# Cannot drag/drop nodes from palette

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-drag-drop-nodes-from-palette/34969>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [28 October 2020 16:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-drag-drop-nodes-from-palette/34969 "2020-10-28T16:05:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![RASelkirk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/raselkirk/32/57425_2.png) [@RASelkirk](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/RASelkirk)\
**Post date:** [28 October 2020 16:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-drag-drop-nodes-from-palette/34969/1 "2020-10-28T16:05:13Z")

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Hi All,

It's been a few weeks since messing around with N-R and I've hit a major problem. Whenever I try and d&d any node from the palette, it jumps up to the upper LH corner and gets "stuck" on top of the "Node-Red" logo. Next node I try to d&d replaces previous node in that spot. Nothing goes onto the flow sheet.

Fresh start:  
 ![Image 000](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/2/1/217e176c5de62e436cd542ebd6ad98162732d8ed.jpeg)

First attempt to drag "inject" onto flow sheet:  
 ![Image 001](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/d/3/d33df8e35be89aa86c1921e50d45afa626b06780.jpeg)

Second attempt to drag "link in" onto flow sheet:  
 ![Image 002](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/a/7/a706f66878566dc6198e92c3270457f27ce33d78.jpeg)

Any logical explanation for this anomaly?

Russ

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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:** [28 October 2020 16:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-drag-drop-nodes-from-palette/34969/2 "2020-10-28T16:26:39Z")

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Can you open the javascript console of your browser and check for any errors?

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**Author:** ![RASelkirk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/raselkirk/32/57425_2.png) [@RASelkirk](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/RASelkirk)\
**Post date:** [28 October 2020 16:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-drag-drop-nodes-from-palette/34969/3 "2020-10-28T16:39:57Z")

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I would if I knew how to. 🤨 I did go to my Pi and check it directly using the Pi's Chrome browser, N-R works fine there. I am (and have been) using a Win7x64 laptop with FF v82.02 to do my tinkering as it hurts my back to sit at the desk where the Pi is located.

I had previously added a userchrome.css file to my Win FF to make some appearance changes. Undid that and N-R is still misbehaving. The only other change I can think of is FF had auto-updated from 81.0 sometime in the past few days...

Russ

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [29 October 2020 00:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-drag-drop-nodes-from-palette/34969/4 "2020-10-29T00:11:07Z")

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> [@RASelkirk](#):
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> I would if I knew how to

Press F12

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**Author:** ![RASelkirk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/raselkirk/32/57425_2.png) [@RASelkirk](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/RASelkirk)\
**Post date:** [29 October 2020 00:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-drag-drop-nodes-from-palette/34969/5 "2020-10-29T00:40:59Z")

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Well, that's interesting:

```auto
JQMIGRATE: Migrate is installed, version 3.3.0 vendor.js:4:711
Node-RED: 1.1.2 red.min.js:16:17059
Versions red.min.js:16:17095
jQuery 3.5.1 red.min.js:16:17130
jQuery UI 1.12.1 red.min.js:16:17163
ACE 1.4.3 red.min.js:16:17201
D3 3.0.3 red.min.js:16:17232
Projects disabled red.min.js:16:8560
Error in parsing value for ‘contain’. Declaration dropped. 192.168.1.14:1880:1:1710
Error in parsing value for ‘contain’. Declaration dropped. 192.168.1.14:1880:1:2230
Error in parsing value for ‘contain’. Declaration dropped. 192.168.1.14:1880:1:6403
Error in parsing value for ‘contain’. Declaration dropped. 192.168.1.14:1880:1:6527
Error in parsing value for ‘contain’. Declaration dropped. 192.168.1.14:1880:1:6619
Error in parsing value for ‘text-align’. Declaration dropped. 192.168.1.14:1880:57:21
Expected ‘none’, URL, or filter function but found ‘Alpha(’. Error in parsing value for ‘filter’. Declaration dropped. jquery-ui.min.css:7:516
Expected ‘none’, URL, or filter function but found ‘alpha(’. Error in parsing value for ‘filter’. Declaration dropped. jquery-ui.min.css:7:12176
Expected ‘none’, URL, or filter function but found ‘Alpha(’. Error in parsing value for ‘filter’. Declaration dropped. jquery-ui.min.css:7:18297
Expected ‘none’, URL, or filter function but found ‘Alpha(’. Error in parsing value for ‘filter’. Declaration dropped. jquery-ui.min.css:7:18447
Expected ‘none’, URL, or filter function but found ‘Alpha(’. Error in parsing value for ‘filter’. Declaration dropped. jquery-ui.min.css:7:18522
Expected ‘none’, URL, or filter function but found ‘Alpha(’. Error in parsing value for ‘filter’. Declaration dropped. jquery-ui.min.css:7:29046
Unknown property ‘-moz-osx-font-smoothing’. Declaration dropped. font-awesome.min.css:4:662
Error in parsing value for ‘width’. Declaration dropped. style.min.css:16:6455
Expected declaration but found ‘*’. Skipped to next declaration. style.min.css:24:541
Expected declaration but found ‘*’. Skipped to next declaration. style.min.css:24:8705
Unknown pseudo-class or pseudo-element ‘-ms-input-placeholder’. Ruleset ignored due to bad selector. style.min.css:24:10735
Expected declaration but found ‘*’. Skipped to next declaration. style.min.css:24:19480
Expected declaration but found ‘*’. Skipped to next declaration. style.min.css:24:28232
Expected declaration but found ‘*’. Skipped to next declaration. style.min.css:24:28286
Expected declaration but found ‘*’. Skipped to next declaration. style.min.css:24:30512
Expected declaration but found ‘*’. Skipped to next declaration. style.min.css:24:31159
Expected declaration but found ‘*’. Skipped to next declaration. style.min.css:24:31181
Expected declaration but found ‘*’. Skipped to next declaration. style.min.css:24:31218
Expected declaration but found ‘*’. Skipped to next declaration. style.min.css:24:31348
Error in parsing value for ‘padding’. Declaration dropped.

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This is just after loading the page, no user interactio at all. I have no idea what I'm looking at, perhaps some knowledgeable soul will...

Russ

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**Author:** ![RASelkirk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/raselkirk/32/57425_2.png) [@RASelkirk](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/RASelkirk)\
**Post date:** [29 October 2020 16:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-drag-drop-nodes-from-palette/34969/6 "2020-10-29T16:45:09Z")

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OK, out of frustration I deleted my entire flow all the way back to what the base startup looks like. My project was for cr@p anyways. Did a full deploy on the empty shell, closed browser, reloaded N-R and it is still doing the same thing. I tried my old favorite FF v56.0, same thing. Apparently, something on this particular computer has changed. The only thing I've manually updated was Flash to 32.0...

```auto
JQMIGRATE: Migrate is installed, version 3.3.0 vendor.js:4:711
Node-RED: 1.1.2 red.min.js:16:17059
Versions red.min.js:16:17095
Projects disabled red.min.js:16:8560
Error in parsing value for ‘contain’. Declaration dropped. 192.168.1.14:1880:1:1710
Error in parsing value for ‘contain’. Declaration dropped. 192.168.1.14:1880:1:2230
Error in parsing value for ‘contain’. Declaration dropped. 192.168.1.14:1880:1:6403
Error in parsing value for ‘contain’. Declaration dropped. 192.168.1.14:1880:1:6527
Error in parsing value for ‘contain’. Declaration dropped. 192.168.1.14:1880:1:6619
Error in parsing value for ‘text-align’. Declaration dropped. 192.168.1.14:1880:57:21
Expected ‘none’, URL, or filter function but found ‘Alpha(’. Error in parsing value for ‘filter’. Declaration dropped. jquery-ui.min.css:7:516
Expected ‘none’, URL, or filter function but found ‘alpha(’. Error in parsing value for ‘filter’. Declaration dropped. jquery-ui.min.css:7:12176
Expected ‘none’, URL, or filter function but found ‘Alpha(’. Error in parsing value for ‘filter’. Declaration dropped. jquery-ui.min.css:7:18297
Expected ‘none’, URL, or filter function but found ‘Alpha(’. Error in parsing value for ‘filter’. Declaration dropped. jquery-ui.min.css:7:18447
Expected ‘none’, URL, or filter function but found ‘Alpha(’. Error in parsing value for ‘filter’. Declaration dropped. jquery-ui.min.css:7:18522
Expected ‘none’, URL, or filter function but found ‘Alpha(’. Error in parsing value for ‘filter’. Declaration dropped. jquery-ui.min.css:7:29046
Unknown property ‘-moz-osx-font-smoothing’. Declaration dropped. font-awesome.min.css:4:662
Error in parsing value for ‘width’. Declaration dropped. style.min.css:16:6455
Expected declaration but found ‘*’. Skipped to next declaration. style.min.css:24:541
Expected declaration but found ‘*’. Skipped to next declaration. style.min.css:24:8705
Unknown pseudo-class or pseudo-element ‘-ms-input-placeholder’. Ruleset ignored due to bad selector. style.min.css:24:10735
Expected declaration but found ‘*’. Skipped to next declaration. style.min.css:24:19480
Expected declaration but found ‘*’. Skipped to next declaration. style.min.css:24:28232
Expected declaration but found ‘*’. Skipped to next declaration. style.min.css:24:28286
Expected declaration but found ‘*’. Skipped to next declaration. style.min.css:24:30512
Expected declaration but found ‘*’. Skipped to next declaration. style.min.css:24:31159
Expected declaration but found ‘*’. Skipped to next declaration. style.min.css:24:31181
Expected declaration but found ‘*’. Skipped to next declaration. style.min.css:24:31218
Expected declaration but found ‘*’. Skipped to next declaration. style.min.css:24:31348
Error in parsing value for ‘padding’. Declaration dropped. style.min.css:24:109387

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These console errors are from the "clean sheet" N-R with zero flows or nodes deployed. Are they indicating problems with N-R or conflicts with some other program or ? ? ?

Russ

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [29 October 2020 16:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-drag-drop-nodes-from-palette/34969/7 "2020-10-29T16:57:47Z")

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Have you cleared the browser cache?

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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [29 October 2020 17:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-drag-drop-nodes-from-palette/34969/8 "2020-10-29T17:01:44Z")

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and do you have any browser plugins installed ? maybe try with them disabled...

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**Author:** ![RASelkirk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/raselkirk/32/57425_2.png) [@RASelkirk](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/RASelkirk)\
**Post date:** [29 October 2020 20:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-drag-drop-nodes-from-palette/34969/9 "2020-10-29T20:29:52Z")

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First thing I tried, no joy there.

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**Author:** ![RASelkirk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/raselkirk/32/57425_2.png) [@RASelkirk](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/RASelkirk)\
**Post date:** [29 October 2020 20:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-drag-drop-nodes-from-palette/34969/10 "2020-10-29T20:32:18Z")

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Wooohooo, that was it! Now to narrow down the culprit.

Thanks!

Russ

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**Author:** ![RASelkirk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/raselkirk/32/57425_2.png) [@RASelkirk](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/RASelkirk)\
**Post date:** [30 October 2020 16:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-drag-drop-nodes-from-palette/34969/11 "2020-10-30T16:04:15Z")

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FWIW, it was the add-on "No Scroll" causing the problem. Disabling fixed it.

Russ

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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:** [13 November 2020 16:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-drag-drop-nodes-from-palette/34969/12 "2020-11-13T16:04:22Z")

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