# Missing Dashboard 2 UI nodes

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/missing-dashboard-2-ui-nodes/97468>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Tags:** function-node\
**Created:** [7 June 2025 19:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/missing-dashboard-2-ui-nodes/97468 "2025-06-07T19:36:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![lugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lugh](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/lugh)\
**Post date:** [7 June 2025 19:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/missing-dashboard-2-ui-nodes/97468/1 "2025-06-07T19:36:46Z")

</div>

I am a node-red novice struggling with dashboard w on raspberry pi 5. No matter how I install, ui-page, ui-group and ui-base are missing, or at least are invisible. What am I missing?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [7 June 2025 19:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/missing-dashboard-2-ui-nodes/97468/2 "2025-06-07T19:51:30Z")

</div>

Welcome to the forum @lugh

In what way are they missing?

See [Getting Started | Node-RED Dashboard 2.0](https://dashboard.flowfuse.com/getting-started.html) for docs and links to video tutorials for Dashboard 2.0 (`@flowfuse/node-red-dashboard`)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![lugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lugh](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/lugh)\
**Post date:** [7 June 2025 20:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/missing-dashboard-2-ui-nodes/97468/3 "2025-06-07T20:23:48Z")

</div>

Simply not visible on the left panel

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [7 June 2025 20:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/missing-dashboard-2-ui-nodes/97468/4 "2025-06-07T20:30:31Z")

</div>

> [@lugh](#):
>
> ui-page, ui-group and ui-base are missing, or at least are invisible

These nodes are config nodes and are only created inside a regular node. Once created they will appear in the RH side bar named "config"

Just start by dropping a ui-something node onto the workspace and double click it to configure the elements

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![lugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lugh](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/lugh)\
**Post date:** [8 June 2025 00:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/missing-dashboard-2-ui-nodes/97468/5 "2025-06-08T00:42:19Z")

</div>

Thanks. My problem was one of understanding rather than execution.

FYI. Chatgpt got it completely wrong and insisted that they should be visible on the Dashboard 2 Palette.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![lugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lugh](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/lugh)\
**Post date:** [8 June 2025 14:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/missing-dashboard-2-ui-nodes/97468/6 "2025-06-08T14:47:28Z")

</div>

For my education: are there legitimate nodes dd-page, dd-group and dd-base. Or should these in-fact be ui- nodes?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [8 June 2025 15:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/missing-dashboard-2-ui-nodes/97468/7 "2025-06-08T15:27:13Z")

</div>

> [@lugh](#):
>
> are there legitimate nodes dd-page, dd-group and dd-base

Not that I am aware off. Where are you seeing those?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![lugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lugh](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/lugh)\
**Post date:** [8 June 2025 17:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/missing-dashboard-2-ui-nodes/97468/8 "2025-06-08T17:25:01Z")

</div>

no surprise - AI generated. however, a good ol' bit of trying direct (and your steer - thanks again) has got me a working dashboard 2. yes; i know. don't use AI, but i am lazy. 🦥

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [8 June 2025 20:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/missing-dashboard-2-ui-nodes/97468/9 "2025-06-08T20:31:02Z")

</div>

There is no shame in using AI, often it does provide good answers.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![lugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lugh](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/lugh)\
**Post date:** [8 June 2025 21:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/missing-dashboard-2-ui-nodes/97468/10 "2025-06-08T21:05:39Z")

</div>

> [@Colin](#):
>
> AI, often it does provide good answers.

And as we have just demonstrated, wrong and partly made-up answers. Fortunately, your steer has enabled me to construct a fully working dashboard (dashboard 2 of course) reading from an sqllite database. Needs tidying up in appearance, but it works. Thanks again. I can move on to my next solar PV plus storage automation.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [22 June 2025 21:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/missing-dashboard-2-ui-nodes/97468/11 "2025-06-22T21:06:28Z")

</div>

This topic was automatically closed 14 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.