# \[BUG\] Configuration Explorer - Opening config shows original after editing

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-configuration-explorer-opening-config-shows-original-after-editing/112113>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition83, perspective\
**Created:** [November 11, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-configuration-explorer-opening-config-shows-original-after-editing/112113 "2025-11-11T22:55:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-configuration-explorer-opening-config-shows-original-after-editing/112113/1 "2025-11-11T22:55:28Z")

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v8.3.0

When using the Configuration Explorer (CE) to find and edit View component bindings, I noticed that if I double click in the CE on a binding to edit it and OK the changes, then open it back up again from the CE, the binding editor shows the original binding. However if I find the prop in the Project Browser and open the binding from there, it’s correctly applied the new binding. It looks like the CE is caching the values and opening the binding editor up with the cached value instead of the live.

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**Author:** ![andrew.budaiev](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/andrew.budaiev/32/72921_2.png) [@andrew.budaiev](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrew.budaiev)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 11:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-configuration-explorer-opening-config-shows-original-after-editing/112113/2 "2025-11-11T23:57:04Z")

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You need to click "Refresh" in the top right corner. It doesn't auto-refresh the UI.

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-configuration-explorer-opening-config-shows-original-after-editing/112113/3 "2025-11-12T00:34:59Z")

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Yeah, I couldn't tell you exactly why it works that way (been a long time since I made the configuration explorer, and I'm mostly just happy anyone uses it) but the config explorer does exactly what you suspect - it basically holds on to what the config is at the moment it walked through your view, and when you hit 'Go To Reference' it brings up that cached config instead of the 'live' config in the binding.

A quick glance at the code suggests that it would be surprisingly harder to refactor than you might think, but it's still worth a ticket I think.

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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-configuration-explorer-opening-config-shows-original-after-editing/112113/4 "2025-11-12T00:43:23Z")

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> [@paul-griffith](#):
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> and I'm mostly just happy anyone uses it

It’s pretty handy! We use it all the time, the filtering is what really gives it value, I guess i’ve just _never made a mistake_ and had to re-open the binding to fix it from there…. 🤣 that’s the sales pitch for me anyway