# Text\_input logic in Node-red Dashboard
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/text-input-logic-in-node-red-dashboard/81242
**Category:** Developing Nodes
**Tags:** node-red-dashboard, ui-widgets
**Created:** [12 September 2023 14:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/text-input-logic-in-node-red-dashboard/81242 "2023-09-12T14:46:52Z")
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### Author:  [@sercancetin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sercancetin)
#### Post date: [12 September 2023 14:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/text-input-logic-in-node-red-dashboard/81242/1 "2023-09-12T14:46:52Z")
Hello everyone, I am making widgets like in the video. The point I use as reference is the knot red instrument panel. In "text entry" in the Node-red control panel, data is not lost when the page is refreshed and data is also transmitted to other browsers. With what logic does he do this? I need your opinion.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOngT8nKKOg)
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### Author:  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)
#### Post date: [12 September 2023 16:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/text-input-logic-in-node-red-dashboard/81242/2 "2023-09-12T16:01:35Z")
You need to have a think about the nature of Node-RED and the interaction with Dashboard.
Comms between the user browser Dashboard pages and the Node-RED server are LIVE, over websockets. So any change to a field on a Dashboard is reflected immediately back to Node-RED - not like a traditional web form where you much submit the form using a GET or POST http call.
As for the mirroring, Dashboard is not designed as a multi-user web ui so all instances of the Dashboard mirror.
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### Author:  [@sercancetin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sercancetin)
#### Post date: [13 September 2023 06:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/text-input-logic-in-node-red-dashboard/81242/3 "2023-09-13T06:30:04Z")
thank you for your attention
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### Author:  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)
#### Post date: [13 September 2023 08:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/text-input-logic-in-node-red-dashboard/81242/4 "2023-09-13T08:20:05Z")
You could always use uibuilder if you wanted to craft a multi-user UI but of course, you would likely need to do more of the base UI work yourself.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [12 November 2023 08:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/text-input-logic-in-node-red-dashboard/81242/5 "2023-11-12T08:20:57Z")
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