# Custom UI Node Not Appearing In Group In Dashboard SideTab

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/custom-ui-node-not-appearing-in-group-in-dashboard-sidetab/6347>\
**Category:** Developing Nodes\
**Created:** [3 January 2019 14:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/custom-ui-node-not-appearing-in-group-in-dashboard-sidetab/6347 "2019-01-03T14:31:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![seth350](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/seth350/32/4617_2.png) [@seth350](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/seth350)\
**Post date:** [3 January 2019 14:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/custom-ui-node-not-appearing-in-group-in-dashboard-sidetab/6347/1 "2019-01-03T14:31:09Z")

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Good morning,

I have recently come up with two ui nodes that are both experiencing the same problem.  
If you look at this picture, I have 19 linear-gauges in a group on the dashboard.  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/2X/8/8da746a9e7f165ec1f8e545a4529eecdc4f09434.png)

This picture shows none of the linear gauges showing up under the Tank Temperatures group.  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/2X/1/15c2ec0d7b6bf284fcdb6c6dcb7eb5301c83735f.png)

I then added the ui\_list node @nisiyama to see if it would produce the same result, and it did not.

Running a diff on my code and the ui\_list code doesn't produce any blatant differences.

Does anyone have an idea of what could be causing this?

> **[seth350/node-red-contrib-ui-lineargauge](https://github.com/seth350/node-red-contrib-ui-lineargauge)**
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> A Node-Red template that creates a linear gauge with high and low limits. - seth350/node-red-contrib-ui-lineargauge

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**Author:** ![seth350](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/seth350/32/4617_2.png) [@seth350](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/seth350)\
**Post date:** [3 January 2019 23:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/custom-ui-node-not-appearing-in-group-in-dashboard-sidetab/6347/2 "2019-01-03T23:54:39Z")

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Just sharing some debug info...  
I placed a `console.log(item)` in `ui_base.html` to get the dashboard group object.

One difference between a custom node and a standard node is the `set.id` is equal to  
`node-red-dashboard/widget-name` but that may be due to the standard widgets being built into the dashboard.

The `module` value is also different, in a standard node. Its value is `node-red-dashboard`.

Kind of grasping at straws probably, but I have been pulling my hair out trying to find out what is causing this.

```auto
set:
added: true
enabled: true
id: "node-red-contrib-ui-lineargauge/linear-gauge"
local: true
module: "node-red-contrib-ui-lineargauge"
name: "linear-gauge"
types: ["linear-gauge"]
version: "0.2.0"

```

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/2X/d/d54c72fbbb6628d09924b2bcce4a85cf36cf4aa1.png)

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**Author:** ![nisiyama](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/nisiyama/32/85_2.png) [@nisiyama](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/nisiyama)\
**Post date:** [4 January 2019 15:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/custom-ui-node-not-appearing-in-group-in-dashboard-sidetab/6347/3 "2019-01-04T15:07:02Z")

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Hi @seth350,

Could you try changing node type from **linear-gauge** to **ui\_linegar-gause**.  
It seems that Node-RED dashboard expect widget node type starts with **ui\_**.

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**Author:** ![seth350](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/seth350/32/4617_2.png) [@seth350](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/seth350)\
**Post date:** [4 January 2019 15:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/custom-ui-node-not-appearing-in-group-in-dashboard-sidetab/6347/4 "2019-01-04T15:09:42Z")

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> [@nisiyama](#):
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> Could you try changing node type from **linear-gauge** to **ui\_linegar-gause**.  
> It seems that Node-RED dashboard expect widget node type starts with **ui\_**.

Certainly sir, I will try that. Thank you very much.

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**Author:** ![seth350](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/seth350/32/4617_2.png) [@seth350](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/seth350)\
**Post date:** [4 January 2019 15:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/custom-ui-node-not-appearing-in-group-in-dashboard-sidetab/6347/5 "2019-01-04T15:34:24Z")

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I changed all of the occurences, but now I have a missing type error.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/2X/d/d751699ccfe9510b8507049543d49f3fb901e8b9.png)

Perhaps I need to delete the linear-gauge nodes I have in my flow and then add them back?

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**Author:** ![nisiyama](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/nisiyama/32/85_2.png) [@nisiyama](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/nisiyama)\
**Post date:** [4 January 2019 15:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/custom-ui-node-not-appearing-in-group-in-dashboard-sidetab/6347/6 "2019-01-04T15:42:42Z")

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Hi,  
Yes. You need to replace **linear-gauge** (should be represented as **unknown** node now) by new **ui\_linear-gauge**.

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**Author:** ![seth350](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/seth350/32/4617_2.png) [@seth350](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/seth350)\
**Post date:** [4 January 2019 15:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/custom-ui-node-not-appearing-in-group-in-dashboard-sidetab/6347/7 "2019-01-04T15:46:04Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/2X/2/20177ee3aa287ec39b1164cc6247a72576f2d814.png)

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**Author:** ![seth350](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/seth350/32/4617_2.png) [@seth350](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/seth350)\
**Post date:** [4 January 2019 15:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/custom-ui-node-not-appearing-in-group-in-dashboard-sidetab/6347/8 "2019-01-04T15:47:50Z")

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Let it be known throughout the land, that @nisiyama is my hero.