# Perspectives for Node-RED editor

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/perspectives-for-node-red-editor/100002>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Tags:** editor\
**Created:** [20 December 2025 20:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/perspectives-for-node-red-editor/100002 "2025-12-20T20:06:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![rei\_vilo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/rei_vilo/32/162_2.png) [@rei\_vilo](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/rei_vilo)\
**Post date:** [20 December 2025 20:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/perspectives-for-node-red-editor/100002/1 "2025-12-20T20:06:07Z")

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Answering [dimitrieh](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dimitrieh) invitation, here a separate thread about using perspectives for the Node-RED editor.

The three main challenges I am facing when I ma using Node-RED are:

- Too many panes
- Some panes are not used together
- Screen size is always too small

Currently, Node-RED has multiple panes and sub-panes:

- Nodes (left side)
- Info \> Tree, Selected node
- Help \> Tree, Selected node
- Local changes \> Local changes, Changes to commit, Commit history
- Debug
- Configuration nodes
- Context data \> Node, Flow, Global
- Dashboard \> Layout, Site, Theme

Why not using perpectives, as Eclipse and other IDEs do, to group and display different panes related to a step of development?

My development using Node-RED has four main steps

- Design the flow: pick the nodes, get info on selected node
- Design the dashboard: group, define layout
- Debug the flow: run and check context data
- Manage the flow: manage versioning, remove unused nodes

Custom perspectives would allow developers to define the steps and the attached panes they are familiar with.

A drop-down menu close to the Deploy buttons lists the available perspectives and selects the active one.

To be discussed.

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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:** [18 February 2026 20:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/perspectives-for-node-red-editor/100002/2 "2026-02-18T20:06:22Z")

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