# Dashboard layout sometimes locked -\> not usable
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-layout-sometimes-locked-not-usable/87714
**Category:** Dashboard
**Created:** [5 May 2024 08:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-layout-sometimes-locked-not-usable/87714 "2024-05-05T08:39:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@lori](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/lori)
#### Post date: [5 May 2024 08:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-layout-sometimes-locked-not-usable/87714/1 "2024-05-05T08:39:51Z")
Hello,
currently I am struggling with the layout editor behavior. I want to rearrange some of my controls (fixed size) but yesterday I was not able to do that. I am using `node-red v3.1.9` and `node-red-dashboard v3.6.5`.
Even when I clicked the lock symbol nothing happened. It worked in the past (_there were a little rearrange icon on the right buttom of each control indicating that I can change the size and even the position_) **and suprisingly today it worked again.**
I have even tried 2 browsers (`chrome v124.0.6367.119` and `Microsoft Edge v124.0.2478.80`) and cleaned the cache yesterday. Even a complete restart of the node-red container (_I use node-red inside a docker container on my raspberry Pi_) doesn't worked.
Does anybody have an idea why it sometimes work and sometimes not?
> I haven't changed anything in particular since yesterday, at least nothing by intend.
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### Author:  [@xx\_Nexus\_xx](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/xx_Nexus_xx)
#### Post date: [6 May 2024 07:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-layout-sometimes-locked-not-usable/87714/2 "2024-05-06T07:30:02Z")
I have this sometimes as well ... usually a "Full Deploy" does help .. or even a NR restart 😉
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### Author:  [@lori](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/lori)
#### Post date: [6 May 2024 07:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-layout-sometimes-locked-not-usable/87714/3 "2024-05-06T07:59:30Z")
@xx_Nexus_xx thanks for your reply. The NR restart hasn't helped (_as mentioned in the initial post_). Once it isn't working again, I will try the `Full Deploy` trick. Maybe it helps.
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### Author:  [@lori](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/lori)
#### Post date: [6 May 2024 20:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-layout-sometimes-locked-not-usable/87714/4 "2024-05-06T20:54:18Z")
I can confirm, that I change to "Full Deployment" fixes the issue once it occurs. @xx_Nexus_xx thanks for the tip!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [20 May 2024 20:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-layout-sometimes-locked-not-usable/87714/5 "2024-05-20T20:54:34Z")
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