# Is there a way to set the scaling of the dashboard based on the device type?

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**Created:** [17 June 2022 17:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-set-the-scaling-of-the-dashboard-based-on-the-device-type/64084 "2022-06-17T17:02:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nodi.Rubrum](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/nodi.rubrum/32/107482_2.png) [@Nodi.Rubrum](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Nodi.Rubrum)\
**Post date:** [17 June 2022 17:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-set-the-scaling-of-the-dashboard-based-on-the-device-type/64084/1 "2022-06-17T17:02:25Z")

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Is there a way to set the scaling of the dashboard based on the device type? I have a touch screen that has a lot of space for dashboard elements. But if I display the same dashboard on my phone, it is a bit ugly having to slide all over to see stuff. It would be nice to display the same dashboard on any device, but set the scale, if I could set the scale on the dashboard display on phone to 50% of the touch panel that would address the issue.

But I don't see an obvious way for NR to know this, except to query the hardware? And then customize the dashboard scale? Don't browsers report back as least some basic device info?

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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:** [17 June 2022 21:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-set-the-scaling-of-the-dashboard-based-on-the-device-type/64084/2 "2022-06-17T21:05:51Z")

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Nothing built in for scaling. The design is based on free floating groups, the idea being you create the group width to suit your narrowest devices so they fit a single column, and then on wider devices they self arrange across a page.

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**Author:** ![Nodi.Rubrum](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/nodi.rubrum/32/107482_2.png) [@Nodi.Rubrum](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Nodi.Rubrum)\
**Post date:** [17 June 2022 21:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-set-the-scaling-of-the-dashboard-based-on-the-device-type/64084/3 "2022-06-17T21:18:00Z")

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Yeah, I suspected. This presents an interesting puzzle.

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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:** [1 July 2022 21:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-set-the-scaling-of-the-dashboard-based-on-the-device-type/64084/4 "2022-07-01T21:18:40Z")

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