node-red/node-red-dashboard ? reverse-engineered prompt

Build me a Node RED dashboard that lets me quickly turn flows into a live web UI.

I want a sidebar in the Node RED editor where I can create tabs, groups, and widgets, then arrange them in a responsive grid. The dashboard should show up on a /ui page, with a title, light or dark theme, and basic layout settings like widget size, group width, and date format. It should support common controls and display widgets like text, charts, buttons, sliders, switches, gauges, tables, and custom HTML templates, and it should be able to send user input back into the flow.

Make it easy to set labels and values from incoming messages, and let widgets be enabled or disabled from messages too. I also want a simple way to add links in the menu and optionally lock it down so it is read only. If anything is unclear, look up the current Node RED docs online and follow the usual dashboard behavior users would expect.