# Doesn't Dashboard 2 highlite dashboard nodes when you move over them?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/doesnt-dashboard-2-highlite-dashboard-nodes-when-you-move-over-them/98408>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** dashboard-2\
**Created:** [31 July 2025 05:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/doesnt-dashboard-2-highlite-dashboard-nodes-when-you-move-over-them/98408 "2025-07-31T05:51:53Z")\
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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:** [31 July 2025 05:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/doesnt-dashboard-2-highlite-dashboard-nodes-when-you-move-over-them/98408/1 "2025-07-31T05:51:53Z")

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With the old dashboard if you are on/in the edit screen and have the `dashboard` selected you see the GUI nodes listed.

As you move the mouse over them their respective nodes in the edit window are highlighted.

So what's the go with DB 2.0?

Doesn't seem to be happening for me.

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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:** [31 July 2025 09:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/doesnt-dashboard-2-highlite-dashboard-nodes-when-you-move-over-them/98408/2 "2025-07-31T09:02:31Z")

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Just to show you what I mean:

OLD dashboard:

 ![Screenshot from 2025-07-31 18-59-56](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/c/9/c96268d9644e5fd3b8002d2fc710e71f942d84e0.png)

NEW dashboard:

 ![Screenshot from 2025-07-31 19-00-17](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/6/6/660e14989c32a30d9dae2e3b36c51c9ae7b19f6c.png)

☹  
😿

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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:** [31 July 2025 10:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/doesnt-dashboard-2-highlite-dashboard-nodes-when-you-move-over-them/98408/3 "2025-07-31T10:21:11Z")

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What happens if you click this?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/3/5/3547b7631ab05e31474a344ddbeddd4ae4b66eb3.png)

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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:** [31 July 2025 10:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/doesnt-dashboard-2-highlite-dashboard-nodes-when-you-move-over-them/98408/4 "2025-07-31T10:22:49Z")

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Gee that was unexpected.  
(Not you)

What the button does.

Thanks. Now I know.

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**Author:** ![Buckskin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Buckskin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Buckskin)\
**Post date:** [31 July 2025 16:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/doesnt-dashboard-2-highlite-dashboard-nodes-when-you-move-over-them/98408/5 "2025-07-31T16:17:41Z")

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Oh, it moves to the relevant Flow tab as well

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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:** [14 August 2025 16:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/doesnt-dashboard-2-highlite-dashboard-nodes-when-you-move-over-them/98408/6 "2025-08-14T16:18:27Z")

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