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## [Change payload topic](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-payload-topic/28167)

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**Author:** [@christian19](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/christian19)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [11 June 2020 11:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-payload-topic/28167 "2020-06-11T11:36:52Z")

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Embarrassing enough I have no idea how to change a topic on a message. I have tried the change node without luck. So, I get the following message, and want to change the topic to "value". : msg.payload : number 1006 W…

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## [How to remove a node (package) published on flows.nodered.org](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-remove-a-node-package-published-on-flows-nodered-org/28130)

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**Author:** [@RaviKaushish](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/RaviKaushish)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [11 June 2020 11:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-remove-a-node-package-published-on-flows-nodered-org/28130 "2020-06-11T11:00:11Z")

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Hello, I published a node-red node package on https://flows.nodered.org/, but I want to completely remove it from there and make it unavailble in the public catalogue. how can I do that? quick help would be appreciate…

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## [Update package from GitHub version](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/update-package-from-github-version/28162)

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**Author:** [@mikel.garmendia](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mikel.garmendia)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [11 June 2020 10:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/update-package-from-github-version/28162 "2020-06-11T10:58:13Z")

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Hello! I am using node-red-contrib-google-iot-core package in Node-RED. That package I installed from Manage palette. I have the version 0.0.4 from this package because is the newest version in Manage palette. In the G…

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## [adminAuth.users\[\].\*.permissions: array or string?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/adminauth-users-permissions-array-or-string/28164)

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**Author:** [@Redhatter](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Redhatter)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [11 June 2020 10:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/adminauth-users-permissions-array-or-string/28164 "2020-06-11T10:54:25Z")

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Hi all, A silly question, I've been trying to get a custom HTTP end-point for a node working -- this has an endpoint which lists what serial ports are available (should be a familiar problem). My endpoint code looks li…

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## [Can I send CTRL-ALT-l from a node?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-i-send-ctrl-alt-l-from-a-node/28140)

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**Author:** [@SteveMann](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/SteveMann)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [11 June 2020 10:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-i-send-ctrl-alt-l-from-a-node/28140 "2020-06-11T10:53:47Z")

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Can I send CTRL+ALT+l from a node? I use an inject node (inject on start) to play a tone on the PC speaker to give me an audible alert that the Deploy is finished. I would like to start with my debug log blank. So, ca…

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## [Can node-red node/flow run in parallel?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-node-red-node-flow-run-in-parallel/7678)

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**Author:** [@fangzhu](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fangzhu)\
**Replies:** 29\
**Last updated:** [11 June 2020 10:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-node-red-node-flow-run-in-parallel/7678 "2020-06-11T10:18:34Z")

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I am new to Node-RED. I found that all javascript codes written in the node are processed in sequence in a flow (even using async function like setTimeout etc). This is also the same case among flows. Is Node-RED single…

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## [Version restore under nodered](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/version-restore-under-nodered/28165)

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**Author:** [@jacyuan](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jacyuan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [11 June 2020 09:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/version-restore-under-nodered/28165 "2020-06-11T09:53:02Z")

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Hi, In our project, we have different nodered instances under different environments (dev, prod, etc). I'm wondering what's the best way to restore / publish flows from one nodered to another. (let's suppose here that…

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## [Anyway to remove the "1880" from the node-red url?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/anyway-to-remove-the-1880-from-the-node-red-url/27741)

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**Author:** [@RyuunosukeDS3](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/RyuunosukeDS3)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [11 June 2020 09:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/anyway-to-remove-the-1880-from-the-node-red-url/27741 "2020-06-11T09:12:51Z")

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I need to make it easier for ppl to access since i'm making a industrial dashboard, right now it is like "industry:1880/dashboard" and i want to make it something like "industry/dashboard". Sorry if it is duplicated post…

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## [Best way to show Grafana in Dashboard?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/best-way-to-show-grafana-in-dashboard/15667)

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**Author:** [@hazymat](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hazymat)\
**Replies:** 55\
**Last updated:** [11 June 2020 07:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/best-way-to-show-grafana-in-dashboard/15667 "2020-06-11T07:46:36Z")

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Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere but I've seen a lot of articles about getting data out of Node-RED into InfluxDB then visualising that data in Grafana. But what's the best way to show one of these graphs in…

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## [Node-Red running in Azure Container Instances](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-running-in-azure-container-instances/28154)

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**Author:** [@tobiaspe](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/tobiaspe)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [11 June 2020 07:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-running-in-azure-container-instances/28154 "2020-06-11T07:07:34Z")

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I am trying to deploy Node-Red in the easiest way possible to a Docker container. I have tried starting a Docker container and pulling an Node-Red image from Docker Hub on my local machine which works fine. I can then a…

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## [Control Sengled E11-G23/E11-G33 with MQTT](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/control-sengled-e11-g23-e11-g33-with-mqtt/19169)

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**Author:** [@Gehasi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Gehasi)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [15 December 2019 14:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/control-sengled-e11-g23-e11-g33-with-mqtt/19169 "2019-12-15T14:33:11Z")

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Hi, im not getting my LED Bulb running with nodered. Maybe someone can help me..... First of all im running node-red on an raspi4 with zigbee2mqtt. I got my bulb paired with my zigbee stick, so there is allready commun…

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## [How do I detect type of operating system](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-i-detect-type-of-operating-system/10093)

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**Author:** [@Dave](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Dave)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [11 June 2020 05:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-i-detect-type-of-operating-system/10093 "2020-06-11T05:34:00Z")

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I have a permanent android tablet which displays my dashboard, its based on a grid size of 18x12, it works fine however, some times I want to access this dashboard on my iphone 6x12 most of the dashboard looks ok because…

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## [Extract data - Alpha vantage](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/extract-data-alpha-vantage/28099)

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**Author:** [@christian19](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/christian19)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [10 June 2020 06:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/extract-data-alpha-vantage/28099 "2020-06-10T06:32:12Z")

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Hi! I'm not getting my head around how to extract data from the output from the Alpha vantage stock addon. I would be very grateful if someone could help me in the right direction. The output from the addon is: {"data…

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## [Error message (and super slow load times) on first Node-red instance](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-message-and-super-slow-load-times-on-first-node-red-instance/27685)

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**Author:** [@AndyDufresne422](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/AndyDufresne422)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [11 June 2020 00:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-message-and-super-slow-load-times-on-first-node-red-instance/27685 "2020-06-11T00:54:23Z")

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Hi everyone, thank you in advanced for any help. Noob here... Just did a clean install of node red on a raspi 3 (and raspi 2) after experiencing extremely slow load times \[which was new after having run node-red on both…

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## [How to deal with Serial In Node which shows two buffers simultaneously](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-deal-with-serial-in-node-which-shows-two-buffers-simultaneously/28127)

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**Author:** [@Waled22](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Waled22)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [11 June 2020 00:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-deal-with-serial-in-node-which-shows-two-buffers-simultaneously/28127 "2020-06-11T00:21:17Z")

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Hi, Is there any way to combine these two buffers which are coming out of a serial in node simultaneously. The device which is sending this serial data sometimes sends the whole buffer (which is desirable ) but sometime…

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## [Get Shelly Roller-Shutter status on change event](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/get-shelly-roller-shutter-status-on-change-event/28129)

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**Author:** [@Sempel](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Sempel)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [10 June 2020 19:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/get-shelly-roller-shutter-status-on-change-event/28129 "2020-06-10T19:52:11Z")

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HEy, ich just created a few flows and I am really new to Node-Red - but I am learning quick :wink: My challenge: Ich have some shelly roller shutter modules which I would like to integrate in the GUI. I already get the…

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## [Interface with UiBuilder](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/interface-with-uibuilder/28016)

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**Author:** [@robinhttp](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/robinhttp)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [10 June 2020 19:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/interface-with-uibuilder/28016 "2020-06-10T19:51:00Z")

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HI! it's my first experience with nodered. I have to create an iterface in which the data are shown in a table, taken from a database (so obviously I need the JQuery library provided to dynamically display the informati…

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## [How can i filter data table (ui\_table) by date?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-can-i-filter-data-table-ui-table-by-date/28122)

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**Author:** [@DAVIDLL](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/DAVIDLL)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [10 June 2020 18:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-can-i-filter-data-table-ui-table-by-date/28122 "2020-06-10T18:05:43Z")

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Hi! i'm trying to display some values from a mysql DB in a table that contains various columns (first one is the date), and i achieved to show the table in the dashboard. I added the "date" node to the table but i do not…

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## [JSON array parse](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/json-array-parse/28131)

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**Author:** [@WatskeBart](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/WatskeBart)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [10 June 2020 18:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/json-array-parse/28131 "2020-06-10T18:02:21Z")

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Hi all, I'm fairly new to Node-RED and totally unfamiliar with javascript. Who can help me with my code? I'm trying to parse a WooCommerce webhook and send some information to my phone thru join (joaoapps). I searched…

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## [Detect if fridge door (contcat sensor) stays open](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/detect-if-fridge-door-contcat-sensor-stays-open/27835)

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**Author:** [@P4W3L](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/P4W3L)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [10 June 2020 16:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/detect-if-fridge-door-contcat-sensor-stays-open/27835 "2020-06-10T16:16:27Z")

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Hi, typical problem (at least for me :slight\_smile:): The fridge door stays open to long or is not properly closed. My idea: Adding a contact sensor to the fridge door and create a simple flow which detects it and sen…

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## [Positioning groups](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/positioning-groups/28046)

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**Author:** [@Kees](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Kees)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [10 June 2020 15:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/positioning-groups/28046 "2020-06-10T15:56:43Z")

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For me the groups on the dashboard are not positioned from left to right. However they are positioned from top to bottom left aligned. The positioning of the widgets within a group is correct. Does anybody have an idea? …

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## [Delay logic request for suggestions](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/delay-logic-request-for-suggestions/27995)

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**Author:** [@tmichaeltx](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/tmichaeltx)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [10 June 2020 15:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/delay-logic-request-for-suggestions/27995 "2020-06-10T15:50:10Z")

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Background I am storing static information about IOT items in a google sheet. I have a process to read that information into a global variable and then use that variable as a local data source. As I add new IOT devices,…

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## [Remove 'tail' node from node-red](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/remove-tail-node-from-node-red/28125)

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**Author:** [@edoardottt](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/edoardottt)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [10 June 2020 15:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/remove-tail-node-from-node-red/28125 "2020-06-10T15:39:11Z")

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Hi! I would like to remove the tail node. I know there is the nodesExcludes array and in fact I added 28-tail.js to the array; but it doesn't disappear. I noticed tail isn't a node inserted in the node\_modules/@node-re…

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## [UI\_Template out as msg.payload](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-template-out-as-msg-payload/28035)

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**Author:** [@jan-k](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jan-k)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [10 June 2020 13:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-template-out-as-msg-payload/28035 "2020-06-10T13:56:47Z")

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Greetings, I am doing a login page on node red dashboard with a template node and process the password by a function node. But I found the code like var pass = document.getElementById("myInput").value; msg.payload = pa…

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## [Appending Special Characters to flow](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/appending-special-characters-to-flow/28112)

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**Author:** [@aidan](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/aidan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [10 June 2020 13:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/appending-special-characters-to-flow/28112 "2020-06-10T13:43:17Z")

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I have to sum two streams of ASCII data, 'STX'-'ASCII message'-'ETX' one of them has redundant data so I need to 'parse and pass' Should be easy, first two characters of 'ASCII message' are always 'M0' length is fixed, s…

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## [Node-RED frequent crashing - "Connection Lost X"](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-frequent-crashing-connection-lost-x/27288)

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**Author:** [@Jude.Robise](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Jude.Robise)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [10 June 2020 13:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-frequent-crashing-connection-lost-x/27288 "2020-06-10T13:05:36Z")

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Dear all, I have been experiencing frequent Node-RED crashings in Industrial Panel PCs (Windows 10 64bit based) that we use to automate different systems. Since Node-RED should be running in the background always, I hav…

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## [Variable control Zwave thermostat](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/variable-control-zwave-thermostat/7272)

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**Author:** [@pinie\_pinie](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/pinie_pinie)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [10 June 2020 12:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/variable-control-zwave-thermostat/7272 "2020-06-10T12:42:51Z")

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Hello, I set the temperature on my Zwave thermostat with this command (Picture 1). This works without problems. Now I want to replace the fixed value ("26") with a variable. A slider is used to set a variable value. Th…

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## [Mute messages overnight](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mute-messages-overnight/28085)

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**Author:** [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [10 June 2020 12:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mute-messages-overnight/28085 "2020-06-10T12:28:10Z")

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My search fu is sadly lacking as I feel this must have been talked about many times before :frowning: How do I stop messages passing thru a flow overnight (9pm to 9am in my case)? I just want to make sure that no messa…

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## [Button in Sidenav](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/button-in-sidenav/28062)

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**Author:** [@RyuunosukeDS3](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/RyuunosukeDS3)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [10 June 2020 11:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/button-in-sidenav/28062 "2020-06-10T11:58:13Z")

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I've been searching for a way to add a button in the sidenav in the dashboard. I've searched a lot but only found ways to add it to the top bar. Does anyone have any idea how would i add it? (Cause i don't, i'm 100% lost…

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## [Dropdown option](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dropdown-option/28106)

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**Author:** [@dhanasekar](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dhanasekar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [10 June 2020 10:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dropdown-option/28106 "2020-06-10T10:59:57Z")

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Hi, I want to send below mentioned msg.options to dropdown node. I tried to convert string to array object but not working. Kindly help to send string as option dropdown node.

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