# Thought / question about when building dashboards

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**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [21 August 2020 23:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/thought-question-about-when-building-dashboards/31859 "2020-08-21T23:29:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Trying\_to\_learn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/trying_to_learn/32/28400_2.png) [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Post date:** [21 August 2020 23:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/thought-question-about-when-building-dashboards/31859/1 "2020-08-21T23:29:02Z")

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I know there is little/no correlation between the edit tabs and the dashboard.  
Ok, none.

But for what stuff I have done, I usually make a tab and that tab has its own dashboard page.

When I am adding new dashboard things to that page it is not nice how they are allocated to the dashboard name.

Say all/most of the _items_ are on the dashboard called `Fred`.

It would be nice if: when I drag a (say) `button` onto that edit page it is _defaulted_ to be on `Fred`.

Then when I am editing it to which `group`, it is at least already pointing to `Fred`.

Typically, the later on I am doing dashboard work, the further down the list the name is.  
And fair enough. I think it is `LILO`. Last In, Last Out. Kind of naming.

But then when I drag the `button` (eg) node, I have to click on the edit part and scroll way way way down to the bottom.

I know (probably) what I am asking is fanciful. But I can only ask.

Is it possible? Or more so: viable?

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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:** [20 September 2020 23:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/thought-question-about-when-building-dashboards/31859/2 "2020-09-20T23:29:08Z")

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