I notice that people are using this.msg instead of mounted() { // listen for incoming msg's from Node-RED // note our topic is "msg-input" + the node's unique ID this.$socket.on('msg-input:' + this.id, (msg) => { }), for tracking msg input …

Yep, for clarification, as Colin has mentioned, this.msg can changed on 2 events: widget-load: When the Dashboard/page first renders msg-input: When an input arrives via Node-RED to the ui-template node If you run a watch on msg, then that will fire in both of those instances. If you add your own…

Colin 29 February 2024 21:34 6

Yes, that is it: Retaining state information in a Dashboard 2 ui-template - #13 by hotNipi

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Use of this.msg V this.$socket.on('msg-input:' + this.id, (msg)

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