# Nodes' edit dialog boxes no longer open

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nodes-edit-dialog-boxes-no-longer-open/1287>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [3 July 2018 17:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nodes-edit-dialog-boxes-no-longer-open/1287 "2018-07-03T17:34:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![PixelatedEngineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4bbf92/32.png) [@PixelatedEngineer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/PixelatedEngineer)\
**Post date:** [3 July 2018 17:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nodes-edit-dialog-boxes-no-longer-open/1287/1 "2018-07-03T17:34:34Z")

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I installed node-red on my raspberry pi.  
I’ve created a few flows with no problems. I added some new custom nodes, and with the latest addition I’ve lost the ability to edit any nodes.  
I had difficulties installing SQLite and MySQL nodes, but got them added to the palette.  
I can drag new nodes into my flow, and delete them. But now, when I double-click on any node in my flows, nothing happens. Same with .  
This happens from the browser on the raspberry pi, and from my desktop using Chrome, Firefox and Explorer.  
I’m dead in the water until I can fix this. Help!

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [3 July 2018 19:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nodes-edit-dialog-boxes-no-longer-open/1287/2 "2018-07-03T19:05:02Z")

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Have a look in the browser javascript console for any errors.

You may need to uninstall any additional modules you’ve added one by one to see which is breaking the editor.

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**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:** [3 July 2018 21:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nodes-edit-dialog-boxes-no-longer-open/1287/3 "2018-07-03T21:19:30Z")

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Have you updated the pi using the node red update bash \<(curl script?

Also restart node-red and check for any messages in the node red log. Don’t forget to refresh the browser windows after restarting node-red.

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**Author:** ![PixelatedEngineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4bbf92/32.png) [@PixelatedEngineer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/PixelatedEngineer)\
**Post date:** [5 July 2018 18:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nodes-edit-dialog-boxes-no-longer-open/1287/4 "2018-07-05T18:30:14Z")

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Thanks all!  
I wrote down all the modules I had installed and uninstalled the modules one-by-one, rebooting the Pi each time. No help.  
I backed up my flows and deleted the files in the .node-red directory.  
I typed node-red-start and that launched a reinstall/repair script.  
After the reinstall everything worked and I added my modules back, no problems now.

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**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:** [5 July 2018 19:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nodes-edit-dialog-boxes-no-longer-open/1287/5 "2018-07-05T19:51:08Z")

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You did not answer the question as to whether you had run the update script.

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**Author:** ![PixelatedEngineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4bbf92/32.png) [@PixelatedEngineer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/PixelatedEngineer)\
**Post date:** [6 July 2018 06:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nodes-edit-dialog-boxes-no-longer-open/1287/6 "2018-07-06T06:12:34Z")

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Yes, that appeared to be the script that was launched when I tried to start node red after deleting all the files in the node-red directory.