# State node always displays first entity in list

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/state-node-always-displays-first-entity-in-list/73060>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** home-assistant, node-red-contrib-home-assistant-websocket\
**Created:** [2 January 2023 12:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/state-node-always-displays-first-entity-in-list/73060 "2023-01-02T12:30:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![SimonM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@SimonM](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/SimonM)\
**Post date:** [2 January 2023 12:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/state-node-always-displays-first-entity-in-list/73060/2 "2023-01-02T12:30:50Z")

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_Third image._

Re-editing the same node and the dropdown is back to the first in the list, although note the auto name of the node (highlighted):

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/6/2/62948b3faf28e5227f2f856e355a39302749a0f9.png)

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