# Apply button on node Edit panel

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/apply-button-on-node-edit-panel/15005>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [1 September 2019 17:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/apply-button-on-node-edit-panel/15005 "2019-09-01T17:18:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![jbudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f8ce5/32.png) [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)\
**Post date:** [16 September 2026 16:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/apply-button-on-node-edit-panel/15005/30 "2026-09-16T16:23:45Z")

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> [@svefro](#):
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> “You appear to be the only person wanting this” is perhaps a bit of a misunderstanding.
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> I may be the only person who has explicitly said that I want this, but that doesn’t mean the feature would only be useful to me.

Well I remember asking about this, and whether it could be included in the Node-red v3 release.

Nick replied

> [@Save and deploy](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/save-and-deploy/57339/2):
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> The question of keeping the edit dialog open when you click deploy _has been asked and answered lots of times_.

So it seems that far from @svefro being alone wanting this, _lots_ of people have requested it, _over several years_.

For sure that does not mean the team should be devoting time to providing it.

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