# Please, please! Next update. Turn the auto add of dashboard spacing OFF

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/please-please-next-update-turn-the-auto-add-of-dashboard-spacing-off/96541>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** node-red-dashboard\
**Created:** [12 April 2025 16:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/please-please-next-update-turn-the-auto-add-of-dashboard-spacing-off/96541 "2025-04-12T16:38:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![StrongTown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@StrongTown](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/StrongTown)\
**Post date:** [12 April 2025 16:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/please-please-next-update-turn-the-auto-add-of-dashboard-spacing-off/96541/1 "2025-04-12T16:38:15Z")

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I make a simple change, to add a 2X2 button, and dashboard (core) goes insane!

Granted it's a pretty full page but there was room for the button. I must have 200+ "spacings" now on that page AND THEY KEEP BEING ADDED. Why?

I could live with this if I didn't have to DELETE every single one, one by one ... AND having to hit the elusive edit button, then find and click delete. Is there a way to:

1. turn this auto function off (please?, I'm begging); and
2. delete them in a group. I'd be happy to just have highlight one and hit the delete key, but this doesn't work either.

To add to the madness, when you click the (small) edit button on a spacer it sometimes opens the one above, which you do not want to delete.

Looking for contributions to my sanity. Can anyone help?

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**Author:** ![StrongTown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@StrongTown](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/StrongTown)\
**Post date:** [12 April 2025 17:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/please-please-next-update-turn-the-auto-add-of-dashboard-spacing-off/96541/2 "2025-04-12T17:21:59Z")

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So you know I'm not exaggerating ....  
 ![Spacings](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/2/7/27ebbe321e5a9be609af058f49b2e4cbbbd88bf9.gif)

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**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:** [12 April 2025 18:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/please-please-next-update-turn-the-auto-add-of-dashboard-spacing-off/96541/3 "2025-04-12T18:17:47Z")

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> Please next update

Unfortunately dashboard 1 is depreciated. There will not be (m)any updates I'm afraid.

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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:** [11 July 2025 18:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/please-please-next-update-turn-the-auto-add-of-dashboard-spacing-off/96541/4 "2025-07-11T18:18:03Z")

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