I have a lot of flows in Nodered which is not handy to work with. When I have to select a flow I have to horizontal scroll the tabs for ages to find the flow I want to edit. Of course there is a list flows button, but that only shows a few flows and so I have to remember the name of the tab to sea…

It's not likely to happen any time soon but you can do something via CSS... [image] [image] Feature Suggestion: Flow Tabs on left side. remove/hide/popup nodelist Feature Requests That blocks the debug window or any other panel so i do not think it is a solution for me.…

[image] jeroenst: E.: In an IDE like Visual Studio, all the files (like tabs in Nodered) are shown on the left in a tree which works more easily than the tabs in Arduino IDE. Also there a buttons to the left side of the filetree to select the function of the sidebar (explorer, search etc.) so ma…

That is indeed something that helps me out. But still the Visual Studio layout is easier to use for me. Files/flows on the left feels more natural, I hope the Visual Code layout can be an inspiration for the future. Anyway thanks for helping out!

Feature Suggestion: Flow Tabs on left side. remove/hide/popup nodelist For now i created a custom stylesheet and used chrome extension stylish to apply it it is just a first draft /* Apply using stylish chrome extension */ .scroll-container::-webkit-scrollbar { display: block; width: 10em; overf…

[image] JoeWiseman: As I understand things the Tree-View has to be installed manually be the user?! No, the Outline view in the Info sidebar has been there since Node-RED 1.1 - Version 1.1 released : Node-RED

Thanks, sometimes I don't see the trees because of the wood! But ... when using this I can't use any other tab like debug or variables .... ... would be good to be able to show more than one of those tabs. As I'm working with two monitors there would be enough space in the horizontal direction …

For the debug at least you can detach it into a separate window [image]

That little debug pop-out was nice. :slight_smile: I did not see that before. But the point remains. Better to have the tabs visible at all times regardless of what is going on on the right sidebar. Have all you naysayers (no offence) tried the custom stylesheet with the tabs on the left side? I…

:+1:t2: That's a big step into the right direction!! Thanks a lot!!!

The tree view was a great enhancement in version 1.1. I wondered though if it would be possible to make tabs closable (like for subflows). That would allow to have only those tabs open that one currently works on and the others could be opened from the sidebar if needed.

Sidebar for flows instead of tabs

Core Development Feature Requests

knolleary 16 April 2021 11:58 12

Yes, that is something to be considered. There's another topic on the forum that's been brought back to life by some recent cross-posting that covers that.

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Sidebar for flows instead of tabs

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