# Something for Friday afternoon - Dashboard Layout editor
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/something-for-friday-afternoon-dashboard-layout-editor/12957
**Category:** Dashboard
**Created:** [5 July 2019 15:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/something-for-friday-afternoon-dashboard-layout-editor/12957 "2019-07-05T15:42:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [5 July 2019 15:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/something-for-friday-afternoon-dashboard-layout-editor/12957/1 "2019-07-05T15:42:58Z")
Thanks to our friends at Hitachi a contribution to add a layout editor to the Dashboard has now been merged into master on github - as 2.16.0-beta. Currently this adds a new layout button to each tab layer in the Dashboard sidebar
Clicking it will open the new layout editor that will let you move things around within it more easily (I hope).
If items are "unlocked" - icon top right of each widget - then they are in Auto size mode as normal - if you lock them then the bottom right grab arrow lets you resize and fix them. Widgets can also be moved to other groups - and spaced out.
**Note:** this is only the start to try to work out what is right - so (encouraging) feedback is welcome 🙂
To install from master - it is a manual job - `cd ~/.node-red && npm i node-red/node-red-dashboard` - and then don't forget to restart and flush you browser cache.
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### Author:  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)
#### Post date: [5 July 2019 21:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/something-for-friday-afternoon-dashboard-layout-editor/12957/2 "2019-07-05T21:55:40Z")
Wow, that looks like a great piece of work, well done Hitachi!
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### Author:  [@rei\_vilo](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/rei_vilo)
#### Post date: [7 July 2019 18:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/something-for-friday-afternoon-dashboard-layout-editor/12957/3 "2019-07-07T18:01:31Z")
Very nice, I like it!
This makes drawing the dashboard much easier!
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### Author:  [@mbe23](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mbe23)
#### Post date: [28 December 2022 17:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/something-for-friday-afternoon-dashboard-layout-editor/12957/4 "2022-12-28T17:39:47Z")
Hello, I've been editing the layout easily before. But I don't understand why now I can't either move or resize the objects. Help would be much appreciated. As you can see in the picture below there are no arrows or anything.
@dceejay
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### Author:  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)
#### Post date: [28 December 2022 20:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/something-for-friday-afternoon-dashboard-layout-editor/12957/5 "2022-12-28T20:07:47Z")
Could you please start a new topic - you are much more likely to get help than with a 3yo topic.
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)
#### Post date: [28 December 2022 20:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/something-for-friday-afternoon-dashboard-layout-editor/12957/6 "2022-12-28T20:07:54Z")