# Ignition Early Access

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## [How To Hide Scrollbar while Scroll Enabled Using CSS](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-hide-scrollbar-while-scroll-enabled-using-css/34597)

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**Author:** [@nader.chinichian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nader.chinichian)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-hide-scrollbar-while-scroll-enabled-using-css/34597 "2020-05-09T15:06:05Z")

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Hi I want to hide scrollbar while user can scroll object. There are some CSS trick to do that but require -webkit which is not support by perspective inline CSS. Also make scrollbar thinner is good for me. Thanks for …

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## [Label scale issue in browser](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/label-scale-issue-in-browser/34491)

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**Author:** [@luc.martin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/luc.martin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/label-scale-issue-in-browser/34491 "2020-05-08T18:25:53Z")

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I have created a custom button with a label configured with all corners radius at 50% of width to get a perfect circle. I have a scale of 1:1. In the browser my cicle don’t keep it’s scale on windows resize, I have to …

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## [\[BUG 15126,15127\] Alarm Status Table - Alarm Details empty & Ack Alarms - Remote server](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-15126-15127-alarm-status-table-alarm-details-empty-ack-alarms-remote-server/28563)

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**Author:** [@Tumeksi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Tumeksi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-15126-15127-alarm-status-table-alarm-details-empty-ack-alarms-remote-server/28563 "2020-05-08T16:38:09Z")

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Hi, We have a front-end server and an IO server setup. We have set alarms on tags on the IO server and show them on the FE server on the Alarm status table. On these alarms the “Alarm details” popup is empty. Also if…

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## [Error on writing to tag associated with enum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-on-writing-to-tag-associated-with-enum/34492)

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**Author:** [@luc.martin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/luc.martin)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-on-writing-to-tag-associated-with-enum/34492 "2020-05-08T15:59:01Z")

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My PLC is setted up like this mode: AS0153\_TRIM\_PRESS\_MODE; TYPE AS0153\_TRIM\_PRESS\_MODE : ( (\* Mode in which the press will aim to reach a state where physical access ; this may (or may not) require human intervent…

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## [OPC UA Historical Access](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-ua-historical-access/23009)

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**Author:** [@paul.bouillon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul.bouillon)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2020, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-ua-historical-access/23009 "2020-05-08T11:24:11Z")

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Hey, Was wondering if historical access to OPC tags would be supported in v8. Would be huge if we didn’t have to backfill data into our OSISoft/PI corporate historian – and just leverage the functionality that is planne…

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## [Perspective Blur through scripting](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-blur-through-scripting/34556)

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**Author:** [@Sam.Bartlett](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sam.Bartlett)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-blur-through-scripting/34556 "2020-05-08T01:18:17Z")

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After going through a bit of a rabbit hole then experiencing Occam’s razor and spending admitedly too much time to find it; to lose focus on a component whether that’s through pressing the enter key, message handlers, or…

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## [Report Viewer in Perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-viewer-in-perspective/26695)

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**Author:** [@seth.thomas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/seth.thomas)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-viewer-in-perspective/26695 "2020-01-31T18:04:28Z")

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Hi all, I am currently in the process of upgrading a project made in Ignition 7.9 from Vision to Perspective. On one of the windows for the 7.9 Vision Application, a report viewer component is used to display items crea…

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## [\[Feedback\] NEW Perspective Table](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feedback-new-perspective-table/21199)

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**Author:** [@ynejati](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ynejati)\
**Replies:** 89\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feedback-new-perspective-table/21199 "2020-05-07T00:08:16Z")

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The new Perspective table component is here, and it’s loaded with tons of exciting features. These features include multiple headers and footers, expandable subviews, single and multi sort, frozen columns and rows, edit…

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## [PDF file download from Perspective app](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pdf-file-download-from-perspective-app/34486)

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**Author:** [@bharghavi.balagopal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bharghavi.balagopal)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pdf-file-download-from-perspective-app/34486 "2020-05-06T17:56:12Z")

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I have a PDF file on the Ignition Server. I can access the pdf and download using system.perspective.download(). But the download works only on the browser, it is not working from the perspective app. Am I missing anythi…

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## [dateTime input component doesn't render correctly in dock view](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/datetime-input-component-doesnt-render-correctly-in-dock-view/34438)

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**Author:** [@nader.chinichian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nader.chinichian)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/datetime-input-component-doesnt-render-correctly-in-dock-view/34438 "2020-05-05T19:34:27Z")

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Hello, when clicking the dateTime input component in a dock view the date picker render behind the parent dock.

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## [Perspective XY container percent mode doesn't scale/position objects correctly](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-xy-container-percent-mode-doesnt-scale-position-objects-correctly/34371)

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**Author:** [@nader.chinichian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nader.chinichian)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-xy-container-percent-mode-doesnt-scale-position-objects-correctly/34371 "2020-05-05T14:35:46Z")

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Hello I try to draw some simple P&ID diagram in XY container with percent mode but as it shown in following, the object position calculate incorrectly. I believe it is because the perspective calculate ans scale from t…

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## [\[Feature-13763\] Perspective Datetime Input, option to disable keyboard input](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-13763-perspective-datetime-input-option-to-disable-keyboard-input/23618)

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**Author:** [@nburt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nburt)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-13763-perspective-datetime-input-option-to-disable-keyboard-input/23618 "2020-05-05T00:53:36Z")

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I was wondering if there is, or could be in the future, a way to prevent the user from typing a value into a Datetime Input component, similar to how you can disable searching in a Dropdown component. The use case for t…

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## [\[BUG-12883\] Repaints of tab strip](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-12883-repaints-of-tab-strip/22847)

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**Author:** [@joshdunstan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/joshdunstan)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2020, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-12883-repaints-of-tab-strip/22847 "2020-05-05T00:10:55Z")

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I have a north and west docked window. The north drives visibility of tab strips on the west. When I select between tabs… there’s quite a repaint bug. I haven’t had this issue before.

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## [\[Bug\] Chart mouseover text](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-chart-mouseover-text/34357)

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**Author:** [@Tim](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Tim)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-chart-mouseover-text/34357 "2020-05-04T16:35:51Z")

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Once you bind or put something in the chart mouseover text, if you unbind it or clear it you’re left with a blank mouseover popup which you cannot remove. Vision 8.0.11

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## [\[Bug-12922\] Vision Welcome Image scaling](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-12922-vision-welcome-image-scaling/22696)

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**Author:** [@cwaddoups](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cwaddoups)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-12922-vision-welcome-image-scaling/22696 "2020-05-04T14:43:56Z")

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When uploading an image and selecting it for the welcome image in a vision project the image’s resolution is resized to the default size of the default ignition icon. I was expecting as in 7.9 that the image’s resol…

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## [Perspective Login screen theme](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-login-screen-theme/34378)

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**Author:** [@nader.chinichian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nader.chinichian)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 1:49am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-login-screen-theme/34378 "2020-05-03T01:49:36Z")

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Hi Is there any plan so user can change login screen theme? In many cases project look and feel doesn’t match up with default login screen. May be it is nice to expose python API so user create their own login screen. …

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## [8.0.13 nightly: font family Roboto doesn't render in browser](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-0-13-nightly-font-family-roboto-doesnt-render-in-browser/34222)

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**Author:** [@nader.chinichian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nader.chinichian)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-0-13-nightly-font-family-roboto-doesnt-render-in-browser/34222 "2020-05-01T22:09:43Z")

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Hi In ignition v8.0.13 nightly, changing font family to Roboto only work in Designer environment but in browser it always render with Merriweather. The Roboto font exist in “C:\\Program Files\\Inductive Automation\\Ignit…

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## [\[BUG - 16424\] Possible Bug in 8.0.11 - Flex Repeater Instances with a dataset in the array returns a string instead of the actual dataset in a script transform](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-16424-possible-bug-in-8-0-11-flex-repeater-instances-with-a-dataset-in-the-array-returns-a-string-instead-of-the-actual-dataset-in-a-script-transform/34015)

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**Author:** [@alexmarcy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alexmarcy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-16424-possible-bug-in-8-0-11-flex-repeater-instances-with-a-dataset-in-the-array-returns-a-string-instead-of-the-actual-dataset-in-a-script-transform/34015 "2020-05-01T18:31:20Z")

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In 8.0.11, possibly earlier, haven’t tried it out yet, if you bind to the instances property on a flex repeater, and have a dataset in the item, doing value\[0\].dataSetName or value\[0\]\[“datasetName”\] will return a string …

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## [Nightly downloads not available](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/nightly-downloads-not-available/34328)

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**Author:** [@jpark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jpark)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/nightly-downloads-not-available/34328 "2020-04-30T14:55:54Z")

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Nightly downloads not available

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## [\[BUG\] Alarm display path expression not updated when copy alarm](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-alarm-display-path-expression-not-updated-when-copy-alarm/34323)

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**Author:** [@joostjojo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/joostjojo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 7:20am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-alarm-display-path-expression-not-updated-when-copy-alarm/34323 "2020-04-30T07:20:43Z")

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I have an expression on my display path property of my alarms. This expression is just: {itemName} However it looks like this expression is never executed, when i copy and change the name of the copied one it will neve…

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## [Perspective Popup zIndex](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-popup-zindex/34309)

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**Author:** [@brianboudreau](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brianboudreau)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-popup-zindex/34309 "2020-04-29T20:09:56Z")

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I am having issues from time to time, where a popup goes behind another popup in perspective. Can i use zIndex or can i request focus for popup in perspective.

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## [\[BUG\]Cannot set Tag.Enable on tags inside UDT (8.0.12)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-cannot-set-tag-enable-on-tags-inside-udt-8-0-12/34280)

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**Author:** [@DaveD24](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/DaveD24)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 8:36am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-cannot-set-tag-enable-on-tags-inside-udt-8-0-12/34280 "2020-04-29T08:36:33Z")

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Unable to toggle a Tag’s Enable attribute when it used within a UDT, either from the designer tag browser or scripting, the same tag defined as loose tag outside of a UDT always works fine. In my tests this mainly affec…

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## [\[FEATURE-13837\] Translations](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-13837-translations/24497)

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**Author:** [@andrea.morando](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrea.morando)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-13837-translations/24497 "2020-04-28T15:38:49Z")

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Dear all, I am currently using the b2019040718 release. what about the translation feature in Perspective? Are there news about this topic? The translation feature is a key point to widely deploy our applications. Th…

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## [BUG 15262\]- UDT parameters cannot be referenced in tag event script in 8](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-15262-udt-parameters-cannot-be-referenced-in-tag-event-script-in-8/29197)

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**Author:** [@Walt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Walt)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-15262-udt-parameters-cannot-be-referenced-in-tag-event-script-in-8/29197 "2020-04-28T14:59:13Z")

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Upgraded to 8.0.5 and my tag event scripts that use the tag\[‘paramName’\] feature to access UDT parameters are broken. The tag\[\] call is returning None.

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## [System.gui.transform error](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-gui-transform-error/34253)

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**Author:** [@jpark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jpark)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-gui-transform-error/34253 "2020-04-28T01:16:33Z")

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\*Edit: Using the latest designer launcher form 8.0.12 fixed it. Isn't the designer launcher supposed to update itself? Or should we be updating after every upgrade? Why is system.gui.transform giving me the following…

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## [Open additional instance of view(popup) in perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-additional-instance-of-view-popup-in-perspective/25845)

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**Author:** [@nader.chinichian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nader.chinichian)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-additional-instance-of-view-popup-in-perspective/25845 "2020-04-27T14:33:07Z")

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How do I open additional instance of view(popup) in perspective? Like additional instance in vision.

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## [Datetime Input doesn't update selected date after reopening view](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/datetime-input-doesnt-update-selected-date-after-reopening-view/30190)

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**Author:** [@nader.chinichian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nader.chinichian)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/datetime-input-doesnt-update-selected-date-after-reopening-view/30190 "2020-04-24T19:11:01Z")

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Hello, I use DateTime input component in a dock view. At first time I open dock view the props.value = null and picking date is work as expected. After closing and re-opening dock view the DateTime input component has …

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## [Ignition Edge OPC-UA Device Connecton Limit](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-opc-ua-device-connecton-limit/34206)

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**Author:** [@nikola](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nikola)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-opc-ua-device-connecton-limit/34206 "2020-04-24T18:12:13Z")

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I am trying to connect multiple Modbus TCP devices in Ignition Edge (Version: 8.0.9 (b2020021812)) and I am only able to successfully connect up to 2 devices. In one instance the " Create new Device " link disappears an…

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## [8.0.12 Linux Installer exec error](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-0-12-linux-installer-exec-error/34199)

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**Author:** [@cbiela](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cbiela)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-0-12-linux-installer-exec-error/34199 "2020-04-24T17:00:28Z")

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Can’t install 8.0.12 ./Ignition-8.0.12-linux-x64-installer.run --mode text -bash: ./Ignition-8.0.12-linux-x64-installer.run: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error Comparing 8.0.12 to 8.0.11: $ file Ignition-8.…

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## [\[BUG-15567\] Dropdown inside a popup on a map](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-15567-dropdown-inside-a-popup-on-a-map/30401)

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**Author:** [@sbussolino](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sbussolino)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-15567-dropdown-inside-a-popup-on-a-map/30401 "2020-04-24T15:21:51Z")

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Hello I have this view which I show as a popup inside a Map. Inside this view there is a dropdown element which is performing fine when I’m editing the view itself. But when it shows inside the map the dropdown is not w…

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