Hi, I've read the guide, I'm sending object msg.ui_update.label to the button with a string with new name, the button doesn't react. What is wrong here? Thank you [ { "id": "2c84fc994beb3c9a", "type": "tab", "label": "Flow 2", "disabled": false, "info": "…

From the nodes help, you can change this by msg - The label and icon can also be set by a message property by setting the field to the name of the property, for example {{topic}} or {{myicon}} . To use msg.ui_control the format is like this [image]

[image] jbudd: Somebody should have suggested it :raising_hand_man: Be more forceful next time :wink: I agree, even to the extent of calling the new Flowfuse ui Dashboard wasn't a brilliant idea either tbh.

THnak you all for kind help, yes it's really tricky to don't make evident that there are 2 different Dashboards, I thought v2 is official and relplaced v1 automatically. What do you suggest me to work with? I can't find good infos about how better is v2 instead of v1, maybe only charts are improved…

I posted 2 ways to change the label in Dashboard V1. You can either send a msg.ui_control message similar to the one shown in the previous image, OR add a payload property with a name of your choosing containing the new label text, and then included that property in the button config inside {{ }} b…

[image] GiovanniG: What do you suggest me to work with? I can't find good infos about how better is v2 instead of v1, maybe only charts are improved? Dashboard v2 is a complete re-write. It's far from being finished but is under active development. If you keep drilling down into a dashboard …

Can't change the label on button

Dashboard

jbudd 9 July 2024 00:00 2

That is from the online help for @flowfuse/node-red-dashboard AKA Dashboard v2 while your button is from node-red-dashboard AKA Dashboard v1.

If only the designers had specified a different icon colour in the editor for the new dashboard widgets, you could tell which one you have in the editor and this kind of confusion would be less likely.

Somebody should have suggested it

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Can't change the label on button

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