# Ongoing bugs in the Manage Palette display

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ongoing-bugs-in-the-manage-palette-display/94319>\
**Category:** Core Development\
**Created:** [2 January 2025 17:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ongoing-bugs-in-the-manage-palette-display/94319 "2025-01-02T17:11:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [2 January 2025 17:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ongoing-bugs-in-the-manage-palette-display/94319/1 "2025-01-02T17:11:24Z")

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As [previously mentioned](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bug-palette-manager-not-showing-the-number-of-plugins-nodes/90753), the Manage Palette display has some ongoing bugs. Namely:

1. It doesn't seem to cope with packages that contain both Nodes and Plugins. In this case, it only seems to show the plugins.
2. Plugins are only displayed if they have a `.js` file which is not actually needed or used for Editor-only plugins.

This is just a reminder since they weren't fixed by any of the recent releases of Node-RED (I'm using v4.0.8).

Reference to existing GitHub issue:

> <https://github.com/node-red/node-red/issues/4865>
>
> \### Current Behavior
> 
> As reported here: https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bug-pale…tte-manager-not-showing-the-number-of-plugins-nodes/90753
> 
> When node-red-contrib-uibuilder is installed, the palette manager should show how many plugins and nodes it has. But it doesn't.
> !\[image\](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/937ea49d-c50b-4203-8271-923ddeade5b3)
> 
> Only just spotted by \[@fmarzocca\](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fmarzocca) but a quick test showed that it has been happening for at least several releases. Also happens across different platforms (Windows, Linux and FlowFuse).
> 
> \### Expected Behavior
> 
> Should show the list of nodes and plugins provided by the package:
> 
> !\[image\](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5676a077-248f-40e0-be03-f03b7359ec7a)
> 
> This is the relevant section of package.json:
> 
> \`\`\`
> "node-red": {
> "version": "\>=4",
> "nodes": {
> "uibuilder": "nodes/uibuilder/uibuilder.js",
> "uib-cache": "nodes/uib-cache/uib-cache.js",
> "uib-element": "nodes/uib-element/customNode.js",
> "uib-file-list": "nodes/uib-file-list/customNode.js",
> "uib-html": "nodes/uib-html/customNode.js",
> "uib-save": "nodes/uib-save/customNode.js",
> "uib-sender": "nodes/uib-sender/uib-sender.js",
> "uib-tag": "nodes/uib-tag/customNode.js",
> "uib-update": "nodes/uib-update/customNode.js"
> },
> "plugins": {
> "uib-plugin": "nodes/uib-plugin.html"
> }
> },
> "engines": {
> "node": "\>=18"
> },
> \`\`\`
> 
> So the palette manager should be showing 9 nodes and 1 plugin. The palette itself is showing all 9 nodes.
> 
> \### Steps To Reproduce
> 
> Install node-red-contrib-uibuilder from the palette manager or manually from the command line.
> 
> \### Example flow
> 
> N/A, no flow is needed. The nodes work and appear in the palette sidebar as expected.
> 
> \### Environment
> 
> \- Node-RED version: 4.0.2
> \- Node.js version: Various, mostly v20
> \- npm version: Various, mostly v10.7
> \- Platform/OS: Windows 11, Debian Linux, FlowFuse
> \- Browser: Various including Vivaldi

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**Post date:** [2 January 2025 20:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ongoing-bugs-in-the-manage-palette-display/94319/2 "2025-01-02T20:13:49Z")

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Should be in 4.1 🤞

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**Post date:** [3 March 2025 20:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ongoing-bugs-in-the-manage-palette-display/94319/3 "2025-03-03T20:14:15Z")

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