# Is there a way to enlarge the editor size?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-enlarge-the-editor-size/14682>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [23 August 2019 07:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-enlarge-the-editor-size/14682 "2019-08-23T07:21:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![fangzhu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/fangzhu/32/5796_2.png) [@fangzhu](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fangzhu)\
**Post date:** [23 August 2019 07:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-enlarge-the-editor-size/14682/1 "2019-08-23T07:21:39Z")

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I need to create a flow that includes thousands of nodes, and will require a bigger editor workspace.  
Is it a way, in configuration or coding to enlarge the editor workspace size?

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**Author:** ![ukmoose](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/ukmoose/32/13_2.png) [@ukmoose](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ukmoose)\
**Post date:** [23 August 2019 07:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-enlarge-the-editor-size/14682/2 "2019-08-23T07:30:15Z")

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You can use link nodes to split large flows across multiple tabs making it far easier to manage

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**Author:** ![fangzhu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/fangzhu/32/5796_2.png) [@fangzhu](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fangzhu)\
**Post date:** [23 August 2019 07:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-enlarge-the-editor-size/14682/3 "2019-08-23T07:48:34Z")

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Hi @ukmoose  
Thanks. But our customer had some reasons preventing them from doing so. Is there a way to enlarge the workspace?

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**Author:** ![kuema](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/kuema/32/6542_2.png) [@kuema](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kuema)\
**Post date:** [23 August 2019 07:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-enlarge-the-editor-size/14682/4 "2019-08-23T07:53:51Z")

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We ran into the same limitation.

The workspace dimensions seem to be hard-coded to 5000 units in [view.js](https://github.com/node-red/node-red/blob/master/packages/node_modules/%40node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/view.js).

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**Author:** ![fangzhu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/fangzhu/32/5796_2.png) [@fangzhu](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fangzhu)\
**Post date:** [23 August 2019 08:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-enlarge-the-editor-size/14682/5 "2019-08-23T08:24:48Z")

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We can use the "hide label" function introduced recently to reduce the width. But the label will be gone. I am thinking if we can have a way to use a fixed width(like the hide label), but have a way to display the label (like the status information), it will be great.

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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:** [23 August 2019 09:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-enlarge-the-editor-size/14682/6 "2019-08-23T09:15:05Z")

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The label is displayed in tooltip.

I think the questions to ask are

- how come its so large (perhaps there are opportunities to optimize your flow?
- cant you use subflows to group related parts down into a nice single node?
- cant you revisit link nodes? my guess is you're using flow context (so certain values are unavailable on the other tabs - this can be solved in a few ways including 1. Dont use context, 2. use global, 3. pass related values in the msg before calling to a linked tab.