# How can I increase the number of widget boxes per group (currently 30)?

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**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [1 June 2021 12:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-can-i-increase-the-number-of-widget-boxes-per-group-currently-30/46550 "2021-06-01T12:56:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr\_M\_from\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@Mr\_M\_from\_K](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Mr_M_from_K)\
**Post date:** [1 June 2021 12:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-can-i-increase-the-number-of-widget-boxes-per-group-currently-30/46550/1 "2021-06-01T12:56:40Z")

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Hello,  
I found out that I can't expand a group width to more than 30 "widget boxes". I want to do a kind of control panel with a system schematics as a background image and a number of gauges and LEDs and so on and that would need 50 boxes.  
I can set the group width in pixel to more than (number of widget boxes \* widget width in pixel) and that is realised in the dahboard but I can't populate the so added free space on the right with further widgets because I can't move widgets there due to the limit of 30 in the dahboard layout editor.  
How can I do that?  
Or can I enter the layout in text somwhere?

Thanks a lot  
Martin

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**Author:** ![paulkeates](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de053/32.png) [@paulkeates](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/paulkeates)\
**Post date:** [1 June 2021 13:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-can-i-increase-the-number-of-widget-boxes-per-group-currently-30/46550/2 "2021-06-01T13:24:02Z")

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Hi,

I also would like \> 30. Large high-resolution monitors 'waste' a lot of space on left / right margins with this limitation.

Cheers,  
Paul

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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [1 June 2021 14:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-can-i-increase-the-number-of-widget-boxes-per-group-currently-30/46550/3 "2021-06-01T14:42:08Z")

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Well generally we'd recommend putting multiple group side by side so that if you did happen to view on a smaller monitor they could re-lay themselves out ...  
but if you insist - you can double click on the width number and it will become a text entry box and you can type in whatever you want  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/5/7/57b75ef9babe9faef69752e03e97d79a9ac1f769.png)

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**Author:** ![Mr\_M\_from\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@Mr\_M\_from\_K](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Mr_M_from_K)\
**Post date:** [1 June 2021 14:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-can-i-increase-the-number-of-widget-boxes-per-group-currently-30/46550/4 "2021-06-01T14:55:41Z")

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Hi dceejay,  
thanks for the quick reply.  
I found this option too and tried it, but for me it leads to the layout editor showing only a blank page so I can't move my widgets. Any options around this?

Thanks a lot  
Martin

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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [1 June 2021 15:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-can-i-increase-the-number-of-widget-boxes-per-group-currently-30/46550/5 "2021-06-01T15:33:56Z")

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not really - the layout editor can't handle it. You can just use the dashboard sidebar and rearrange the order that way.

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**Author:** ![Mr\_M\_from\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@Mr\_M\_from\_K](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Mr_M_from_K)\
**Post date:** [2 June 2021 15:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-can-i-increase-the-number-of-widget-boxes-per-group-currently-30/46550/6 "2021-06-02T15:44:06Z")

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Hi dceejay,

thanks for that hint. I tried it and it works also for \> 30 boxes.

I think I will end up like in the good old times with a squared paper and a pencil 😉

Regards

Martin

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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:** [2 July 2021 15:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-can-i-increase-the-number-of-widget-boxes-per-group-currently-30/46550/7 "2021-07-02T15:44:42Z")

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