# \[Feature Request\] Tag editing, reference tags, etc **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition81\ **Created:** [February 23, 2026, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-request-tag-editing-reference-tags-etc/114120 "2026-02-23T12:32:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-request-tag-editing-reference-tags-etc/114120/1 "2026-02-23T12:32:54Z")
Tags are the absolute core of any SCADA system. Why, when creating reference tags, is there a teeny tiny window that I need a telescope to view. Then I maximise it, get that tag done, go to do the next one, and boom back to being outside the Milky Way. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/6/a/6a150ab63a903940cbd17d1de49f3248503d5075.png) 8.1.35. 8.3 planned for Q3 ‘26. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2026, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-request-tag-editing-reference-tags-etc/114120/2 "2026-02-23T12:47:14Z")
I don't think I've ever noticed that before (and I'm sure that’s something that I would comaplin about 😅) Is your Windows display scaling set to anything other than 100%? ---
**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-request-tag-editing-reference-tags-etc/114120/3 "2026-02-23T13:02:47Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/c/5/c54204c3113c7b17a05fb410035858e3fa04c164.png) I’m RDP’d into a customers Dev workstation, to answer that I’m going to have to ping my IT guy… I’m creating reference tags to MQTT engine, so some really long paths, and it’s just annoying. So I’m WFH today, so fired up my 8.3.3 dev; ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/4/0/40c930f0f901c5faa09cc96cefc262fcfcc6041d.png) My 4K monitor is 150% but my monitor 2 (designer) is 100% ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/c/2/c2dad184bb634a4ebbf2874449812068552f79f3.png) ---
**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:** [February 23, 2026, 1:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-request-tag-editing-reference-tags-etc/114120/4 "2026-02-23T13:11:45Z")
Do you have 8 monitors at home?? 🫠 ---
**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-request-tag-editing-reference-tags-etc/114120/5 "2026-02-23T13:13:08Z")
16 in my home office. Look at my wee forum pic here. A 3x3 Matrix (hehe, pun intended) 9 x 24” 1080p with a 27” 4K to the right. ---
**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-request-tag-editing-reference-tags-etc/114120/6 "2026-02-23T13:15:19Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/e/5/e5d3bfe96a19f2d4a09c7b43da2b01660980a5f8.jpeg) Before I added the 4K. The one visible top right is a mega old VGA for SSH terminals. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2026, 1:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-request-tag-editing-reference-tags-etc/114120/7 "2026-02-23T13:16:49Z")
I guess not everyone's home office is in an upstairs room in a house with raked ceilings on the second storey (limited vertical height where the desk is - I can literally _just_ fit the height of a single monitor). Still, 16 seems excessive haha ---
**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-request-tag-editing-reference-tags-etc/114120/8 "2026-02-23T13:18:00Z")
“Perfection is only one more power tool away” …. “I could multi-task 5% better with just one more monitor” haha ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Martineau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@Lynn\_Martineau](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Lynn_Martineau)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-request-tag-editing-reference-tags-etc/114120/9 "2026-02-23T15:56:44Z")
Impressive display… The law of diminishing returns hits me at four (3 at home, 4 at work). ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-request-tag-editing-reference-tags-etc/114120/10 "2026-02-23T16:37:27Z")
I use just 2x 4K. ---
**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-request-tag-editing-reference-tags-etc/114120/11 "2026-02-23T16:41:23Z")
That’s what I have at the office in my workshop, hence why I prefer WFH =) ---
**Author:** ![bkarabinchak.psi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bkarabinchak.psi/32/83567_2.png) [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-request-tag-editing-reference-tags-etc/114120/12 "2026-02-23T16:52:24Z")
Very interesting to see how other people work! I used to use 3 and now I just use one. I feel it helps me focus more. Having a second when needing to RDP/ssh is very useful but beyond that I find it just pulls my eyes apart Is your username matrix\_engineering because you work on a 4x4 matrix of desktops? ---
**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-request-tag-editing-reference-tags-etc/114120/13 "2026-02-23T18:05:11Z")
The name came first, I just wanted a randomey name that sounded kinda cool and not linked to my actual name, then a 2x2 matrix of monitors came later and after that matrice maths during my degree in Mechatronics. ---
**Author:** ![caleb.bohon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@caleb.bohon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/caleb.bohon)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-request-tag-editing-reference-tags-etc/114120/14 "2026-02-27T18:12:14Z")
Like Lynn, I think dimminishing returns would set in after 3 or 4. I have 3 (counting the laptop integral screen) at home. Sometimes I pull up a 4th by setting up my iPad, but thats not quite the same. I don’t currently have a work office, but I think I’ll max out at 4 total. Do any of you find that using a number of flat screens bothers your eyes? One of my coworkers swears by curved monitors, says they help with eye fatigue. ---
**Author:** ![diat150](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a587f6/32.png) [@diat150](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/diat150)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-request-tag-editing-reference-tags-etc/114120/15 "2026-02-27T18:53:49Z")
I use 3 I cant imagine working off of just one monitor unless it was huge and could substitute the equivalent of 4 monitors.