# Dashboard names - weird happenings

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-names-weird-happenings/57895>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [7 February 2022 04:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-names-weird-happenings/57895 "2022-02-07T04:25:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Trying\_to\_learn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/trying_to_learn/32/28400_2.png) [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Post date:** [7 February 2022 04:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-names-weird-happenings/57895/1 "2022-02-07T04:25:44Z")

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NR 2.2.0  
RasPi:

```auto
Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2

PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)"
NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="10"
VERSION="10 (buster)"
VERSION_CODENAME=buster

```

This is a pictorial story. (Maybe conveys more than I can in words.)

Starting with.

![Screenshot from 2022-02-07 15-13-48](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/4/f/4f25886a3d5c5a59f2e6a995f24518882d10fe5c.png)

I want to rename this tab.

 ![Screenshot from 2022-02-07 15-13-45](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/9/6/96313df59b8d78149b485ede62f3fa5759dadc53.png)

I go in and rename it.

 ![Screenshot from 2022-02-07 15-14-03](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/2/a/2ae19fa15261c7cd73de76d3942e45b94fce3d32.png)

Then when I press `DEPLOY`

 ![Screenshot from 2022-02-07 15-14-10](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/8/c/8c31831d150b058dc053355022cefef391b6c9e9.png)

I don't know why the tab hasn't changed its name either.

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [7 February 2022 09:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-names-weird-happenings/57895/2 "2022-02-07T09:02:10Z")

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- [Ui\_spacer notice on deploy](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-spacer-notice-on-deploy/57423)
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**Author:** ![Trying\_to\_learn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/trying_to_learn/32/28400_2.png) [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Post date:** [7 February 2022 09:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-names-weird-happenings/57895/3 "2022-02-07T09:11:01Z")

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Yeah, ok.

But ..... I'm not sure this is the same.

I went and looked for any _orphaned_ nodes/groups. None.

I had to do some magic to get the groups to move from one dashboard tab to the other.

The `dashboard` tab/screen couldn't be deleted or renamed.

If I renamed it to something else, all the `groups` on it would be orphaned.

I had to make a new `tab` (in/on the `dashboard` part) and name it what I wanted.  
Move/drag the groups form the existing tab to the new one then that `tab` could be deleted.

# So to re-state:

I had a `tab` (dashboard term) who's name I wanted to change.

If I renamed it, this wasn't reflected in the right column.

But then when/if I `DEPLOYED`, all the `groups` would be ... orphaned.

Dragging `groups` between `tabs` caused similar problems.

The only way I could _rename_ the existing `tab` was to make a new one then drag the existing `groups` from the old to new one.

Then I could delete it.

And sorry those links were all `spacer` groups.  
No offence. But my groups had active objects in them.

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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:** [9 March 2022 09:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-names-weird-happenings/57895/4 "2022-03-09T09:11:35Z")

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