[image] [image] In my Node-RED project, I'm using a dropdown node, and I want to bind the content of this dropdown to MQTT incoming values. Additionally, I want the dropdown content to be automatically updated when the page is loaded. How can I achieve this? My current flow looks like this: MQT…

[image] halukmy: Additionally, I want the dropdown content to be automatically updated when the page is loaded use the ui_control to trigger flows when a user opens the dashboard. [image] halukmy: In my Node-RED project, I'm using a dropdown node, and I want to bind the content of this d…

[image] Steve-Mcl: Doesnt the built-in help show you how to populate the dropdown via a msg? When I press dropdown, I want it to load the latest data into this dropdown by bringing the headers on the server back up to date dynamically with mqtt data and dynamicly update dropdown members, actu…

Unfortunately, that sentence doe not actually make a lot (of technical) sense. [image] halukmy: When I press dropdown, I want it to load the latest data into this dropdown That is not (easily) possible since dropdowns are typically loaded before display. What you are asking here is for a cl…

[image] Steve-Mcl: easily) possible since dropdowns are typically loaded before display. What you are asking here is for a client side thing (the dropdown) to POST a request to Node-RED (the server), get new data, send it to the client side, update the internal list THEN display it to the user. …

I dont have dashboard installed but as I said, doesnt the built in help show you how to update the dropdown list at runtime?

could not find the help panel? [image] It states: The Options may be configured by inputting msg.options containing an array. If just text then the value will be the same as the label, otherwise you can specify both by using an object of "label":"value" pairs : [ "Choice 1", "Choice…

msg.options = [{"Option1":"0"}, {"Option2":"1"}, {"Option3":"2"},{"Option4":"3"},{"Option5":"4"}] msg.payload = 4; return msg; this is updates the dropdown, thanks you friend, now i need how to update msg.options with mqtt income value?

[image] halukmy: now i need how to update msg.options with mqtt income value? what does the MQTT data look like?

actually i can manage with same format, when text incomes ok, but after mqtt data same data got problem very strange [{"id":"e340a2.aae4bf6","type":"inject","z":"a61d2e077965cf5c","name":"","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"date","x":220,"…

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Steve-Mcl 4 September 2023 08:39 10

what does the MQTT data look like?

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