NR 1.0.3. In the context menu I can see node, flow and global context variables. There is this nice box (un-ticked by default) for all three. Though the node one is of interest to me at this point. I tick it and it says "Refresh on selection change". To me that means if something changes, it w…

It was question for me also some time ago ... [image] tada Node-RED 1.0.0-beta.2 released News When autorefresh is enabled, global is loaded when the editor loads, and flows refresh whenever you switch tabs. Nodes have to be manually refreshed. With autorefresh off, every…

So it is still up in the air to what it means.

[image] Trying_to_learn: it is still up in the air to what it means. No it isn't. It means it will refresh the sidebar when you change what you have selected in the editor. The is no option available to have the sidebar refresh when the value changes in the runtime.

Thanks. It was just I was wanting to dynamically see context data.

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It was question for me also some time ago ...

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