# Widget arrangement in a subflow

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/widget-arrangement-in-a-subflow/98194>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Tags:** subflow, dashboard-2\
**Created:** [18 July 2025 06:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/widget-arrangement-in-a-subflow/98194 "2025-07-18T06:44:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![rewegit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/rewegit/32/4778_2.png) [@rewegit](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/rewegit)\
**Post date:** [18 July 2025 06:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/widget-arrangement-in-a-subflow/98194/1 "2025-07-18T06:44:00Z")

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How can I change the widget arrangement within a group in node red if they are in a subflow?

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**Author:** ![E1cid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/e1cid/32/77971_2.png) [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)\
**Post date:** [18 July 2025 08:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/widget-arrangement-in-a-subflow/98194/2 "2025-07-18T08:46:04Z")

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A quick search of "dasboard subflow" returns this in the 1st position.

> [@Dashboard 2 subflow positioning](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-subflow-positioning/95026):
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> My idea is to use subflows to produce some standard widgets which can be reused. I think I do it like described in the documentation. It works as expected - all is fine - but I am not able to position this different subflows on dashboard. For example I have a group with nn widgets mixed standard widgets and so called "subflow-widgets". The subflow-widgets are alway positioned at the beginning or the end - no chance to bring them in the right place. I hope I could explain the situation. Do yo…

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**Author:** ![rewegit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/rewegit/32/4778_2.png) [@rewegit](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/rewegit)\
**Post date:** [18 July 2025 08:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/widget-arrangement-in-a-subflow/98194/3 "2025-07-18T08:55:43Z")

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Thank you. Let's see how I can improvise.

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**Author:** ![Roland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Roland](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Roland)\
**Post date:** [18 July 2025 10:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/widget-arrangement-in-a-subflow/98194/4 "2025-07-18T10:06:38Z")

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You are right - your comment helps thx

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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:** [21 July 2025 09:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/widget-arrangement-in-a-subflow/98194/5 "2025-07-21T09:58:39Z")

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I have got a [Pull Request to review](https://github.com/FlowFuse/node-red-dashboard/pull/1759) which will also add this functionality into Dashboard.

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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:** [21 July 2025 10:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/widget-arrangement-in-a-subflow/98194/6 "2025-07-21T10:24:25Z")

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@rewegit do you need to reorder widgets within a subflow, where the subflow contains multiple widgets, or reorder the position of a subflow (which contains widgets) in a dashboard group?  
I _think_ that the PR mentioned by @joepavitt is for the the former.

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**Author:** ![rewegit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/rewegit/32/4778_2.png) [@rewegit](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/rewegit)\
**Post date:** [21 July 2025 10:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/widget-arrangement-in-a-subflow/98194/7 "2025-07-21T10:50:07Z")

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@Colin I need to change the order of the widgets within a subflow when I add widgets to this subflow.

The subflow is then also a group.

The order of these groups is not a problem.

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**Author:** ![rewegit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/rewegit/32/4778_2.png) [@rewegit](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/rewegit)\
**Post date:** [21 July 2025 10:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/widget-arrangement-in-a-subflow/98194/8 "2025-07-21T10:51:00Z")

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> [@joepavitt](#):
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> I have got a [Pull Request to review](https://github.com/FlowFuse/node-red-dashboard/pull/1759) which will also add this functionality into Dashboard.

That sounds good

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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 August 2025 10:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/widget-arrangement-in-a-subflow/98194/9 "2025-08-20T10:51:16Z")

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