# Cannot show/hide tabs with long name

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-show-hide-tabs-with-long-name/17054>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [23 October 2019 14:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-show-hide-tabs-with-long-name/17054 "2019-10-23T14:01:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Andydesjardins](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/andydesjardins/32/8556_2.png) [@Andydesjardins](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Andydesjardins)\
**Post date:** [23 October 2019 14:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-show-hide-tabs-with-long-name/17054/1 "2019-10-23T14:01:15Z")

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Hello,

Is there a limit to the length of a tab name that I can change?

I succeeded at hiding a tab with the name of "Lancement de listes de lecture" formatted as "Lancement\_de\_listes\_de\_lecture" but then I cannot show it back. It's working with other tabs having a short name, but I encounter that problem with every tabs having a name of similar length.

Thank you

Node-RED 1.0.0  
Dashboard 2.17.1

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**Author:** ![Andydesjardins](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/andydesjardins/32/8556_2.png) [@Andydesjardins](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Andydesjardins)\
**Post date:** [23 October 2019 18:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-show-hide-tabs-with-long-name/17054/2 "2019-10-23T18:55:08Z")

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I found that the problem is not the length of the name, it's the double spaces.

\*working fine: Averyverylongname foratabthatdoesn'tmakesense  
\*not working: A short name

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**Author:** ![zenofmud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/zenofmud/32/316_2.png) [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)\
**Post date:** [23 October 2019 18:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-show-hide-tabs-with-long-name/17054/3 "2019-10-23T18:58:42Z")

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You might want to upgrade to NR 1.0.2 the latest release.

When you say you are hiding a tab, do you mean the flow tab at the top of the editor?  
Or do you mean a node's name?

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**Author:** ![Andydesjardins](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/andydesjardins/32/8556_2.png) [@Andydesjardins](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Andydesjardins)\
**Post date:** [23 October 2019 19:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-show-hide-tabs-with-long-name/17054/4 "2019-10-23T19:06:53Z")

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I mean the dashboard tab.

I did not updated Node-RED because I tought it was a Dashboard problem.

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**Author:** ![Andydesjardins](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/andydesjardins/32/8556_2.png) [@Andydesjardins](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Andydesjardins)\
**Post date:** [23 October 2019 19:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-show-hide-tabs-with-long-name/17054/5 "2019-10-23T19:10:10Z")

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As I think it is a bug. I created an issue:

> <https://github.com/node-red/node-red-dashboard/issues/541>
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> What are the steps to reproduce?
> Create some tabs
> Name one tab that has the name of "Dual spaces tab"
> Create a dasbhoard button...

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**Author:** ![zenofmud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/zenofmud/32/316_2.png) [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)\
**Post date:** [23 October 2019 19:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-show-hide-tabs-with-long-name/17054/6 "2019-10-23T19:45:56Z")

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Could you provide a demo flow showing the issue?