Node-red-dashboard-2-ui-lcd no "Group" field dropdown

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Hi All, I just installed the above node for a looksee on my server (Node-RED 4.0.9) and the node's setup menu "Group" field does not have a pull down to select or create a dashboard group so I cannot set it up. I have tried a manual entry but this does not seem to work. Has anyone else seen this and have a solution before I raise a bug on Github?

Thanks

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That sounds like a bad install. Maybe remove, reinstall, restart Node-red?

It works for me.

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Tried that (uninstall/reinstall and restart NR, refresh browser) - still no drop down :frowning:

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What operating system are you running?
What does node-red --version show you?

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Debian 11
NR 4.0.9
Node.js 20.18.3
npm 10.0.2

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No obvious issue there.

Perhaps there is a hint in the installation log - on my Raspberry Pi that would be in /var/log/syslog, or else using the "View log" button in Manage Palette.

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Ya. Still checking. Looks like node has been installed and updated a few times via apt and nvm so I am going to remove them all and start over, but I won't be able to do that until tomorrow. To be continued...

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Also - don’t use nvm.

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It took me a bit longer to get round to the clear up, but I have now purged all installs of nodejs and npm, reinstalled from official repo and upgraded Node-RED to 4.0.9 and I still don't have a Group dropdown. I have also tried removing and reinstalling the node. I don't have time to carry on looking into this right now and will not bother using this node. I might take a look again later. Thanks for the suggestions though.

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Did you click on the + next to the group field?

If that doesn't help, please post a screenshot of the node's config page.

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Nothing to select!

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Can you link to the repo/page for these nodes please? I've not seen this widget before

Update: just to answer my own question: GitHub - DPSoftware-Foundation/node-red-dashboard-2-ui-lcd: Character LCD for Node-Red Dashboard 2

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Also, can you show us what version of dashboard you have installed?

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Based on their source code, I'm guessing here that you're using the original Dashboard (Dashboard 1.0), rather than the new Dashboard 2.0 (@flowfuse/node-red-dashboard) which this widget is built for?

The widget relies on ui-group being a node type that is installed, and is done so by @flowfuse/node-red-dashboard

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Ah, that'll be it. Moving to Dashboard 2 will be something for the future due to the the current dashboard setup. I'll have a spare server mini-PC shortly so I can clone the existing site install and work offline to convert to Dashboard 2.0.

Thanks all.

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You can install the new dashboard alongside the old one and work on developing the new one without affecting the working one. They are accessed by different urls.