# \#designer **URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tag/designer/36.md [Latest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tags.md) --- ## [Cannot connect designer to master when backup is active](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-connect-designer-to-master-when-backup-is-active/114194)
**Author:** [@scott](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/scott)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2026, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-connect-designer-to-master-when-backup-is-active/114194 "2026-10-09T12:37:38Z")
Our customer has recently implemented redundancy for their Ignition gateway and is currently soak testing running the backup to monitor if there are any issues (firewalls, hardcoded hostnames, etc) I am trying to connec… --- ## [Ignition Designer - Connection Refused on Backup Restore](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-designer-connection-refused-on-backup-restore/97981)
**Author:** [@bradley.falzon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bradley.falzon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2026, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-designer-connection-refused-on-backup-restore/97981 "2026-10-07T15:28:47Z")
Hey All, Recently I had to restore some tags from an old backup of our production Ignition instance (8.1.20). All running on Windows OS (shouldn't matter but the exact error message may differ). We have SSL/TLS configur… --- ## [Offset selection boxes when scaling views](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/offset-selection-boxes-when-scaling-views/117338)
**Author:** [@natnael.tsegai](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/natnael.tsegai)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/offset-selection-boxes-when-scaling-views/117338 "2026-10-05T19:18:06Z")
When a view is scaled in sizing using the "zoom" property, the components contained in the view have their selection boxes offset. I'm not sure if this is by design, and it doesn't really impact work, but maybe something… --- ## [Script editor does not highlight with as a keyword (8.3.3)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-editor-does-not-highlight-with-as-a-keyword-8-3-3/117314)
**Author:** [@jjones3](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jjones3)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-editor-does-not-highlight-with-as-a-keyword-8-3-3/117314 "2026-10-02T15:41:01Z")
Not sure if this belongs here or somewhere else but I noticed in 8.3.3 that the script editor doesn't highlight with as a keyword. Something like this runs fine, but with just shows up as plain text while as on the same … --- ## [Dark mode for Ignition 8.3 Designer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dark-mode-for-ignition-8-3-designer/116965)
**Author:** [@sam.donche](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sam.donche)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2026, 7:16am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dark-mode-for-ignition-8-3-designer/116965 "2026-09-30T07:16:04Z")
I wrote a module to turn the Ignition Designer dark. It is for 8.3, it is free, and it goes on the gateway once, so every Designer that connects can toggle dark mode on or off. This setting is saved locally on each deve… --- ## [\[IGN-1185\]About the Find/Replace Search Scope](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-1185-about-the-find-replace-search-scope/117127)
**Author:** [@s.ozaki](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/s.ozaki)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 11:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-1185-about-the-find-replace-search-scope/117127 "2026-09-23T23:52:52Z")
Hello, I searched for "\[default\]" using the Find/Replace tool in the Designer, but references inside: Vision Client Tags → \[tag\] → Tag Events → Value Changed Script were not included in the search results. Is this… --- ## [Possible Bug in v8.3 with Classic Authentication Mode for Designer w/ AD Failover to Local Source](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/possible-bug-in-v8-3-with-classic-authentication-mode-for-designer-w-ad-failover-to-local-source/116991)
**Author:** [@michael.flagler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.flagler)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/possible-bug-in-v8-3-with-classic-authentication-mode-for-designer-w-ad-failover-to-local-source/116991 "2026-09-10T14:30:30Z")
I may have stumbled upon a bug when using classic authentication mode with an Active Directory user source with soft or hard failover to a local/internal user source when the Active Directory user source is not available… --- ## [Increasing Designer Memory More than 4.0 GB](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/increasing-designer-memory-more-than-4-0-gb/117000)
**Author:** [@narimannejadm](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/narimannejadm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 6:56am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/increasing-designer-memory-more-than-4-0-gb/117000 "2026-09-08T06:56:18Z")
hi everyone, Is there anyway to increase the designer memory more than 4 GB? the max memory available in gateway setting for designer is 4 GB --- ## [Binary Message Too Large in Ignition Designer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/binary-message-too-large-in-ignition-designer/112106)
**Author:** [@henderson.g](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/henderson.g)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/binary-message-too-large-in-ignition-designer/112106 "2026-08-10T15:55:42Z")
Hey everyone, Our team recently upgraded to Ignition 8.3.1. Overall, our upgrade process was pretty smooth. This is our “main” Ignition gateway, and we have almost 10 other Ignition gateways that are incoming connection… --- ## [Designer "Listing all available user roles"](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-listing-all-available-user-roles/116650)
**Author:** [@melina.cottey](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/melina.cottey)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2026, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-listing-all-available-user-roles/116650 "2026-08-04T12:58:18Z")
Hi, I'm currently having an issue where when someone opens the designer he sees "listing all available user roles". Almost like the designer can't contact the identity providers (AD) but the vision client don't have any… --- ## [Ignition Edge: Perspective resources not visible in Designer on Debian Linux, but visible in Designer on Windows](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-perspective-resources-not-visible-in-designer-on-debian-linux-but-visible-in-designer-on-windows/116561)
**Author:** [@sebastian.pesce](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sebastian.pesce)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2026, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-perspective-resources-not-visible-in-designer-on-debian-linux-but-visible-in-designer-on-windows/116561 "2026-07-28T22:49:23Z")
Ignition Version: 8.3.8 Designer Launcher Version: 1.3.8 Edge Panel Trial Environment: Debian 13 (Xfce) in VMware Workstation Perspective module is installed and active in both cases. When opening the project in th… --- ## [UDT instances showing 'Uncertain Values' & not writable after a kepware restart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/udt-instances-showing-uncertain-values-not-writable-after-a-kepware-restart/116258)
**Author:** [@harshadsarjer.garad](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/harshadsarjer.garad)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2026, 4:48am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/udt-instances-showing-uncertain-values-not-writable-after-a-kepware-restart/116258 "2026-07-06T04:48:13Z")
Whenever the Kepware services are re-started, the existing UDT instances show uncertain values and even I am not able to write to the tags even though the read write mode is on in the Ignition designer. The tags are com… --- ## [Launch file associations break if path includes any spaces](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/launch-file-associations-break-if-path-includes-any-spaces/116174)
**Author:** [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2026, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/launch-file-associations-break-if-path-includes-any-spaces/116174 "2026-06-26T18:54:44Z")
Just discovered that new desktop shortcuts installed in Linux only work if the path doesn't contain any spaces. I dug in and manually generated a launcher jar load with the spaces encoded, and it worked. Spaces are not… --- ## [Designer and Persective Workstation Apps not running on Linux](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-and-persective-workstation-apps-not-running-on-linux/83641)
**Author:** [@BlocIoT](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/BlocIoT)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2026, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-and-persective-workstation-apps-not-running-on-linux/83641 "2026-05-23T00:33:49Z")
Hello, I''m having issues in running the designer app on an Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS x86\_64 machine. I noticed someone had the same issue on Mint back in 2019, but the workarounds didn't work for me. I tried both .desktop an… --- ## [8.1 to 8.3 Database Query Browser different behavor with SQL Server schema tables, columns issue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-to-8-3-database-query-browser-different-behavor-with-sql-server-schema-tables-columns-issue/115180)
**Author:** [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-to-8-3-database-query-browser-different-behavor-with-sql-server-schema-tables-columns-issue/115180 "2026-05-01T18:34:13Z")
Between 8.1 and 8.3 behavior was changed with the database query browser with how it sees tables from sql server. In the database I am working on there are many schemas with similar structure, and though it never show… --- ## [\[IGN-15956\] Designer Zooming on Mac](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-15956-designer-zooming-on-mac/114460)
**Author:** [@MG3](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MG3)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2026, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-15956-designer-zooming-on-mac/114460 "2026-04-15T00:23:56Z")
Bit of a weird one but anyone else have issues zooming in/out on Mac in Designer. When I try to zoom in / out with the Trackpad it just doesn’t work and zooms all the way in (on Vision), on Perspective I have to hold Com… --- ## [\[IGN-15796\] Designer tag browser panel scroll bar disappears](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-15796-designer-tag-browser-panel-scroll-bar-disappears/106473)
**Author:** [@EricDykema](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/EricDykema)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2026, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-15796-designer-tag-browser-panel-scroll-bar-disappears/106473 "2026-03-25T20:15:52Z")
When expanding tags past the view height of the tag browser, the scroll bar appears. However, when you deselect all options (value, data type) in the column chooser, the scroll bar disappears even if the tag list is long… --- ## [Designer showing concurrent user (me)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-showing-concurrent-user-me/85225)
**Author:** [@hw79](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/hw79)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2026, 12:46am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-showing-concurrent-user-me/85225 "2026-03-01T00:46:37Z")
Per the title, the designer is showing that I have a concurrent session, but the Gateway only shows my 1 designer session. I have closed and reopened the designer. The IP address it shows for the other session is not m… --- ## [Java error when starting the designer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/java-error-when-starting-the-designer/98844)
**Author:** [@wilmerolsson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/wilmerolsson)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2026, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/java-error-when-starting-the-designer/98844 "2026-02-18T17:17:59Z")
I followed this guide: https://support.inductiveautomation.com/hc/en-us/articles/4415277272205-Troubleshooting-Launchers-that-Silently-Fail-to-Launch-Applications-or-Designer Here is all i get when i run the command in … --- ## [Selection Box Designer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/selection-box-designer/112478)
**Author:** [@marco.handle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/marco.handle)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2026, 5:30am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/selection-box-designer/112478 "2026-02-09T05:30:23Z")
In the Designer there is a a Bug with the selection Box. I saw a forum entry from 2019 where it was fixed. I am using 8.3.1. It happens if: the root is a flex container in the flex contianer is a coordinate container … --- ## [Tag Copy Past in UDTs Fails to Copy Tag Config](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-copy-past-in-udts-fails-to-copy-tag-config/113645)
**Author:** [@alex.mitterhauser](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alex.mitterhauser)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-copy-past-in-udts-fails-to-copy-tag-config/113645 "2026-01-29T21:37:32Z")
Hello! Ignition 8.3.2. When I’m in the Designer UDT Definition Editor editing a UDT I try and copy tags from one sub-folder and paste to another. The tags are created but lose all configuration and appear as newly creat… --- ## [Designer "Unable to save session props"](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-unable-to-save-session-props/105687)
**Author:** [@zac.orange](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zac.orange)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-unable-to-save-session-props/105687 "2026-01-29T19:35:04Z")
I've been using Ignition regularly for a couple of years now and in the past 6 months or so I've noticed an issue that I've never seen occur before. Every once and a while when working on a project in designer, I will tr… --- ## [8.1.50 Designer Buggy: Renaming Issues](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-50-designer-buggy-renaming-issues/112863)
**Author:** [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-50-designer-buggy-renaming-issues/112863 "2026-01-29T15:33:03Z")
v8.1.50 Since upgrading to 50, I've noticed in the designer I have issues renaming and deleting perspective custom properties and components. I sometimes see deleted custom properties re-appear, and name changes revert… --- ## [\[IGN-15317\]Project Download Size in Designer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-15317-project-download-size-in-designer/113526)
**Author:** [@michael.flagler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.flagler)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2026, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-15317-project-download-size-in-designer/113526 "2026-01-24T21:49:05Z")
I've been traveling and working remotely from hotels and noticed that a gateway that I have in both 8.1 and 8.3 that the designer has to download significantly more data in 8.3 compared to 8.1 causing it to take much lon… --- ## [Design options for graphs in perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/design-options-for-graphs-in-perspective/113353)
**Author:** [@Kain\_Denon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kain_Denon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 9:11am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/design-options-for-graphs-in-perspective/113353 "2026-01-20T09:11:52Z")
Hi all! I was wondering if anyone has figured out how to make the charts used in perspective a bit more modern? The two major edits I am looking for are: Fading of the fill colour Smoothing of the data points Here is… --- ## [Designer View Open Error](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-view-open-error/113322)
**Author:** [@marco.handle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/marco.handle)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2026, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-view-open-error/113322 "2026-01-15T21:31:34Z")
Hi everyone, we have a Problem with the designer. If I want to open a View then the View is stuck in initializing. In the console of the designer the following message is shown: 17:55:00.220 \[Browser Thread: b8e8e7cc… --- ## [How do I sum the cumulative values of tags over a shift?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-sum-the-cumulative-values-of-tags-over-a-shift/112813)
**Author:** [@chris.alexander](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/chris.alexander)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-sum-the-cumulative-values-of-tags-over-a-shift/112813 "2025-12-15T19:18:08Z")
I am working on building an OEE dashboard and I have ran into a common obstacle: How do I sum the cumulative values of tags over a shift? For example, Performance is defined as the (Standard Cycle Time X Cycle Count)/(Ru… --- ## [Storage provider for history tag editor troubles on designer Ignition 8.3.1 and 8.3.2](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/storage-provider-for-history-tag-editor-troubles-on-designer-ignition-8-3-1-and-8-3-2/112788)
**Author:** [@caritoel27](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/caritoel27)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/storage-provider-for-history-tag-editor-troubles-on-designer-ignition-8-3-1-and-8-3-2/112788 "2025-12-12T15:50:52Z")
Hello everyone, I've been resuming some demo work in Ignition 8.3 for the company where i’m working. However, I've encountered a problem with this version 8.3.1. Specifically, in the designer, I can't display the Storage… --- ## [\[IGN-15086\]Suggestion for our beloved Designer's Tag Browser](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-15086-suggestion-for-our-beloved-designers-tag-browser/112731)
**Author:** [@SBL\_MC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/SBL_MC)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-15086-suggestion-for-our-beloved-designers-tag-browser/112731 "2025-12-11T18:45:20Z")
For safety reasons, I have suggestion: We have to click inside the tick box to change the state of a BOOL instead of anywhere in the value column. Or at least have the option to do so? I selected the row above my INT to… --- ## [Ignition 8.3 - Installing Designer Launcher - Ubuntu 22.04](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-3-installing-designer-launcher-ubuntu-22-04/111701)
**Author:** [@MickBob](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MickBob)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-3-installing-designer-launcher-ubuntu-22-04/111701 "2025-11-23T21:33:04Z")
I’m installing Ignition 8.3 for the first time on Ubuntu 22.04. The gateway installed fine. I can to go to the gateway page to download Designer Launcher for Linux and download designerlauncher.tar.gz. After that is whe… [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tag/designer/36.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=designer)