# An idea for third-party UI in ui-builder

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/an-idea-for-third-party-ui-in-ui-builder/83196>\
**Category:** Developing Nodes\
**Tags:** uibuilder\
**Created:** [26 November 2023 12:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/an-idea-for-third-party-ui-in-ui-builder/83196 "2023-11-26T12:25:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![jackcarey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/jackcarey/32/61101_2.png) [@jackcarey](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jackcarey)\
**Post date:** [27 November 2023 17:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/an-idea-for-third-party-ui-in-ui-builder/83196/5 "2023-11-27T17:23:04Z")

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> [@TotallyInformation](#):
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> If we could make it easier to create edit panels that have flexible typed inputs, that would be a nice addition to Node-RED as a whole, not just UIBUILDER.

Agreed on all of this. It’s something we actually spoke about last year: [Ideas for Node Authoring: Auto-HTML Generation, Rendering Extra Info, Type-checking, Multiple Inputs](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ideas-for-node-authoring-auto-html-generation-rendering-extra-info-type-checking-multiple-inputs/71315)

> [@TotallyInformation](#):
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> But here, perhaps might be another approach. A node that can easily be used to manipulate certain aspects of a msg containing a `_ui` property. Specifically, one that can add/change the top-level parent.

I think this is a good idea 👍`uib-override` or `uib-config` could be more appropriate names?

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