# Context sidebar: pin path

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/context-sidebar-pin-path/54685>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** editor\
**Created:** [3 December 2021 18:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/context-sidebar-pin-path/54685 "2021-12-03T18:50:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Simon01011](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Simon01011](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Simon01011)\
**Post date:** [3 December 2021 18:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/context-sidebar-pin-path/54685/1 "2021-12-03T18:50:47Z")

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Hi everyone!

I have a question about the sidebar for the context: is there a way to pin a path in an object, so that it stays open after updating the context? I think I read about that feature here on the forum somewhere (maybe a post from Nick?), but I'm not able to find the corresponding topic anymore...

Best regards!

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [3 December 2021 19:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/context-sidebar-pin-path/54685/2 "2021-12-03T19:54:50Z")

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Nothing like that exists today. If there were a previousn thread about it, I imagine I said it would be feasible to add - but nothing further has happened.

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**Author:** ![Simon01011](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Simon01011](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Simon01011)\
**Post date:** [3 December 2021 20:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/context-sidebar-pin-path/54685/3 "2021-12-03T20:03:38Z")

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Thank you for your answer. It seems I've dreamt that, but maybe someday my dream comes true?

I think it would be a nice feature, with large objects in context it's always a clicking odyssey to get to the variable to look at. At the moment my workaround is to have a function node and output it with node.log, but that's of course not so flexible...

Edit: Ah, now after writing about it I remember that it is possible in the debug sidebar! A feature like that in the context sidebar would definitely be a huge improvement (at least from my point of view). Maybe, as the code already exists, it is not too complicated to implement it for the context?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [1 February 2022 20:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/context-sidebar-pin-path/54685/4 "2022-02-01T20:04:32Z")

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