# Gauge w/ fixed format display

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/gauge-w-fixed-format-display/97813>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** dashboard-2\
**Created:** [27 June 2025 05:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/gauge-w-fixed-format-display/97813 "2025-06-27T05:45:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![jbudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f8ce5/32.png) [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)\
**Post date:** [27 June 2025 12:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/gauge-w-fixed-format-display/97813/8 "2025-06-27T12:55:36Z")

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> [@duaw](#):
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> What really, really strucks me is that nobody disliked that behaviour so far.

There have been several discussions about this, eg [https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cloning-d1-nodes-with-value-format-was-easy-what-is-the-best-d2-approach/96638](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cloning-d1-nodes-with-value-format-was-easy-what-is-the-best-d2-approach/96638)

> [@duaw](#):
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> a String cannot be fed to a gauge

Are you sure? It seems to work for me.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/2/5/25d653c286b647af7d87e5c471055c7f104ade4b.png)  
Alas, there are plenty of other reasons to shun the ui-gauge!

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