page](https://discourse.nodered.org/latest.md?no_subcategories=false&page=88)