In node-red@latest, I can no longer close the editor when I click outside the editor, now I have to click either cancel or done. Can it be made to work again?

@Frida this change was made in @next (4.1.0-beta.2) not @latest (4.0.9) As a beta it's out there to get feedback on the changes prior to the final release. Thank you for sharing your feedback. We'll look at how we can improve for the final release.

Sorry, I'm using @next (4.1.0-beta.2) when I discovered it, We always have reload before Deploy if we regret something.

This is really not ergonomic Please add the option to have it the way it used to be I downgraded but i’d rather not be stuck to that version forever.

[image] spacerabbit: Please add the option to have it the way it used to be, and maybe another option, instead of cancel it could also accept the changes ? I thought that clicking outside used to accept the changes, which might not be what is intended and is the reason it was changed.

I was misled by this “Originally we treated a click outside the dialog as a 'cancel' - but we had complaints that it was then too easy to accidentally loose changes - so the current behaviour was set. The PR proposes…” I edited my message Please add an option to have the classic behavior …

This way? [image] Request for feedback: Closing the Edit Dialog Core Development To satisfy everyone, a compromise would be: ctrl-enter: saves changes and closes the edit box. ctrl-escape: discards changes and closes the edit box. (actual default keys) A ne…

I was a beginner myself once, and I learned how the editor worked. Why do all editors have to look the same?

Not liking this recent change! If I'm looking for something in a flow, I double tap on a node, scan it's content, and the without moving the touchpad, I just simply tap it again and the window closes. Then move onto the next node... Not any more. Now I have to use the touchpad and move and click …

[image] Paul-Reed: As it's a Windows laptop, ctrl+esc will not help, and I shouldn't really have to change the Windows default settings to accommodate this Agree. Improve edit dialog escape situation · Issue #5198 · node-red/node-red · GitHub

TBH, It was much better as it was previously, and this change feels like a regression, as sufficient safeguards were already in place to prevent users losing data; The node itself would have a blue circle on it denoting that changes had been made, and... The 'Deploy button' would also be highlight…

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Clicking outside the editor no longer works

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GogoVega 2 August 2025 09:57 11

This way?

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Clicking outside the editor no longer works

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