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## [Top border of selection box in ChartRangeSelector doesn't show up in 8.1.x](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/top-border-of-selection-box-in-chartrangeselector-doesnt-show-up-in-8-1-x/45718)

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**Author:** [@nader.chinichian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nader.chinichian)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/top-border-of-selection-box-in-chartrangeselector-doesnt-show-up-in-8-1-x/45718 "2021-04-23T15:08:45Z")

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Hi, It seems in 8.1.x the Top border of the selection box in ChartRangeSelector always hidden.

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## [One project is too slow in designer and client](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/one-project-is-too-slow-in-designer-and-client/35087)

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**Author:** [@yifeiliu08](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/yifeiliu08)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/one-project-is-too-slow-in-designer-and-client/35087 "2021-04-23T14:24:45Z")

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i have one project, which is stable before today Today i found both the client it is very slow, and i found i can’t use my laptop to open the designer the only solution is i use the server side(windows 2016) open the d…

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## [Updating SQL Database via Powertable Entry 8.1.3](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/updating-sql-database-via-powertable-entry-8-1-3/45868)

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**Author:** [@dboyd](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dboyd)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2021, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/updating-sql-database-via-powertable-entry-8-1-3/45868 "2021-04-23T12:12:23Z")

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I have had success updating a table via a standard table but when I try to do it on a Power Table I never get the data to update. Is the following code correct? “numID” is the autogenerated row ID of each entry. Entered…

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## [Two customerizing questions about Perspective. Help Needed!](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/two-customerizing-questions-about-perspective-help-needed/45948)

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**Author:** [@Jay\_L](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jay_L)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2021, 10:14am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/two-customerizing-questions-about-perspective-help-needed/45948 "2021-04-23T10:14:42Z")

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Hey guys, got two problems about Perspective. One simple, the other frustrating. ①Can we hide the animation opening of Perspective ? What I mean is the picture below: ② It is accepted that the Alarm Status table com…

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## [Version 8 has broken logging](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/version-8-has-broken-logging/45799)

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**Author:** [@AlThePal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlThePal)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2021, 9:24am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/version-8-has-broken-logging/45799 "2021-04-23T09:24:05Z")

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We have a customer we upgraded from 7.9 to 8.1.1. We are logging the Modbus TCP Is Connected tag from all connected devices to keep an eye on communication failures. We’ve noticed since the upgrade that the logged recor…

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## [Problem displaying two docked windows](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-displaying-two-docked-windows/45747)

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**Author:** [@daniele1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/daniele1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2021, 7:56am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-displaying-two-docked-windows/45747 "2021-04-23T07:56:47Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to set up the UI in Vision made up of two docked windows, one West and one East, and a Main windows in the middle. I have problems displaying the 3 windows correctly even when aggiusting the sum of the w…

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## [No item for clientHandle=xxx](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/no-item-for-clienthandle-xxx/28968)

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**Author:** [@Steve\_Beck](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Steve_Beck)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2021, 5:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/no-item-for-clienthandle-xxx/28968 "2021-04-23T05:37:21Z")

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In the wrapper logs for one of my installs I’m getting a boatload of these messages, but can’t seem to find any info on what it means or what is causing it. I’m not having any issues with any tags or any other OPC server…

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## [The path() & url() functions for clip-path property doesn't work in perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/the-path-url-functions-for-clip-path-property-doesnt-work-in-perspective/45901)

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**Author:** [@nader.chinichian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nader.chinichian)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2021, 5:11am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/the-path-url-functions-for-clip-path-property-doesnt-work-in-perspective/45901 "2021-04-23T05:11:33Z")

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Hi, For the clip-path CSS3 property all available syntaxs like circle(40%), polygon(50% 0, 100% 50%, 50% 100%, 0 50%), etc … are working except path() and url() functions. I try those but nothing is happening: clip-pa…

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## [Change an existing opc device's driver?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/change-an-existing-opc-devices-driver/45927)

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**Author:** [@scott.stamps](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/scott.stamps)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/change-an-existing-opc-devices-driver/45927 "2021-04-22T19:41:03Z")

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When setting up a new device, you are able to select the driver. However, for existing devices, there doesn’t seem to be an option to change the driver. I would prefer not to create a new device, as the current one has t…

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## [Message expression in the Notification Block](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/message-expression-in-the-notification-block/45926)

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**Author:** [@mhicks1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mhicks1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/message-expression-in-the-notification-block/45926 "2021-04-22T19:29:31Z")

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Hello, I am trying to use the “Label” tag to populate a Notification in a Notification Block. When I use it, I get “Null”. Where is “Label” get its value? I would like to use the “Label” to identify the Line Name an…

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## [Edge Expression Tag Script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-expression-tag-script/45890)

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**Author:** [@CTavakoli](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/CTavakoli)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-expression-tag-script/45890 "2021-04-22T18:04:13Z")

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I recently moved one of my projects to Edge (8.1.4), Expression tags scripts containing runScript(…) function all fail with a value reading: Error\_ExpressionEval. These are all tested and previously used scripts. “Ga…

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## [Trying to script a data change event to update a dataset in a List](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trying-to-script-a-data-change-event-to-update-a-dataset-in-a-list/45892)

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**Author:** [@frank.carney](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/frank.carney)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trying-to-script-a-data-change-event-to-update-a-dataset-in-a-list/45892 "2021-04-22T18:01:06Z")

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def valueChanged(tag, tagPath, previousValue, currentValue, initialChange, missedEvents): """ Fired whenever the current value changes in value or quality. Arguments: tag: The source tag object. A read-only wrapper…

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## [A tag average over time](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/a-tag-average-over-time/45802)

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**Author:** [@water2](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/water2)\
**Replies:** 66\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/a-tag-average-over-time/45802 "2021-04-22T17:43:41Z")

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So we have a tag we will call “Data” that is scanning every minute and that data is getting stored on a historical server. That would be 60 data points every hour. What we are trying to do is create an equation that take…

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## [Ignition 8 Stale Tag Threshold](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-stale-tag-threshold/45922)

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**Author:** [@mleefers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mleefers)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-stale-tag-threshold/45922 "2021-04-22T17:18:20Z")

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Hello, I am looking to change increase the stale tag threshold for one of my OPC UA connections. I think in earlier versions of Ignition this was done in the gateway under the OPC UA server settings. However, I don’t se…

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## [Can you transfer a license across Ignition versions?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-you-transfer-a-license-across-ignition-versions/45920)

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**Author:** [@cboin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cboin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-you-transfer-a-license-across-ignition-versions/45920 "2021-04-22T16:29:20Z")

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Hello, Is it possible to transfer a license from 7.9 to 8.0 with no issues? I wanted to confirm before I tried to deactivate on 7.9 and reactivate on the newer version. Thanks!

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## [SVG clip-path Attribute](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/svg-clip-path-attribute/30457)

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**Author:** [@swolnisty](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/swolnisty)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/svg-clip-path-attribute/30457 "2021-04-22T15:29:17Z")

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Has anyone been able to successfully use the clip-path attribute on embedded SVGs in Perspective? In most cases I have been able to approximate what I needed by using a path with its “fill-rule” attribute set to “evenod…

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## [Chart (not EasyChart) min & max with label](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/chart-not-easychart-min-max-with-label/45870)

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**Author:** [@zxcslo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zxcslo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/chart-not-easychart-min-max-with-label/45870 "2021-04-22T15:08:01Z")

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I have a chart (not easyChart) in Ignition 7.9 in Vision. And I need to display some kind of marker (shape, triangle preferable) where the min and max Y values are and a text with these min and max values. Like on this …

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## [Query tags not updating in Ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/query-tags-not-updating-in-ignition/40182)

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**Author:** [@jason.millar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jason.millar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/query-tags-not-updating-in-ignition/40182 "2021-04-22T14:57:55Z")

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Hi all; We have a series of query tags based off of a Sql Server datastore. These were working fine until a week or so ago, and now we see that they’re not updating according to their polling frequency (about 10 second…

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## [Strange value given as a result of my query in my report](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/strange-value-given-as-a-result-of-my-query-in-my-report/45905)

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**Author:** [@dmiessner](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dmiessner)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/strange-value-given-as-a-result-of-my-query-in-my-report/45905 "2021-04-22T13:53:05Z")

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As the title states I’m getting a result from my query that I didn’t expect at all. But it isn’t data, and the same query does return what I expected it to every other time except for the last row in the report. Here i…

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## [Bad Quality OPC Tag When Others Read And Browse Works](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bad-quality-opc-tag-when-others-read-and-browse-works/45906)

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**Author:** [@LandrethEdward](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/LandrethEdward)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bad-quality-opc-tag-when-others-read-and-browse-works/45906 "2021-04-22T13:29:38Z")

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Hello, We have several PLCs from similar work cells added to a gateway and are pulling in a few OPC tags from them. On one of the cells, a tag is showing a bad quality and unable to see any diagnostics data or wrapper l…

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## [Power Table and JComponent - strange border](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-and-jcomponent-strange-border/45904)

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**Author:** [@stra](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/stra)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 11:08am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-and-jcomponent-strange-border/45904 "2021-04-22T11:08:06Z")

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I’m playing with “javax.swing.table.TableCellEditor” to make the table a little bit special. I have a strange phenomenon when the component is a JCheckBox: a small blue rectangle appears to the left of the cell. has a…

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## [\[Bug-2323\] number conversion Gateway locale(?)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-2323-number-conversion-gateway-locale/45750)

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**Author:** [@victordcq](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/victordcq)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 6:31am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-2323-number-conversion-gateway-locale/45750 "2021-04-22T06:31:56Z")

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Everytime i work with floats or ints, the gateway seems to mess up and add in one extra 0 behind the number! At first i had it while scripting everytime i tried to read a tag it would add a 0 behind the value. tag = 12…

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## [\[bug\] Power Chart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-power-chart/45899)

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**Author:** [@james\_electriceng](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/james_electriceng)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 6:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-power-chart/45899 "2021-04-22T06:09:53Z")

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Possible bug or could be me. Power Chart doesn’t always show the plot value when used with a pen. Props-\>axes-\>range-\>auto = true Pens-\>plot=0 (the only plot I have) Both plot and pen axis reference the same axis. On…

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## [OPC tags stay unhealthy even after device is reconnected](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-tags-stay-unhealthy-even-after-device-is-reconnected/45741)

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**Author:** [@hventer23](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/hventer23)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 5:36am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-tags-stay-unhealthy-even-after-device-is-reconnected/45741 "2021-04-22T05:36:03Z")

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Hi We have Ignition Edge installed on a moxa switch which is connected to a Modbus TCP device. I created a device under config\>Opcua\>Devices. Everything is working fine. Every now and then if I power cycle the whole pan…

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## [Escape curly braces in udt opc item path](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/escape-curly-braces-in-udt-opc-item-path/45894)

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**Author:** [@zzeng2](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zzeng2)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/escape-curly-braces-in-udt-opc-item-path/45894 "2021-04-22T01:42:04Z")

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I noticed this change has been implemented in 8.1.5, but no instruction can be found. Does anyone know how to do this?

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## [View a .ply file in Perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/view-a-ply-file-in-perspective/45725)

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**Author:** [@DougSN](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/DougSN)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 1:22am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/view-a-ply-file-in-perspective/45725 "2021-04-22T01:22:17Z")

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I have a client that takes 3D images in a .ply format (reference at PLY - Polygon File Format) and they would like to be able to view them on a Perspective page. They want to be able to move the images around with their …

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## [Query problems in 7.9.6](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/query-problems-in-7-9-6/45896)

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**Author:** [@Brian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Brian)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/query-problems-in-7-9-6/45896 "2021-04-22T00:01:46Z")

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I’m having trouble with a SQL query that doesn’t work in the Ignition database query browser, but works directly in the database. I’m using Postgresql, 9.6.13. The query is: with linedates as ( select generate\_series…

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## [Numeric entry auto lose focus popup Google Chrome. Not Edge or Firefox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/numeric-entry-auto-lose-focus-popup-google-chrome-not-edge-or-firefox/40906)

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**Author:** [@wking](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/wking)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/numeric-entry-auto-lose-focus-popup-google-chrome-not-edge-or-firefox/40906 "2021-04-21T22:58:13Z")

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This has been an issue since 8.0.1 for me. I have in the past made them protected input and could input. But, I don’t see this reported anywhere. Also, the tooltip displays beneath the popup.

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## [IP camera viewer in Perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ip-camera-viewer-in-perspective/45084)

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**Author:** [@ASF](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ASF)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ip-camera-viewer-in-perspective/45084 "2021-04-21T21:58:20Z")

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I’m currently in the initial design stages of a project using Ignition, where we’ll use the Perspective Workstation app on a PC with touchscreen as an operator interface. The customer has asked us to add in some live fee…

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## [Separate Gateway website from Perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/separate-gateway-website-from-perspective/45875)

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**Author:** [@drojas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/drojas)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/separate-gateway-website-from-perspective/45875 "2021-04-21T21:08:56Z")

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I don’t know if anyone else has asked for this, but would it be better if the main Gateway Home page, Status and Config pages be hosted on a different port separate from say Perspective, WebDev, and IdP functionality? W…

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