# Dashboard not Appearing in Drop-down menu

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-not-appearing-in-drop-down-menu/12194>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [13 June 2019 19:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-not-appearing-in-drop-down-menu/12194 "2019-06-13T19:00:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![leftShark2019](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@leftShark2019](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/leftShark2019)\
**Post date:** [13 June 2019 19:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-not-appearing-in-drop-down-menu/12194/1 "2019-06-13T19:00:22Z")

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Hello,

After npm installing node-red-dashboard (I made sure to "npm init" the directory my dependencies were going into first) I rebooted my instance and the dashboard didn't appear in the dropdown menu below the main menu on the top right.

 ![2019-06-13-192049_1824x984_scrot](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/2X/2/2546cde6ac03fe5fea69867b662f1e61b249a964.png)

I also tried rebooting the device but it still wouldn't appear.

I'm having the same problem with the camerapi contrib I attempted to install via npm (near bottom left):

 ![2019-06-13-192409_1824x984_scrot](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/2X/a/a1c960b6e546cd1d916e3cc5bb7bd8b073450c5a.png)  
Advice or suggestions welcome.

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**Author:** ![zenofmud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/zenofmud/32/316_2.png) [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)\
**Post date:** [13 June 2019 19:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-not-appearing-in-drop-down-menu/12194/2 "2019-06-13T19:12:23Z")

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Are you talking about the dashboard or the editor menu? An image and/or your flow and a better description would be helpful to understand your issue

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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:** [13 June 2019 19:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-not-appearing-in-drop-down-menu/12194/3 "2019-06-13T19:41:21Z")

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Have you restarted node-red after installing?

Have you refreshed browser?

What path is node red installed and what path did you run npm install?

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**Author:** ![leftShark2019](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@leftShark2019](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/leftShark2019)\
**Post date:** [13 June 2019 19:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-not-appearing-in-drop-down-menu/12194/4 "2019-06-13T19:50:24Z")

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I have restarted node-red after installing.  
I've refreshed the browser.

Node red is installed at /home/pi/.node-red, and I tried running npm installs for both package collections at /home/pi/.node-red and /home/pi.

These are the contents of my package.json file in /home/pi/.node-red:  
{  
"name": "node-red-project",  
"description": "A Node-RED Project",  
"version": "0.0.1",  
"dependencies": {  
"node-red-contrib-camerapi": "0.0.38",  
"node-red-dashboard": "^2.15.4"  
}  
}

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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:** [13 June 2019 19:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-not-appearing-in-drop-down-menu/12194/5 "2019-06-13T19:56:50Z")

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Correct location to install is from /home/pi/.node-red

Check inside /home/pi/.node-red/node\_modules. Look for node-red-dashboard (I think)

Another thing to try, edit /home/pi/.node-red/settings.js - increase logging to debug. Restart node-red, capture the log and paste here.

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**Author:** ![leftShark2019](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@leftShark2019](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/leftShark2019)\
**Post date:** [13 June 2019 20:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-not-appearing-in-drop-down-menu/12194/6 "2019-06-13T20:38:42Z")

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"node-red-dashboard" and "node-red-contrib-camerapi" are both full directories in the /home/pi/.node-red folder.

I haven't been able to find how to access the node-red logs, or where they are stored.

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [13 June 2019 21:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-not-appearing-in-drop-down-menu/12194/7 "2019-06-13T21:02:03Z")

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> [@leftShark2019](#):
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> I haven't been able to find how to access the node-red logs, or where they are stored.

In a terminal run

```bash
node-red-stop
node-red-start

```

and post what you get. You should see a Welcome to node-red message followed by the startup log. Copy/paste the text if possible rather than a screenshot.

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**Author:** ![leftShark2019](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@leftShark2019](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/leftShark2019)\
**Post date:** [13 June 2019 21:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-not-appearing-in-drop-down-menu/12194/8 "2019-06-13T21:12:43Z")

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Rebooting my machine did it.  
13 Jun 21:11:06 - [metric] {"level":99,"event":"runtime.memory.rss","value":61960192,"timestamp":1560460266945}  
13 Jun 21:11:06 - [metric] {"level":99,"event":"runtime.memory.heapTotal","value":30535680,"timestamp":1560460266946}  
13 Jun 21:11:06 - [metric] {"level":99,"event":"runtime.memory.heapUsed","value":25956272,"timestamp":1560460266946}  
13 Jun 21:11:21 - [metric] {"level":99,"event":"runtime.memory.rss","value":61800448,"timestamp":1560460281946}  
13 Jun 21:11:21 - [metric] {"level":99,"event":"runtime.memory.heapTotal","value":30535680,"timestamp":1560460281947}  
13 Jun 21:11:21 - [metric] {"level":99,"event":"runtime.memory.heapUsed","value":25963408,"timestamp":1560460281947}  
13 Jun 21:11:36 - [metric] {"level":99,"event":"runtime.memory.rss","value":61386752,"timestamp":1560460296964}  
13 Jun 21:11:36 - [metric] {"level":99,"event":"runtime.memory.heapTotal","value":27389952,"timestamp":1560460296966}  
13 Jun 21:11:36 - [metric] {"level":99,"event":"runtime.memory.heapUsed","value":23105172,"timestamp":1560460296968}  
node-re13 Jun 21:11:51 - [metric] {"level":99,"event":"runtime.memory.rss","value":61386752,"timestamp":1560460311999}  
13 Jun 21:11:52 - [metric] {"level":99,"event":"runtime.memory.heapTotal","value":27389952,"timestamp":1560460311999}  
13 Jun 21:11:52 - [metric] {"level":99,"event":"runtime.memory.heapUsed","value":23112900,"timestamp":1560460312000}  
d stop  
node-red start  
13 Jun 21:12:07 - [metric] {"level":99,"event":"runtime.memory.rss","value":61386752,"timestamp":1560460327076}  
13 Jun 21:12:07 - [metric] {"level":99,"event":"runtime.memory.heapTotal","value":27389952,"timestamp":1560460327077}  
13 Jun 21:12:07 - [metric] {"level":99,"event":"runtime.memory.heapUsed","value":23118116,"timestamp":1560460327078}

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**Author:** ![leftShark2019](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@leftShark2019](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/leftShark2019)\
**Post date:** [13 June 2019 21:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-not-appearing-in-drop-down-menu/12194/9 "2019-06-13T21:13:51Z")

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Now after I reboot it again (in different ways and a few times), everything shows up.

Thanks for your patience!

Solved.