# Why does my debug node show Event object

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/why-does-my-debug-node-show-event-object/26210
**Category:** Dashboard
**Created:** [7 May 2020 05:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/why-does-my-debug-node-show-event-object/26210 "2020-05-07T05:48:20Z")
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### Author: ![kuema](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/kuema/32/6542_2.png) [@kuema](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kuema)
#### Post date: [7 May 2020 07:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/why-does-my-debug-node-show-event-object/26210/9 "2020-05-07T07:35:09Z")

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Those are the click coordinates in the Dashboard UI. Some of the widgets generate them. They are useful for building context menus: [[Announce] node-red-contrib-ui-contextmenu](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/announce-node-red-contrib-ui-contextmenu/16211)

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