# Can Node-RED also set a default template when creating a new flow?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-node-red-also-set-a-default-template-when-creating-a-new-flow/73617>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [13 January 2023 01:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-node-red-also-set-a-default-template-when-creating-a-new-flow/73617 "2023-01-13T01:32:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![fostm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/fostm/32/74280_2.png) [@fostm](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fostm)\
**Post date:** [13 January 2023 01:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-node-red-also-set-a-default-template-when-creating-a-new-flow/73617/1 "2023-01-13T01:32:05Z")

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Hi, i'm Yeon

Can I create flows with pre-planned flows by clicking the Create Flow tab button in the Manager UI?

The chat app tells me to register with the Templates tab, but I can't see the Templates tab.

Help me, please.

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**Author:** ![dynamicdave](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dynamicdave/32/96_2.png) [@dynamicdave](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dynamicdave)\
**Post date:** [13 January 2023 06:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-node-red-also-set-a-default-template-when-creating-a-new-flow/73617/2 "2023-01-13T06:53:49Z")

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Can you explain where these 'tabs' are located as I can't see them on my version of Node-RED ?  
This is what I see if I click the hamburger icon at the top-right of Node-RED's main window.

 ![nr_menu](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/4/e/4e3cfeabac527e9b2147493dcaf7bd80ee44ad37.png)

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**Author:** ![fostm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/fostm/32/74280_2.png) [@fostm](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fostm)\
**Post date:** [13 January 2023 07:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-node-red-also-set-a-default-template-when-creating-a-new-flow/73617/3 "2023-01-13T07:15:35Z")

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![20230113_161353](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/8/2/82c77625a23ce32dbe1708ab670a5b382e87053a.png)

This is my hamburger button list.

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**Author:** ![bakman2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bakman2/32/6207_2.png) [@bakman2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bakman2)\
**Post date:** [13 January 2023 07:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-node-red-also-set-a-default-template-when-creating-a-new-flow/73617/4 "2023-01-13T07:24:01Z")

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What is "the chat app" ?

You can create flows, select the nodes and and go to export, select local and save it. It will be saved as a separate file, which you can recall/load/import later (as a "template"), via the import menu item.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/c/9/c9997caee9235dc8fcf132be48a60104144d88b2.png)

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**Author:** ![dynamicdave](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dynamicdave/32/96_2.png) [@dynamicdave](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dynamicdave)\
**Post date:** [13 January 2023 07:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-node-red-also-set-a-default-template-when-creating-a-new-flow/73617/5 "2023-01-13T07:33:14Z")

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Your button list looks exactly the same as mine.  
So where do you "see" the **Create Flow tab button** you mentioned in your initial post?

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**Author:** ![fostm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/fostm/32/74280_2.png) [@fostm](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fostm)\
**Post date:** [13 January 2023 08:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-node-red-also-set-a-default-template-when-creating-a-new-flow/73617/7 "2023-01-13T08:23:31Z")

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Sorry, it was a chat GPT, not a chat app.

What I want is not to add a flow, but to create a previously set flow when I create a flow.

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**Author:** ![fostm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/fostm/32/74280_2.png) [@fostm](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fostm)\
**Post date:** [13 January 2023 08:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-node-red-also-set-a-default-template-when-creating-a-new-flow/73617/8 "2023-01-13T08:35:27Z")

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[https://chat.openai.com/](https://chat.openai.com/)  
When I asked about Nordred, this told me.

Was that the wrong information?

As a result, the solution I want is...  
When creating a flow,  
I wonder if the flow I set in advance can appear.

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [13 January 2023 09:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-node-red-also-set-a-default-template-when-creating-a-new-flow/73617/9 "2023-01-13T09:02:08Z")

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Hi @fostm

To answer your question directly - no, there is no built-in way to add nodes to a new flow tab automatically when you create the tab.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [27 January 2023 09:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-node-red-also-set-a-default-template-when-creating-a-new-flow/73617/10 "2023-01-27T09:03:03Z")

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