ui-switch: sync issue

docs/contributing/guides/registration.md

@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ Similar to `onAction`, when used as a boolean, this flag will trigger the defaul
 2. Appends any `msg.topic` defined on the node config
 3. Runs `evts.beforeSend()` _(if provided)_
 4. Store the most recent message on the widget under the `._msg` property which will contain the latest state/value of the widget
-5. Sends the `msg` onwards to any connected nodes
+5. Pushes a `widget-sync` event to synchronize the widgets in all clients.
+6. Sends the `msg` onwards to any connected nodes
 
 #### Custom `onChange` Handler
 
@@ -111,8 +112,10 @@ Alternatively, you can override this default behaviour by providing a custom `on
  * Handle the input from the widget
  * @param {object} msg - the last known msg received (prior to this new value)
  * @param {boolean} value - the updated value sent by the widget
+ * @param {Socket} conn - socket.io socket connecting to the server
+ * @param {String} id - widget id sending the action
  */
-onChange: async function (msg, value) {
+onChange: async function (msg, value, conn, id) {
     // ensure we have latest instance of the widget's node
     const wNode = RED.nodes.getNode(node.id)
 
@@ -127,6 +130,10 @@ onChange: async function (msg, value) {
     const off = RED.util.evaluateNodeProperty(config.offvalue, config.offvalueType, wNode)
     msg.payload = value ? on : off
 
+    // sync this change to all clients with the same widget
+    const exclude = [conn.id] 
+    base.emit('widget-sync:' + id, msg, node, exclude)
+
     // simulate Node-RED node receiving an input
     wNode.send(msg)
 }

nodes/config/ui_base.js

@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ module.exports = function (RED) {
 
             msg = addConnectionCredentials(RED, msg, conn, n)
 
-            async function defaultHandler (msg, value) {
+            async function defaultHandler (msg, value, conn, id) {
                 if (typeof (value) === 'object' && value !== null && hasProperty(value, 'payload')) {
                     msg.payload = value.payload
                 } else {
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ module.exports = function (RED) {
                 // Most of the time, we can just use this default handler,
                 // but sometimes a node needs to do something specific (e.g. ui-switch)
                 const handler = typeof (widgetEvents.onChange) === 'function' ? widgetEvents.onChange : defaultHandler
-                await handler(msg, value)
+                await handler(msg, value, conn, id)
             } catch (error) {
                 console.log(error)
                 let errorHandler = typeof (widgetEvents.onError) === 'function' ? widgetEvents.onError : null

nodes/widgets/ui_switch.js

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ module.exports = function (RED) {
 
         // which group are we rendering this widget
         const group = RED.nodes.getNode(config.group)
+        const base = group.getBase()
 
         // retrieve the assigned on/off values
         const on = RED.util.evaluateNodeProperty(config.onvalue, config.onvalueType, node)
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ module.exports = function (RED) {
         const evts = {
             // runs on UI interaction
             // value = true | false from the ui-switch
-            onChange: async function (msg, value) {
+            onChange: async function (msg, value, conn, id) {
                 msg.payload = value ? on : off
 
                 if (config.topic || config.topicType) {
@@ -42,7 +43,10 @@ module.exports = function (RED) {
                         shape: 'ring',
                         text: value ? states[1] : states[0]
                     })
-                    datastore.save(group.getBase(), node, msg)
+                    datastore.save(base, node, msg)
+
+                    const exclude = [conn.id] // sync this change to all clients with the same widget
+                    base.emit('widget-sync:' + id, msg, node, exclude) // let all other connect clients now about the value change
 
                     // simulate Node-RED node receiving an input
                     node.send(msg)