# Core Development

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/c/development/8.md?page=29

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## [Make the help panel a palette panel](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/make-the-help-panel-a-palette-panel/44270)

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**Author:** [@2WeltenChris](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/2WeltenChris)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [16 April 2021 11:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/make-the-help-panel-a-palette-panel/44270 "2021-04-16T11:29:21Z")

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It would be great if nodes could be dragged onto the workspace directly from the help panel. This would allow to hide the palette and just use the sidebar giving more space for the flow itself. Furthermore the help for a…

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## [Sort-button or auto-sorting for the "link-list"](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sort-button-or-auto-sorting-for-the-link-list/44239)

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**Author:** [@JoeWiseman](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JoeWiseman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [16 April 2021 09:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sort-button-or-auto-sorting-for-the-link-list/44239 "2021-04-16T09:34:17Z")

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I'm using many links to get from one flow to another. Unfortunately they the links are ordered by their ID but not by their names .... Maybe I haven't found the right option yet, may it is simply missing. So would it b…

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## [Editor Feature Request - Flow List Quick Navigation](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/editor-feature-request-flow-list-quick-navigation/3634)

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**Author:** [@redDawn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/redDawn)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [14 April 2021 17:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/editor-feature-request-flow-list-quick-navigation/3634 "2021-04-14T17:01:01Z")

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Greetings all! Would be possible to squeeze in a flow list button for quick navigation? I get googly eyed when using the arrows. I know I can Control+F and type in "tab", but this would be nice: Thanks for all the …

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## [Is it possible to Capture Image of Node Red flow after deploy or Generate pictorial wiring diagrams and save?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-possible-to-capture-image-of-node-red-flow-after-deploy-or-generate-pictorial-wiring-diagrams-and-save/44141)

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**Author:** [@dhpatel177](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dhpatel177)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [14 April 2021 11:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-possible-to-capture-image-of-node-red-flow-after-deploy-or-generate-pictorial-wiring-diagrams-and-save/44141 "2021-04-14T11:53:51Z")

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Hi, Is it possible to Capture Image of Node Red flow after deploy or Generate pictorial wiring diagrams and save? Thanks

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## [When deploy ibm watson iot platform, could successfully receive send data, but can not receive data and cause node-red restarting indefinitely /mqtt/ibm iot node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/when-deploy-ibm-watson-iot-platform-could-successfully-receive-send-data-but-can-not-receive-data-and-cause-node-red-restarting-indefinitely-mqtt-ibm-iot-node/44040)

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**Author:** [@pirbobo](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/pirbobo)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [12 April 2021 14:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/when-deploy-ibm-watson-iot-platform-could-successfully-receive-send-data-but-can-not-receive-data-and-cause-node-red-restarting-indefinitely-mqtt-ibm-iot-node/44040 "2021-04-12T14:45:51Z")

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Apr 5 19:36:27 raspberrypi systemd\[1\]: nodered.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Apr 5 19:36:27 raspberrypi systemd\[1\]: nodered.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. nodered.service: Main pr…

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## [Expose configured output count to function node (I can PR)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/expose-configured-output-count-to-function-node-i-can-pr/43848)

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**Author:** [@kristian](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kristian)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [8 April 2021 16:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/expose-configured-output-count-to-function-node-i-can-pr/43848 "2021-04-08T16:02:53Z")

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Right now if I wish to handle the configured output count "dynamically" inside function node, i'd also have to set it in javascript as the configured one is not exposed to the sandbox - so setting it twice. My suggestio…

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## [Nodes disappear when importing subflows](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nodes-disappear-when-importing-subflows/40737)

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**Author:** [@r0ller](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/r0ller)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [6 April 2021 16:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nodes-disappear-when-importing-subflows/40737 "2021-04-06T16:09:15Z")

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Hi All, I'm using nodered 1.2.9 and imported quite a big flow (tab) which is a reengineered variant of an already existing flow (tab) so they have pretty much in common. After the import -no matter if I choose to replac…

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## [Configurable timeout for Trigger node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/configurable-timeout-for-trigger-node/43664)

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**Author:** [@hazymat](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hazymat)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [4 April 2021 21:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/configurable-timeout-for-trigger-node/43664 "2021-04-04T21:46:02Z")

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Hi, as per the following forum posts, I think it would be a really nice idea to be able to define a msg.delay (or msg.timeout?) for the Trigger node. @knolleary rightly points out in the first of the below posts that a …

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## [Dynamic file encoding](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dynamic-file-encoding/43434)

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**Author:** [@rsilvestre](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/rsilvestre)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [31 March 2021 08:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dynamic-file-encoding/43434 "2021-03-31T08:39:34Z")

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Hi, I have an issue with official File node. My concern is about the Encoding option. I created a submodule that take a filename and a s3 bucket and the main idea is to send the file to Amazon. But from time to time the…

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## [Revisit: enable wire checks \[Feature Request\] Disallow incompatible node connections](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/revisit-enable-wire-checks-feature-request-disallow-incompatible-node-connections/43258)

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**Author:** [@thentschel](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/thentschel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [27 March 2021 03:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/revisit-enable-wire-checks-feature-request-disallow-incompatible-node-connections/43258 "2021-03-27T03:13:14Z")

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I'd like to revisit a topic which was discussed a few months ago, but got auto-closed: \[Feature Request\] Disallow incompatible node connections My use-case is that some of the 'nodes' in the flow run on a small embedded…

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## [How to Rearrange the Nodes in Left Panel of Node Red](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-rearrange-the-nodes-in-left-panel-of-node-red/43160)

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**Author:** [@dhpatel177](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dhpatel177)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [25 March 2021 05:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-rearrange-the-nodes-in-left-panel-of-node-red/43160 "2021-03-25T05:23:24Z")

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Hello, I am having nodes with type subflow in my Node Red. I want to rearrange my nodes in left panel like the nodes having type subflow should come first and then after core nodes should appear. How can i do this? Th…

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## [Vertical flow view](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/vertical-flow-view/5487)

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**Author:** [@sakazuki](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sakazuki)\
**Replies:** 87\
**Last updated:** [22 March 2021 14:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/vertical-flow-view/5487 "2021-03-22T14:15:08Z")

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Hi All, I have changed a Node-RED flow from horizontal direction to vertical direction. I picked up samples from the article written by stephen keep Node-RED Design Patterns and Node-RED Library Which does make easy t…

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## [Suggestion to support JSONata in exec node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/suggestion-to-support-jsonata-in-exec-node/42794)

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**Author:** [@kazuhitoyokoi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kazuhitoyokoi)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [22 March 2021 07:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/suggestion-to-support-jsonata-in-exec-node/42794 "2021-03-22T07:46:20Z")

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In Node-RED events and documents, I often see the many pairs of change node (or function node) and exec node. Because the current exec node supports just msg.payload to specify a value in the received message. To solve t…

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## [Feature request for RBE node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/feature-request-for-rbe-node/42809)

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**Author:** [@rekcodocker](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/rekcodocker)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [18 March 2021 12:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/feature-request-for-rbe-node/42809 "2021-03-18T12:48:44Z")

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situation: I have sensor which gives a lot of output, and it logs to a graph. Many points will slow down the graph, and the output does not change often - but when it does I want to see it. I use the RBE node to reduc…

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## [Node-red-node-ping - Add options for IPv4/IPv6 selection](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-node-ping-add-options-for-ipv4-ipv6-selection/41137)

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**Author:** [@leoneltoledo](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/leoneltoledo)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [12 March 2021 19:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-node-ping-add-options-for-ipv4-ipv6-selection/41137 "2021-03-12T19:06:28Z")

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When using node-red-node-ping for communicate to an URL, there should be an option to select which IP version to use (Auto, IPv4 or IPv6). This will be useful to verify connectivity (Of node-red server's and/or destinati…

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## [Planning for Node-RED 2.0](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/planning-for-node-red-2-0/41918)

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**Author:** [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [7 March 2021 18:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/planning-for-node-red-2-0/41918 "2021-03-07T18:09:39Z")

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First up let me say that Node-RED 1.3.0-beta.1 is coming this week. There is one PR left to merge which should happen tomorrow. Putting that aside, we're starting to think about the 2.0 release. We published our plan la…

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## [Cut: ctrl-delete, Copy: ctrl-insert, Paste: shift-insert](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cut-ctrl-delete-copy-ctrl-insert-paste-shift-insert/42074)

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**Author:** [@BillClark](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BillClark)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [5 March 2021 16:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cut-ctrl-delete-copy-ctrl-insert-paste-shift-insert/42074 "2021-03-05T16:47:27Z")

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Would be wonderful if Node Red supported the "IBM Common User Access" keys for cut, copy, and paste. Cut: ctrl-delete, Copy: ctrl-insert, Paste: shift-insert I have been using these keys for over 30 years, since about …

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## [In which js can i find shortcut Keys related code?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/in-which-js-can-i-find-shortcut-keys-related-code/41924)

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**Author:** [@dhpatel177](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dhpatel177)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [5 March 2021 08:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/in-which-js-can-i-find-shortcut-keys-related-code/41924 "2021-03-05T08:00:44Z")

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Hello, As i want to disable(Unassigned) some of short cut keys and keep enable some keys. Can u plese help me out where can i find shortcut keys related code and how should i do that? P.S. earlier i asked this question…

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## [Adding Health/Status Endpoint to Admin API](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/adding-health-status-endpoint-to-admin-api/42041)

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**Author:** [@szep](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/szep)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [4 March 2021 20:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/adding-health-status-endpoint-to-admin-api/42041 "2021-03-04T20:18:56Z")

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My team would like to extend the express API to add a very basic health endpoint and potentially a status endpoint that returns info on the status of nodes akin to the functionality of the status node. We realize we cou…

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## [Node info on hover is not showing for custom node which is having type "subflow"](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-info-on-hover-is-not-showing-for-custom-node-which-is-having-type-subflow/41147)

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**Author:** [@dhpatel177](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dhpatel177)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [3 March 2021 06:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-info-on-hover-is-not-showing-for-custom-node-which-is-having-type-subflow/41147 "2021-03-03T06:04:16Z")

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Hello, when i hover on my custom node then node info is not showing for custom node which is having type "subflow". instead it is showing message "no information available". Can u please help out here? @knolleary Tha…

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## [FR: Duplicate node selection & Duplicate with wires](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fr-duplicate-node-selection-duplicate-with-wires/41905)

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**Author:** [@daxliniere](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/daxliniere)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [2 March 2021 18:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fr-duplicate-node-selection-duplicate-with-wires/41905 "2021-03-02T18:17:38Z")

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Hey team, It would be awesome if we had keyboard shortcuts for: Duplicate node selection - This is the same as copy, then paste, but a single action. Duplicate node selection (with wires) - This would be the same …

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## [Select Custom Colors for Wires?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/select-custom-colors-for-wires/4373)

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**Author:** [@topkoa](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/topkoa)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [2 March 2021 16:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/select-custom-colors-for-wires/4373 "2021-03-02T16:24:56Z")

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Hello, I would like to submit a feature request to have the ability to edit the color and/or texture (dotted, dashed, etc...) of the "wires" that connect each node. Occasionally on a flow there are wires that cross und…

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## [How do i create an AngularTS app which can listen to NR Sockets](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-i-create-an-angularts-app-which-can-listen-to-nr-sockets/41561)

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**Author:** [@fallenreaper](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fallenreaper)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [25 February 2021 14:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-i-create-an-angularts-app-which-can-listen-to-nr-sockets/41561 "2021-02-25T14:01:18Z")

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So, i have a client which really likes node red's ease of use for Diagram designing. It has a nice little flow he created. That information then needs to be forwarded to monitoring dashboards which is where I have been…

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## [Project mode - information on how setting.js, package.json and depenendencies are handled](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/project-mode-information-on-how-setting-js-package-json-and-depenendencies-are-handled/41552)

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**Author:** [@rogerjames99](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/rogerjames99)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [25 February 2021 08:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/project-mode-information-on-how-setting-js-package-json-and-depenendencies-are-handled/41552 "2021-02-25T08:48:29Z")

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Is there any documentation anywhere on how this works. I can see there are; A number of hidden files in the node red home directory. A package.json file in the individual project directories. A package.json file…

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## [\[SUGGESTION\] a node "ring that brings them all together 🧙"](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/suggestion-a-node-ring-that-brings-them-all-together/41306)

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**Author:** [@SuperNinja](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/SuperNinja)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [25 February 2021 00:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/suggestion-a-node-ring-that-brings-them-all-together/41306 "2021-02-25T00:03:55Z")

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I am often embarrassed with the quantity of thread that I have to pull to unite several knots between them. Therefore, I suggest a knot that lets all kinds of messages pass. I know that we can do it with a Function node…

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## [Custom button for editableList](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/custom-button-for-editablelist/41342)

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**Author:** [@BartButenaers](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BartButenaers)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [21 February 2021 22:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/custom-button-for-editablelist/41342 "2021-02-21T22:38:40Z")

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Hi folks, I'm looking for a way to add custom buttons to an editableList: Thought first that this would be possible via the addButton function of the editableList, but that seems to be about the "Add" button... It w…

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## [Allow aliasing of inputs on nodes](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/allow-aliasing-of-inputs-on-nodes/41362)

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**Author:** [@omsmet](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/omsmet)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [21 February 2021 15:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/allow-aliasing-of-inputs-on-nodes/41362 "2021-02-21T15:56:15Z")

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Hello everyone, I am opening this thread to discuss adding functionality to Node-RED that would allow nodes to have multiple 'virtual' inputs that serve as aliases to the single 'real' input that nodes currently have. …

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## [Intelligent subflow displaynaming](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/intelligent-subflow-displaynaming/37200)

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**Author:** [@HenrikSchmidt](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/HenrikSchmidt)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [17 February 2021 16:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/intelligent-subflow-displaynaming/37200 "2021-02-17T16:47:34Z")

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I tried to cut together a simple demo of how I do today instead of using sub nodes because the limitation of not having a way of knowing what some params are without opening it. Leaving me with 100 anonymous node blocks…

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## [One instance,multiple user logins](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/one-instance-multiple-user-logins/41063)

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**Author:** [@Syedabd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Syedabd)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [16 February 2021 07:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/one-instance-multiple-user-logins/41063 "2021-02-16T07:55:20Z")

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How to implement In one single instance, i.e say (http://127.0.0.1:1880/), I must be able to log in with different users Secondly, When User X logins to http://127.0.0.1:1880/, X must be able to see only User X flows …

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## [How to manage multiple users after login having their own flows(in individual flow.json file)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-manage-multiple-users-after-login-having-their-own-flows-in-individual-flow-json-file/41062)

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**Author:** [@Syedabd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Syedabd)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [16 February 2021 07:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-manage-multiple-users-after-login-having-their-own-flows-in-individual-flow-json-file/41062 "2021-02-16T07:38:44Z")

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