# Clicking outside the editor no longer works

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/clicking-outside-the-editor-no-longer-works/97858>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [29 June 2025 06:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/clicking-outside-the-editor-no-longer-works/97858 "2025-06-29T06:51:35Z")\
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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 June 2025 07:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/clicking-outside-the-editor-no-longer-works/97858/2 "2025-06-29T07:10:18Z")

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See this long thread for the explanation

> [@Request for feedback: Closing the Edit Dialog](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/request-for-feedback-closing-the-edit-dialog/96849):
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> A PR has been proposed to change a behaviour in the editor and I wanted to get wider feedback. Currently, if you have a node's edit dialog open, clicking outside of the dialog will close the dialog as if you had confirmed the changes. This is the behaviour we've had since the early days of Node-RED. 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…

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