# Working in NR with branches, Title doesn´t change. Bug?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/working-in-nr-with-branches-title-doesn-t-change-bug/59276>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** node-red-dashboard\
**Created:** [3 March 2022 09:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/working-in-nr-with-branches-title-doesn-t-change-bug/59276 "2022-03-03T09:18:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![nico25](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@nico25](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/nico25)\
**Post date:** [3 March 2022 09:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/working-in-nr-with-branches-title-doesn-t-change-bug/59276/1 "2022-03-03T09:18:17Z")

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I´ve been playing around with projects and branches since yesterday. One thing that is causing my problems is, that for some reason the title in the dashboard doesn´t change.  
So let´s say I create a Project called "Tools" and set "Tools12345" as title for the dashboard. Now i branch this to "Tools2" and set "Tools56789" as title for the dashboard. Now my title is always "Tools12345" in both branches. Is is supposed to work like that?  
Also: Is there like a documentation of working with projects?

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**Author:** ![zenofmud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/zenofmud/32/316_2.png) [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)\
**Post date:** [3 March 2022 09:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/working-in-nr-with-branches-title-doesn-t-change-bug/59276/2 "2022-03-03T09:59:38Z")

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Did you flush your browser's cache?

> [@nico25](#):
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> Also: Is there like a documentation of working with projects?

Did you look in the 'Users Guide' section of the documentation?

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**Author:** ![nico25](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@nico25](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/nico25)\
**Post date:** [3 March 2022 10:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/working-in-nr-with-branches-title-doesn-t-change-bug/59276/3 "2022-03-03T10:14:08Z")

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Yes I did, same result. Also If i change the sidebar option from show to hide, there is no change.

> Did you look in the 'Users Guide' section of the documentation?

I saw this one: [Projects : Node-RED](https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/projects/)

Is there more?

Edit: For some reason show/hide now works but Text in tile issue remains

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**Author:** ![zenofmud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/zenofmud/32/316_2.png) [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)\
**Post date:** [3 March 2022 11:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/working-in-nr-with-branches-title-doesn-t-change-bug/59276/4 "2022-03-03T11:09:30Z")

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> [@nico25](#):
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> Yes I did, same result. Also If i change the sidebar option from show to hide, there is no change.

could you show me some screen prints

- which browser are you using? Does it occur in other browsers?
- what version of NR, node.js and the dashboard you can find all three in the startup log)
- do you have a small example that shows the issue? i.e. create two projects that show the problem and export them and attach to a reply.

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**Author:** ![nico25](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@nico25](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/nico25)\
**Post date:** [3 March 2022 12:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/working-in-nr-with-branches-title-doesn-t-change-bug/59276/5 "2022-03-03T12:07:38Z")

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> which browser are you using? Does it occur in other browsers?

i am using firefox. tried it with chrome but no difference.

> what version of NR, node.js and the dashboard you can finc all three in the startup log)

NR Version 2.2.2  
Node.js Version 14.19.0  
Dashboard Version 3.1.6

I just created a test project and set "Test Project 1" as title:

 ![grafik](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/2/8/2800720507f131cd25be3befb4ad4782a8d2848b.png)

For some reason now the title of a completely different project is being displayed:

 ![grafik](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/6/b/6b10fc62cbed7c6f7d4dfa4da8d76c09d2946fd9.png)

Branched the project and set title to be "Test Project 2"

![grafik](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/9/5/95a238f69dbaee0b57074c0d9d3b2d007540e632.png)

Cleared browser cache.

 ![grafik](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/b/e/be24684228503c484ecb7e9d4828926c3ec06626.png)

Still same old title.  
[flow.json](https://discourse.nodered.org/uploads/short-url/1MdhyXHuk745MKQ26DtNGogMgKN.json) (4.8 KB)

After committing the branched flow, the Dashboard-Theme also resetted:

 ![grafik](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/c/9/c922c4ec4d74d5ec6c320d74281078c40516f536.png)

Can´t tell what´s going on 😅

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [3 March 2022 12:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/working-in-nr-with-branches-title-doesn-t-change-bug/59276/6 "2022-03-03T12:10:39Z")

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This could be a bug with the Dashboard sidebar not spotting that the config node that contains the base configuration of the dashboard has been changed.

Could you try reloading the editor after switching branch to see if the dashboard sidebar then shows the expected configuration?

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**Author:** ![nico25](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@nico25](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/nico25)\
**Post date:** [3 March 2022 12:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/working-in-nr-with-branches-title-doesn-t-change-bug/59276/7 "2022-03-03T12:23:44Z")

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Tried but also no success. Also one new problem appeared, whilst playing around and changing from branch to branch, suddenly I couldn´t select a certain branch anymore.

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**Author:** ![zenofmud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/zenofmud/32/316_2.png) [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)\
**Post date:** [3 March 2022 12:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/working-in-nr-with-branches-title-doesn-t-change-bug/59276/8 "2022-03-03T12:53:55Z")

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I found what is happening.  
On the dashboard `Site` tab, if you select `Click to show side menu` it uses the tab name

 ![Screen Shot 2022-03-03 at 7.46.44 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/4/b/4b8533313150493bd71f19000c80788481d5bbcc.png)

Once you set `Always show side menu` it uses the `Site` `Title`

 ![Screen Shot 2022-03-03 at 7.53.44 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/9/c/9c86574cc84bbc0acedd28ecdd97fb2cb1c53f64.png)

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**Author:** ![nico25](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@nico25](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/nico25)\
**Post date:** [3 March 2022 13:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/working-in-nr-with-branches-title-doesn-t-change-bug/59276/9 "2022-03-03T13:05:08Z")

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Did a fresh boot and now it behaves the way you mentioned. So atfer changing the branch i need to refresh the editor and then it show the correct configuration in the Site-Section.

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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:** [2 May 2022 13:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/working-in-nr-with-branches-title-doesn-t-change-bug/59276/10 "2022-05-02T13:05:26Z")

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