# Strange editor UI labellings

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/strange-editor-ui-labellings/97662>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Tags:** dashboard-2\
**Created:** [17 June 2025 09:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/strange-editor-ui-labellings/97662 "2025-06-17T09:38:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 14\
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**Author:** ![JerryCern](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/jerrycern/32/88719_2.png) [@JerryCern](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JerryCern)\
**Post date:** [17 June 2025 09:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/strange-editor-ui-labellings/97662/1 "2025-06-17T09:38:32Z")

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An interesting UI phenominon after updating to v4.0.9.

I have found no information via Googling, and am not even  
certain exactly how I would research it properly-!

Happening on a Nanopi Fire 3, a raspberry pi 4 and a Windows 10 PC.  
It is apparently not destabilizing, just visually peculiar  
as I've never seen the phenomenon occur before,  
and am wholly uncertain of how to correct it  
before I pursue any further edge device updates.

 ![Screenshot 2025-06-17 042905](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/7/f/7f202d81495d699c0ac5c7249d1e79ecae17af0a.png)

Any ideas / recommendations / advice?

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**Author:** ![GogoVega](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/gogovega/32/71313_2.png) [@GogoVega](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/GogoVega)\
**Post date:** [17 June 2025 10:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/strange-editor-ui-labellings/97662/2 "2025-06-17T10:14:28Z")

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Did you have refreshed your browser?

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**Author:** ![JerryCern](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/jerrycern/32/88719_2.png) [@JerryCern](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JerryCern)\
**Post date:** [17 June 2025 10:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/strange-editor-ui-labellings/97662/3 "2025-06-17T10:28:31Z")

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Yes, caches cleared and visited from other physical Internet locations with Chrome, Chromium and Edge, all with the same result - it is text being served by various updated Node-RED installs.

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**Author:** ![joepavitt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/joepavitt/32/59722_2.png) [@joepavitt](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/joepavitt)\
**Post date:** [17 June 2025 11:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/strange-editor-ui-labellings/97662/4 "2025-06-17T11:53:25Z")

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Is this only happening on the Dashboard sidebar, or also elsewhere too?

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**Author:** ![Buckskin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Buckskin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Buckskin)\
**Post date:** [17 June 2025 12:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/strange-editor-ui-labellings/97662/5 "2025-06-17T12:15:14Z")

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Erm, not sure what I am supposed to be looking at here, my Dashboard 2 sidebar looks exactly the same?

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [17 June 2025 12:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/strange-editor-ui-labellings/97662/6 "2025-06-17T12:24:51Z")

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I have seen that too in the dashboard sidebar, but do not have access to my PC at the moment to investigate.

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**Author:** ![GogoVega](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/gogovega/32/71313_2.png) [@GogoVega](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/GogoVega)\
**Post date:** [17 June 2025 12:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/strange-editor-ui-labellings/97662/7 "2025-06-17T12:36:30Z")

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DB 1.24.2  
NR 4.0.9 & 4.1

Same issue. Only related to DB2 Sidebar.

@joepavitt, `ui_template` must be replaced by `ui-base`

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**Author:** ![JerryCern](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/jerrycern/32/88719_2.png) [@JerryCern](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JerryCern)\
**Post date:** [17 June 2025 18:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/strange-editor-ui-labellings/97662/8 "2025-06-17T18:19:44Z")

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All three affected edge devices apparently exhibit the phenomenon only in the sidebar.

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**Author:** ![SandeepA](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/sandeepa/32/63225_2.png) [@SandeepA](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/SandeepA)\
**Post date:** [29 June 2025 16:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/strange-editor-ui-labellings/97662/9 "2025-06-29T16:17:45Z")

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I am facing the same - since last DB2 upgrade.  
DB2 1.24.0  
NR is 4.0.9

In addition the titles on the dashboard widgets got corrupted. See below snapshot. This is happening across multiple widgets - forms / dropdown.

This is now causing serious issues where the dashboard becomes unusable - since user unable to understand the the titles. (esp. on forms with multiple fields)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/5/8/5848c007f7d1e01d843620eadbe0d09c84d526a6.png)

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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:** [29 June 2025 16:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/strange-editor-ui-labellings/97662/10 "2025-06-29T16:48:15Z")

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> [@SandeepA](#):
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> unable to understand the the titles. (esp. on forms with multiple fields)
> 
> ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/5/8/5848c007f7d1e01d843620eadbe0d09c84d526a6.png)

This was fixed in latest version.

> [@SandeepA](#):
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> DB2 1.24.0

This is not latest version

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**Author:** ![SandeepA](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/sandeepa/32/63225_2.png) [@SandeepA](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/SandeepA)\
**Post date:** [29 June 2025 16:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/strange-editor-ui-labellings/97662/11 "2025-06-29T16:54:30Z")

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> [@Steve-Mcl](#):
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> This was fixed in latest version.

Great.

> [@Steve-Mcl](#):
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> This is not latest version

I am aware. Reporting it late. The issue cropped up since 1.24.0 and i have not seen anything in RN of 1.24.1 / .2 saying its fixed. So was not sure.

Would you know if its fixed in latest version ? Then i can upgrade and test.

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [30 June 2025 15:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/strange-editor-ui-labellings/97662/12 "2025-06-30T15:49:24Z")

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> [@SandeepA](#):
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> Would you know if its fixed in latest version ?

You posted a quote from Steve at the start of your reply, saying that it is fixed.

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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:** [30 June 2025 17:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/strange-editor-ui-labellings/97662/13 "2025-06-30T17:15:34Z")

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> [@SandeepA](#):
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> and i have not seen anything in RN of 1.24.1 / .2 saying its fixed

[Link to release notes for v1.24.1](https://github.com/FlowFuse/node-red-dashboard/releases/tag/v1.24.1)

> - Contain overflow handling to template widgets by [@Steve-Mcl](https://github.com/Steve-Mcl) in [#1706](https://github.com/FlowFuse/node-red-dashboard/pull/1706)

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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:** [30 July 2025 17:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/strange-editor-ui-labellings/97662/14 "2025-07-30T17:16:01Z")

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