# Latest

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## [\[FEATURE REQUEST\]Add more options to the switch node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/feature-request-add-more-options-to-the-switch-node/57489)

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**Author:** [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)\
**Replies:** 35\
**Last updated:** [30 January 2022 15:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/feature-request-add-more-options-to-the-switch-node/57489 "2022-01-30T15:20:01Z")

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For a long time, I've been thinking that the switch node (one of NRs fundamental core nodes) needs at least some more options/bit of a redesign Since there are rumours of a Version 3 coming soon I thought I'd ask for so…

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## [Comments in Github?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/comments-in-github/57499)

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**Author:** [@solarslurpie](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/solarslurpie)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [30 January 2022 15:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/comments-in-github/57499 "2022-01-30T15:18:04Z")

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I want to put documentation on each flow within a comment node and then have the documentation also show up in GitHub. I note I can evolve the Readme.md from within nodered (but even that seems to be one way. If I chan…

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## [Using Chart.js to show charts](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-chart-js-to-show-charts/57498)

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**Author:** [@goony](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/goony)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [30 January 2022 15:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-chart-js-to-show-charts/57498 "2022-01-30T15:13:57Z")

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Hi I worked on OpenHab with Chart.js before. So I thought to use chart.js on nodeRed dashboard as well. I found some projects doing so. https://flows.nodered.org/flow/c3dc75c47323a2754f5285225bce64b5 and https://fl…

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## [Storage Write file node insert timestamp](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/storage-write-file-node-insert-timestamp/57491)

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**Author:** [@x\_dadu](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/x_dadu)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [30 January 2022 13:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/storage-write-file-node-insert-timestamp/57491 "2022-01-30T13:52:06Z")

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I am a complete beginner in node-red and MQTT. I have a Pi zero 2 W as MQTT broker and node-red platform, and several temperature sensors that send data to the broker. For one of them I attached a write file node which w…

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## [Is there is anyway to use Custom Icon in Worldmap node?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-there-is-anyway-to-use-custom-icon-in-worldmap-node/57331)

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**Author:** [@Zak](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Zak)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [30 January 2022 13:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-there-is-anyway-to-use-custom-icon-in-worldmap-node/57331 "2022-01-30T13:34:24Z")

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Hey There. i would like to plot points on the map using worldmap node, so far i have been successful in that, the problem is that i would like to use custom icons which are not part of the font-awesome or the emojis whi…

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## [CPU spikes on Raspberry 4 every hour](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cpu-spikes-on-raspberry-4-every-hour/57414)

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**Author:** [@WhiteLion](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/WhiteLion)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [30 January 2022 12:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cpu-spikes-on-raspberry-4-every-hour/57414 "2022-01-30T12:52:39Z")

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hi floks, I ve a problem with lag spikes / high CPU usage which accrue about every hour or so. (see screenshot) on my raspi 4. I ve some pretty big flows for my switches (18 x ~400 nodes). But the CPU runes nicely a…

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## [Uibuilder vega chart and db-s integration](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uibuilder-vega-chart-and-db-s-integration/55611)

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**Author:** [@nerevar](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/nerevar)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [30 January 2022 11:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uibuilder-vega-chart-and-db-s-integration/55611 "2022-01-30T11:49:48Z")

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Hi, I've started to experiment with uibuilder and Vue, and I'm having problems integrating Vega charts to the uibuilder. Here are the files (modified from Julian's charting examples): flows (84).json (16.0 KB) Unfort…

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## [FR: Display multiple Edit Node windows](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fr-display-multiple-edit-node-windows/57299)

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**Author:** [@daxliniere](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/daxliniere)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [30 January 2022 10:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fr-display-multiple-edit-node-windows/57299 "2022-01-30T10:16:01Z")

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There have been many times when I wished I could have had two (or more) node editor windows open at the same time. My current solution is to screencap one of them and set an image viewer to always-on-top, but of course t…

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## [House dashboard, tab display problem](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/house-dashboard-tab-display-problem/57253)

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**Author:** [@Clouard-Dista](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Clouard-Dista)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [30 January 2022 08:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/house-dashboard-tab-display-problem/57253 "2022-01-30T08:43:06Z")

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Hi for my house I made a dashboard to manage my different api and connected device, but when I am on one of the tabs has set up my devices and my wife logs in to modify another device, the ui\_control sends the change of …

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## [Creation of external objects in function node fails (solved)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/creation-of-external-objects-in-function-node-fails-solved/57480)

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**Author:** [@mickym2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mickym2)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [30 January 2022 04:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/creation-of-external-objects-in-function-node-fails-solved/57480 "2022-01-30T04:05:11Z")

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I have a problem to understand or to use external modules with new features in the function node. I tried it first the node-json-db library and then later with the mongodb - npm library. At least for mongodb I saw that…

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## [Node-red-contrib-looptimer-advanced use with dashboard text node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-looptimer-advanced-use-with-dashboard-text-node/57481)

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**Author:** [@martin8094](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/martin8094)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [30 January 2022 03:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-looptimer-advanced-use-with-dashboard-text-node/57481 "2022-01-30T03:01:26Z")

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Hi, I wanted to see if I could get some help with the configuration of node-red-contrib-looptimer-advanced and trigger node with dashboard text input nodes. I am trying to use two dashboard text input nodes to change t…

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## [Possibility to measure water hardness](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/possibility-to-measure-water-hardness/57454)

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**Author:** [@BartButenaers](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BartButenaers)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [30 January 2022 01:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/possibility-to-measure-water-hardness/57454 "2022-01-30T01:52:39Z")

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Hi folks, Don't know what I did wrong in my previous life, but it must be something very bad... Got LOTs of troubles with my heating system last week, and seems a lot of it was caused because my water descaler device (…

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## [Http request in a function node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-in-a-function-node/57475)

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**Author:** [@Rollem1](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Rollem1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [30 January 2022 00:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-in-a-function-node/57475 "2022-01-30T00:11:18Z")

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Hi, Apologies for the noob question if this is a simple one but I've tried a number of things and searched for something similar but I'm drawing a blank. I am successfully accessing an online database through its API u…

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## [Missing information in the ewelink node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/missing-information-in-the-ewelink-node/57473)

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**Author:** [@demokedes](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/demokedes)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [29 January 2022 22:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/missing-information-in-the-ewelink-node/57473 "2022-01-29T22:59:24Z")

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Dear all, I am missing some information from ewelink node. In ewelink I have an option to share particual device with different users. Besides the update actions, I would also like to get who is the user that triggered …

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## [How to humanize date&time format in array of objects?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-humanize-date-time-format-in-array-of-objects/57433)

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**Author:** [@schejbity](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/schejbity)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [29 January 2022 22:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-humanize-date-time-format-in-array-of-objects/57433 "2022-01-29T22:54:09Z")

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Hi all, please could someone help me, how to humanize "created" property (for example: YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm) in whole array of objects on screenshot? It is output of MySQL node. Many thanks.

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## [Passing paramters into Binance node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/passing-paramters-into-binance-node/56939)

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**Author:** [@demokedes](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/demokedes)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [29 January 2022 22:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/passing-paramters-into-binance-node/56939 "2022-01-29T22:51:19Z")

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Dear all, I am using Binance node, binance-buy in particular. If i manually enter the parameters into the binance-buy-node it is working normally. But if I have to enter manually, there is no point. I would like to au…

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## [Parsing Weather.gov API](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/parsing-weather-gov-api/57466)

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**Author:** [@TheadehAnank](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TheadehAnank)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [29 January 2022 22:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/parsing-weather-gov-api/57466 "2022-01-29T22:28:26Z")

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Weather.gov provides an API for US weather, partly documented here: API Web Service The following example pulls localized weather data https://api.weather.gov/gridpoints/ILM/89,69 So, to grab the temperature at for a…

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## [Json-db-node-red keeping object that wasn't stored persistently](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/json-db-node-red-keeping-object-that-wasnt-stored-persistently/57435)

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**Author:** [@knowledgeshark](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knowledgeshark)\
**Replies:** 27\
**Last updated:** [29 January 2022 22:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/json-db-node-red-keeping-object-that-wasnt-stored-persistently/57435 "2022-01-29T22:12:02Z")

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I've hit a strange issue with json-db-node-red. It seems the lazy caching is keeping my object that I've modified and returning it, instead of going to the DB (file) to get a clean copy. From their info: A Lazy-cachin…

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## [Somfy blinds and nodered](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/somfy-blinds-and-nodered/55869)

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**Author:** [@Sirhc](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Sirhc)\
**Replies:** 37\
**Last updated:** [29 January 2022 21:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/somfy-blinds-and-nodered/55869 "2022-01-29T21:17:37Z")

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Hello I have a nodered dashboard setup and all zigbee devices communicating via a Conbee II gateway. I'm about to order some roller blinds and the manufacturer only provides Somfy motors with the blinds. I can see Som…

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## [Node red - telegraf - influxdb - grafana](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-telegraf-influxdb-grafana/57422)

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**Author:** [@Piet200](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Piet200)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [29 January 2022 21:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-telegraf-influxdb-grafana/57422 "2022-01-29T21:17:12Z")

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My raspberry is connected to my energy meter through a P1 cable. I would like to receive information regarding consumption on a grafana dashboard. I am using docker and run containers for grafana, telegraf, influxdb an…

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## [Manage a NaN value](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/manage-a-nan-value/57440)

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**Author:** [@VagoGit](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/VagoGit)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [29 January 2022 20:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/manage-a-nan-value/57440 "2022-01-29T20:57:05Z")

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Hello, how can I manage the NaN value coming from a Home Assistant sensor? It happens when I restart HA. Thankyou

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## [Wemo d1 mini with wired ethernet](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/wemo-d1-mini-with-wired-ethernet/57447)

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**Author:** [@BartButenaers](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BartButenaers)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [29 January 2022 20:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/wemo-d1-mini-with-wired-ethernet/57447 "2022-01-29T20:50:23Z")

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Hi folks, Based on another discussion, I decided this morning to that I will start discovering the wemo d1 mini devices. Most of them will be wired, however some of them need to have a wired ethernet connection (due t…

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## [\[ANNOUNCE\] node-red-contrib-process-resources: 1.1.0 beta](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/announce-node-red-contrib-process-resources-1-1-0-beta/56713)

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**Author:** [@BartButenaers](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BartButenaers)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [29 January 2022 20:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/announce-node-red-contrib-process-resources-1-1-0-beta/56713 "2022-01-29T20:30:53Z")

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Hi folks, The first version of my node-red-contrib-process-resources node was limited to the Node-RED processes. Now version 1.1.0 can be used also more generally, a.o. based on some feedback from @kevinGodell. You …

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## [Record a video with timestamp and send it via telegram after finished](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/record-a-video-with-timestamp-and-send-it-via-telegram-after-finished/57451)

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**Author:** [@villah](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/villah)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [29 January 2022 20:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/record-a-video-with-timestamp-and-send-it-via-telegram-after-finished/57451 "2022-01-29T20:28:14Z")

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Hi there, I am trying to record a video with timestamp calling to Home Assistant service: {"filename":"/config/www/cam1\_records/{{entity\_id.name}}\_{{now().strftime('%Y%m%d-%H%M%S')}}.mp4"} That's ok, no problem, video…

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## [Jsmodbus as external javascript in a function node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/jsmodbus-as-external-javascript-in-a-function-node/57391)

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**Author:** [@ketpa](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ketpa)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [29 January 2022 20:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/jsmodbus-as-external-javascript-in-a-function-node/57391 "2022-01-29T20:05:54Z")

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I know that is node-red-contrib-modbus, but I want to use clear jsmodbus inside node-red. Inside .node-red folder I install jsmodbus ('npm install -g jsmodbus') my settings.js functionGlobalContext: { jsmodbus: …

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## [Newbie Dashboard Layout question](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/newbie-dashboard-layout-question/57468)

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**Author:** [@SMB1](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/SMB1)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [29 January 2022 20:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/newbie-dashboard-layout-question/57468 "2022-01-29T20:01:23Z")

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Hello to the group. I am new to Node Red. I am using a Rasp Pi 4 and have managed to create and run a couple of flows. I am accessing the RASP Pi with Anydesk as I will be setting it up at a remote location. I am able …

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## [How to re-enable telegram receiver after network outage?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-re-enable-telegram-receiver-after-network-outage/57057)

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**Author:** [@loeten](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/loeten)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [29 January 2022 19:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-re-enable-telegram-receiver-after-network-outage/57057 "2022-01-29T19:34:01Z")

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Dear all, last year I felt the problem is solved, but came again now: After having a network outage (that may happen any time), the Telegram receiver on my raspi stops. The Telegram sender continues sending when triggere…

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## [🎉 Node-RED 2.2.0 released](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-2-2-0-released/57338)

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**Author:** [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [29 January 2022 18:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-2-2-0-released/57338 "2022-01-29T18:28:52Z")

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Node-RED 2.2.0 has been released! Full details of what's in the release available on the blog - Version 2.2 released : Node-RED Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release and helped test the beta.

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## [Any way to add a keyboard entry to ACE/Monaco editor?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/any-way-to-add-a-keyboard-entry-to-ace-monaco-editor/57463)

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**Author:** [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [29 January 2022 16:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/any-way-to-add-a-keyboard-entry-to-ace-monaco-editor/57463 "2022-01-29T16:06:23Z")

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Hi all, I keep triggering my muscle memory for save when I'm using the file editor in uibuilder :older\_adult: I doubt I'm the only person. So I'd like to add an override for ctrl-s when focused on that element. Is ther…

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## [Discussion on new editing introduced with 2.2.0](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/discussion-on-new-editing-introduced-with-2-2-0/57448)

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**Author:** [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [29 January 2022 14:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/discussion-on-new-editing-introduced-with-2-2-0/57448 "2022-01-29T14:48:27Z")

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The new editing abilities are great to have but I'm thinking that they might need a bit of editing (in terms of key presses and mouse actions) before they get too ingrained and included in docs and videos In my brain, n…

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