# Cannot move or adjust widgets in Dashboard

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-move-or-adjust-widgets-in-dashboard/78895>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [2 June 2023 11:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-move-or-adjust-widgets-in-dashboard/78895 "2023-06-02T11:23:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![JoNoci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@JoNoci](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JoNoci)\
**Post date:** [2 June 2023 11:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-move-or-adjust-widgets-in-dashboard/78895/1 "2023-06-02T11:23:25Z")

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A working dashboard deployment no longer permits me to move widgets on the layout. I have been editing layouts with no issues, moving and re-sizing widgets at will. I added a gauge to the dashboard and deployed and the dashboard appeared stuck.  
The widgets have the lock icon locked, with no oblique arrow bot-right. Clicking the lock unlocks, but the widget just sizes to a large size on its own - still no oblique arrow bot-right in the widget. Click lock again, and the widget stays large and the lock icon shows locked.  
I can size the page by clicking on the page width control ( up/dn) and widen the page - the widgets do odd things - grow bigger on their own, some even grow larger than the defined page area.

I have shut down node red - restarted, deleted all flows, deployed, imported the last functional version of my flow - the deployed dashboard shows correct in the browser, but I can still not move/size any widgets in the dashboard editor.  
.json version - 20.2.0  
node-red version 3.0.2  
Dashboard Version 3.5.0

This install is a few months old, was always working.  
I have no hidden or disabled flows or nodes.  
There was not a windows 10 update, etc, prior to this issue.  
Tried on chrome and firefox

Any help greatly appreciated - many searches have not!

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**Author:** ![smanjunath211](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/smanjunath211/32/95742_2.png) [@smanjunath211](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/smanjunath211)\
**Post date:** [2 June 2023 11:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-move-or-adjust-widgets-in-dashboard/78895/2 "2023-06-02T11:28:31Z")

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What is the maximum width of your groups ?

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/f/4/f4d771300159361f2d3d6ffa2148c79bbdece09f.png)

also, widget sizes ?

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/5/e/5e00e2b0d6baef51c3e68e3d43ee2f1ec07ab998.png)

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**Author:** ![JoNoci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@JoNoci](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JoNoci)\
**Post date:** [2 June 2023 12:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-move-or-adjust-widgets-in-dashboard/78895/3 "2023-06-02T12:02:42Z")

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Hi. Not sure of your question - I have a number of groups and the widths vary - some are 3, some go up to 25. They are unchanged from when it was editing OK

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**Author:** ![JoNoci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@JoNoci](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JoNoci)\
**Post date:** [2 June 2023 12:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-move-or-adjust-widgets-in-dashboard/78895/4 "2023-06-02T12:42:29Z")

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Widget sizes are default 48,6,0,6 for hor and vert

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**Author:** ![JoNoci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@JoNoci](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JoNoci)\
**Post date:** [2 June 2023 13:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-move-or-adjust-widgets-in-dashboard/78895/5 "2023-06-02T13:09:34Z")

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Very Frustrating - It is working again, but jumping through hoops to make it work.  
More like hacking actually..

I set sizing to AUTO for EVERY dashboard item, deployed, which was a mess, then set each widget size back to manual with appropriate size settings, deployed, and the widgets were suddenly movable and re-sizeable again.

I had tried many things - setting one widget size to auto, deploy, back to manual, deploy, etc -  
Only the Dev's will know...

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**Author:** ![jw\_te\_r](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/jw_te_r/32/69700_2.png) [@jw\_te\_r](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jw_te_r)\
**Post date:** [2 June 2023 19:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-move-or-adjust-widgets-in-dashboard/78895/6 "2023-06-02T19:48:05Z")

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I believe this to be a bug. From time to time I see the same behaviour. After rebooting the system everything usually works again.

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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:** [2 July 2023 19:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-move-or-adjust-widgets-in-dashboard/78895/7 "2023-07-02T19:48:57Z")

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