It caught me for a while then I remembered the device name is set in the settings.js file. So, when I look at my `context on a new machine I see this: [Screenshot from 2020-08-05 11-08-31] I'm confused. This is what the settings.js file looks like: [Screenshot from 2020-08-05 11-08-15] Why is…

[image] Trying_to_learn: Why isn't myDeviceName seen in the context? Read the section underneath the part you marked with the red triangle. // global.keys() returns a list of all properties set in global context. // This allows them to be displayed in the Context Sidebar within the editor. …

EDIT: Sorry, forget, I think my example is not relevant to yours All visible here for me. Doesn't help but just to verify they should [image] [image]

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Trying_to_learn 5 August 2020 06:46 4

I'm guessing this was introduced in a recent update.

Yeah, RTFM.

Thanks.

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