# Widget order in subflow not working with flowfuse dashboard 1.26

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/widget-order-in-subflow-not-working-with-flowfuse-dashboard-1-26/98326>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Tags:** dashboard-2\
**Created:** [26 July 2025 08:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/widget-order-in-subflow-not-working-with-flowfuse-dashboard-1-26/98326 "2025-07-26T08:05:01Z")\
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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:** [26 July 2025 08:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/widget-order-in-subflow-not-working-with-flowfuse-dashboard-1-26/98326/1 "2025-07-26T08:05:01Z")

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[Version 1.26.0 of the flowfuse dashboard](https://github.com/FlowFuse/node-red-dashboard/releases/tag/v1.26.0) introduced the ability to order widgets in a subflow, but I can't get it to work. The attached flow includes a subflow with a gauge node, with order 0, and a text node with order 1, but it always shows the text node first.

Am I doing something wrong?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/f/8/f883c5800d59f4d1af71e113c3c9c490502ed949.png)

```flows
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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:** [26 July 2025 08:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/widget-order-in-subflow-not-working-with-flowfuse-dashboard-1-26/98326/2 "2025-07-26T08:15:32Z")

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See this topic from a few days ago. [Widget arrangement in a subflow](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/widget-arrangement-in-a-subflow/98194)  
And the relevant pull request [Allow basic widget ordering of widgets in a subflow by Steve-Mcl · Pull Request #1759 · FlowFuse/node-red-dashboard · GitHub](https://github.com/FlowFuse/node-red-dashboard/pull/1759)

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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:** [26 July 2025 08:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/widget-order-in-subflow-not-working-with-flowfuse-dashboard-1-26/98326/3 "2025-07-26T08:21:05Z")

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What should I see in particular? The PR is included in 1.26.0

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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:** [26 July 2025 08:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/widget-order-in-subflow-not-working-with-flowfuse-dashboard-1-26/98326/4 "2025-07-26T08:30:36Z")

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I would think you raise the issue/bug there, That's what i meant

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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:** [26 July 2025 10:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/widget-order-in-subflow-not-working-with-flowfuse-dashboard-1-26/98326/5 "2025-07-26T10:30:43Z")

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Your flow behaves as expected for me. (flowfuse dashboard 1.26)

 ![2025-07-26_12-21-47](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/7/6/765e7d6515114d4b8dace56bd98c35d6940ceb05.png)  
 ![2025-07-26_12-27-32](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/d/4/d415fc35391b12da9d8bd2641095719ab7219e93.png)

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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:** [26 July 2025 12:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/widget-order-in-subflow-not-working-with-flowfuse-dashboard-1-26/98326/6 "2025-07-26T12:31:43Z")

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I am not at my computer at the moment. Did it work with 0 and 1 as the order?

It defaults to 0 so I assumed 0 and 1 should be ok.

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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:** [26 July 2025 12:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/widget-order-in-subflow-not-working-with-flowfuse-dashboard-1-26/98326/7 "2025-07-26T12:54:57Z")

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Ignore that. Having messed about with the numbers and deployed a few times it is now working with 0 and 1, so something odd is going on. Possibly to do with the fact that the subflow and nodes existed before I upgraded.

I will see if I can get back to a failing condition again.

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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:** [25 August 2025 12:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/widget-order-in-subflow-not-working-with-flowfuse-dashboard-1-26/98326/8 "2025-08-25T12:55:26Z")

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