# \#flexdash

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/tag/flexdash/38.md

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## [How to sync the FULL config between server and client side state](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-sync-the-full-config-between-server-and-client-side-state/89252)

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**Author:** [@BartButenaers](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BartButenaers)\
**Replies:** 80\
**Last updated:** [24 July 2024 13:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-sync-the-full-config-between-server-and-client-side-state/89252 "2024-07-24T13:22:11Z")

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Hi folks, In the old AngularJs dashboard there was a mechanism called msg replay, which meant that the last input message was send again to the client side widget (e.g. when the browser page was refreshed). That way yo…

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## [Flexdash - Color Picker](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-color-picker/86536)

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**Author:** [@David83](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/David83)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [19 March 2024 09:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-color-picker/86536 "2024-03-19T09:08:07Z")

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I need a 'color picker' to set the color of an WLED and i like the flexdash dashboard. I try a lot differen vue color picker compontents: install it with npm use the 'FD Custom" node an place the code to include the c…

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## [Link in the stats node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/link-in-the-stats-node/83015)

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**Author:** [@Panda](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Panda)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [19 November 2023 22:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/link-in-the-stats-node/83015 "2023-11-19T22:04:15Z")

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Hey it's me again🙈 I'm trying to put a link in the stats node. But working with the change node and doing this "\< hef="{{msg.link}}" target="\_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"\>{{msg.payload}}\</"a" \>" doesn't work, is …

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## [Digits in the Gauge](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/digits-in-the-gauge/82996)

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**Author:** [@Panda](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Panda)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [18 November 2023 21:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/digits-in-the-gauge/82996 "2023-11-18T21:32:34Z")

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Hey guys, is it possible to change the digits in the gauge. I want to see something like 23.68, but I only get 23.7. I tried msg.precision = 4 but this didn't change anything.

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## [Right Axis in the Time plot](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/right-axis-in-the-time-plot/82989)

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**Author:** [@Panda](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Panda)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [18 November 2023 11:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/right-axis-in-the-time-plot/82989 "2023-11-18T11:39:47Z")

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Hey guys, I'm trying to use the right Axis in my time plot. But when I use msg.axes I'll only get the error "...must be an array or null..." I want to record my internet speed and ping. How can someone help me to use…

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## [Choose dashboard solution](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/choose-dashboard-solution/81789)

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**Author:** [@en-andreea-anastases](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/en-andreea-anastases)\
**Replies:** 36\
**Last updated:** [19 October 2023 07:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/choose-dashboard-solution/81789 "2023-10-19T07:15:03Z")

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I am just reading that there multiple dashboarding solutions in Nodered: dashboard, uibuilder, flexdash (maybe more). dashboard ( as node-red-dashboard) seems the most used one but it also says that it si on "life suppo…

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## [FlexDash, quo vadis?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-quo-vadis/81840)

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**Author:** [@tve](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/tve)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [7 October 2023 05:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-quo-vadis/81840 "2023-10-07T05:51:25Z")

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Someone asked in another thread about the choice of dashboards and FlexDash came up, so I thought I might as well create a separate thread to talk about the future of FD. My assessment is that given the release of a new…

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## [Flexdash uninstall](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-uninstall/80994)

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**Author:** [@novski](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/novski)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [4 September 2023 08:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-uninstall/80994 "2023-09-04T08:02:38Z")

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I wanted to uninstall flexdash, but it seems as it is still listed. I did many things to get rid spread of it over several days, so I am unable to determine what all I did anymore, but it was somewhat the same as @smanj…

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## [Node Red memory consumption / "leak" affecting android tablets](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-memory-consumption-leak-affecting-android-tablets/80522)

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**Author:** [@Soiski](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Soiski)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [21 August 2023 13:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-memory-consumption-leak-affecting-android-tablets/80522 "2023-08-21T13:27:17Z")

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Hi again, In past I had quite a lot of problems (which I thought I solved) with consuming too much memory (running out of heap memory). After understanding that all the graphs that I was generating ended up eating all av…

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## [FlexDash Not Installing](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-not-installing/79833)

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**Author:** [@jgreenmt](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jgreenmt)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [1 August 2023 15:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-not-installing/79833 "2023-08-01T15:47:38Z")

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Hello, I'm attempting to try to use FlexDash for Node-RED. I have tried installing @flexdash-node-red-fd-corewidgets according to the instructions and I keep getting errors that it isn't found. See error log below: Her…

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## [FlexDash : edit container node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-edit-container-node/79488)

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**Author:** [@SuperNinja](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/SuperNinja)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [30 June 2023 14:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-edit-container-node/79488 "2023-06-30T14:59:34Z")

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@tve I resume the following: 27 Jun 12:49:08 - \[info\] Node-RED FlexDash plugin version 0.4.154 27 Jun 12:49:09 - \[info\] Node-RED FlexDash version 0.4.154 27 Jun 12:49:09 - \[info\] Node-RED FD Core Widgets version 0.4.6…

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## [Flexdash Configuration nodes not saving](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-configuration-nodes-not-saving/77697)

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**Author:** [@Marc123](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Marc123)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [29 April 2023 16:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-configuration-nodes-not-saving/77697 "2023-04-29T16:49:16Z")

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On the latest Flexdash version, a bug prevents correctly saving some flexdash configuration nodes. For example,if I change a dashboard name or port, it does not get saves, and creating a new dashboard always saves in flo…

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## [Flexdash - transparent widget background](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-transparent-widget-background/77929)

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**Author:** [@Paul-Reed](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Paul-Reed)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [26 April 2023 19:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-transparent-widget-background/77929 "2023-04-26T19:12:19Z")

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Is it possible to make the background transparent for selected widgets? So something like this could be built. Grafana Flexdash

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## [FlexDash status update](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-status-update/77859)

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**Author:** [@tve](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/tve)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [24 April 2023 03:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-status-update/77859 "2023-04-24T03:25:01Z")

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Someone asked me in a PM: Things seem to have gone very quiet in the forum about flexdash development, and wondered if you could kindly share your longer term vision about it's future. I'm asking because I'm currently…

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## [\[FlexDash\]: Sharing some use cases](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-sharing-some-use-cases/77642)

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**Author:** [@PLCMercenary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/PLCMercenary)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [17 April 2023 15:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-sharing-some-use-cases/77642 "2023-04-17T15:44:15Z")

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@tve , Community, sharing a couple of smallish but visually relevant things Ive come across. 1) props table, and setting a bg / fg color for values; There were no props that I could see would allow me to set a BG color …

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## [\[Flexdash\] Which url on home assistant?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-which-url-on-home-assistant/77310)

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**Author:** [@Cyprien](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Cyprien)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [11 April 2023 12:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-which-url-on-home-assistant/77310 "2023-04-11T12:26:40Z")

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I've installed nodered as addon on home assistant. I've installed flexdash via Manage Palette (@flexdash/node-red-fd-corewidgets) I've load the Hello world example and now, i don't find the url to go to see my dashboa…

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## [\[Flexdash\]: dark theme and b/w text / value color](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-dark-theme-and-b-w-text-value-color/77355)

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**Author:** [@PLCMercenary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/PLCMercenary)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [9 April 2023 04:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-dark-theme-and-b-w-text-value-color/77355 "2023-04-09T04:10:58Z")

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Hello All, I have tried reading all of the threads and I have been through the flexdash docs several times, and I havent found any discussion about how to either 1) detect that dark mode is selected on client so that wid…

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## [Node-Red kept restarting upon git push](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-kept-restarting-upon-git-push/77181)

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**Author:** [@cameo69](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cameo69)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [3 April 2023 07:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-kept-restarting-upon-git-push/77181 "2023-04-03T07:17:49Z")

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Hi all, I have a node-red instance (runs in docker) that kept restarting whenever I did a git push within project. 3 Apr 08:05:11 - \[info\] Node-RED version: v3.0.2 3 Apr 08:05:11 - \[info\] Node.js version: v16.16.0 3 Ap…

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## [✨ FlexDash alpha release - round 3](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-alpha-release-round-3/72562)

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**Author:** [@tve](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/tve)\
**Replies:** 148\
**Last updated:** [3 March 2023 18:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-alpha-release-round-3/72562 "2023-03-03T18:54:54Z")

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The FlexDash 'round 2' thread has gotten to 145 posts so I thought it's time to start a fresh thread. I put it into the Dashboard category, hope that's OK. New release! 21 Dec 16:43:03 - \[info\] Node-RED FlexDash plugin …

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## [\[ Flexdash \] \[@flexdash/mode-red-fd-corewidgets \]](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-flexdash-mode-red-fd-corewidgets/75997)

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**Author:** [@JulesRosette](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JulesRosette)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [3 March 2023 11:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-flexdash-mode-red-fd-corewidgets/75997 "2023-03-03T11:13:29Z")

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HI, By using the example inside "Import" i tried to run the Hello-world example for flexdash. But when i tried to deploy ther project i alway get the error : "The workspace contains some unknown node types:\* flexdash t…

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## [Flexdash edit mode disappeared](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-edit-mode-disappeared/75924)

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**Author:** [@cscheidl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cscheidl)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [1 March 2023 14:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-edit-mode-disappeared/75924 "2023-03-01T14:15:02Z")

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Good day to all... I'm trying to use flexdash and node-red to develop a user interface to watch and control a lot of customer sensors/actors. The flows got quite complicated now... After some time, I noticed, that the …

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## [Help button in node properties](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-button-in-node-properties/73727)

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**Author:** [@Paul-Reed](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Paul-Reed)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [3 February 2023 16:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-button-in-node-properties/73727 "2023-02-03T16:10:20Z")

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Probably only Flexdash users have seen this, but @tve has added a 'help' button' to the node properties header of the Flexdash nodes, which if clicked, selects & opens the relevant help tab in the sidebar. Perhaps this …

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## [🍣 FlexDash: some like it raw!](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-some-like-it-raw/74318)

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**Author:** [@tve](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/tve)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [1 February 2023 10:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-some-like-it-raw/74318 "2023-02-01T10:52:08Z")

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While working with Bart porting node-red-ui-svg to FlexDash (see also \[ANNOUNCE\] node-red-contrib-svg-edit: beta 1.0.0 some interesting ideas came up in order to support SVGs in FlexDash. What started as an SVG widget tu…

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## [\[ANNOUNCE\] node-red-contrib-svg-edit: beta 1.0.0](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/announce-node-red-contrib-svg-edit-beta-1-0-0/74237)

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**Author:** [@BartButenaers](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BartButenaers)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [29 January 2023 19:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/announce-node-red-contrib-svg-edit-beta-1-0-0/74237 "2023-01-29T19:58:35Z")

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Hi folks, I should find some time to migrate the node-red-contrib-ui-svg node to Flexdash. But after a tremendous amount of feature requests, that node has resulted in quite some code. So not an easy task to migrate t…

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## [Fd\_children error](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fd-children-error/74102)

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**Author:** [@smanjunath211](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/smanjunath211)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [24 January 2023 07:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fd-children-error/74102 "2023-01-24T07:48:02Z")

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I have a perfectly working setup where i call in a popup grid for a ok/cancel sort of dialogue. i just copied the whole setup to another tab with similar requirement, and changed the connected tab / grid /node id etc. …

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## [Timeline Plot - to record events on a timeline](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/timeline-plot-to-record-events-on-a-timeline/73958)

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**Author:** [@smanjunath211](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/smanjunath211)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [23 January 2023 16:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/timeline-plot-to-record-events-on-a-timeline/73958 "2023-01-23T16:38:07Z")

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Continuing the discussion from :rocket: \[FlexDash\] alpha release - a dashboard for Node-RED: @tve Is there an updated version of this ? i am unable to find a demo/example for this. i have moved most of my current dashbo…

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## [FlexDash- DateTime in Title Bar](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-datetime-in-title-bar/73438)

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**Author:** [@smanjunath211](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/smanjunath211)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [10 January 2023 02:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-datetime-in-title-bar/73438 "2023-01-10T02:29:19Z")

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I have many Tabs in the FlexDash Dashboard, and in every tab it is required to show current date and time including seconds. DD-MM-YYYY HH:mm:ss format. i achieve the same by displaying using inject/datetime widget combo…

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## [Some questions about state mirroring in Flexdash](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/some-questions-about-state-mirroring-in-flexdash/73318)

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**Author:** [@BartButenaers](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BartButenaers)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [7 January 2023 22:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/some-questions-about-state-mirroring-in-flexdash/73318 "2023-01-07T22:11:26Z")

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Hi folks, It is a real shame, but I still didn't find time to do UI node development in Flexdash. But should get started with it soon... @tve has written a nice article about state mirroring in Flexdash. This is very…

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## [FlexDash-Unable to Move Widgets around in Dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-unable-to-move-widgets-around-in-dashboard/73321)

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**Author:** [@smanjunath211](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/smanjunath211)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [7 January 2023 16:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-unable-to-move-widgets-around-in-dashboard/73321 "2023-01-07T16:30:23Z")

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Hi, I am somehow unable to move the widgets around in the dashboard. I was able to do earlier so something I have changed or something happened recently. i am able to resize the widgets, but they don't move left or righ…

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## [How to add/use external libraries in flexdash? (plotly.js)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-add-use-external-libraries-in-flexdash-plotly-js/73166)

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**Author:** [@rko](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/rko)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [7 January 2023 07:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-add-use-external-libraries-in-flexdash-plotly-js/73166 "2023-01-07T07:29:44Z")

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Simple question, but could not find anything in the docs (maybe I'm blind?). Would be cool if it was possible to import external js files via header. Similar to this (node-red-dashboard): Edit: I mean there is this. B…

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