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Manual NodeRED Flowfuse Dashboard Layout Manual
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FlowFuse Dashboard Layout Notes (EVOLV Reference)
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Compact Screen Guidelines
- Use a 12-column page grid and place charts in 4-column blocks for 3-up rows.
- Disable legends for single-series charts to reduce visual noise.
- Prefer concise text widgets under charts for state/timing/snapshot summaries.
- Use compact theme spacing:
- lower page padding
- lower group gap
- lower widget gap
Time Window Guidelines
- For live demos, default chart history to 10-15 minutes.
- Keep axis labels short and unit-specific.
- Use one chart per KPI unless comparison is intentionally needed.
Message Hygiene For Widgets
- Chart widgets: send minimal
{ topic, payload, timestamp }. - Text widgets: send plain string in
msg.payload. - Separate chart and text outputs by Function-node output index.
Gauge Sizing in Groups
- Tank gauge:
width: 2, height: 4— tall vertical fill indicator. - 3/4 arc gauge:
width: 2, height: 3— fits beside tank in same group row. - Status text:
width: 4, height: 1— full group width, below gauges. - In a 4-column group, two
width: 2gauges sit side by side, text below spans full width. - Set
orderon widgets: tank=2, arc=3, text=1 (text first = top, gauges below; or tank=1, arc=2, text=3 for gauges on top).
Group Height Auto-sizing
- Set
height: "1"on groups to auto-grow with content. - A group with a
height: 4tank +height: 1text will auto-expand to ~5 rows.
References
- FlowFuse Dashboard docs root: https://dashboard.flowfuse.com/
- FlowFuse
ui-chartdocs: https://dashboard.flowfuse.com/nodes/widgets/ui-chart.html - FlowFuse Widget catalog: flowfuse-widgets-catalog.md
- FlowFuse Config nodes: flowfuse-ui-config-manual.md