Additional information on validation of custom node

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Hi there
I have a validation on my custom node using validate: function(value) {} in the HTML
However, I would like to give some more information about what exactly is wrong with the input when hovering on the red triangle.
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Currently it only tells you which input is wrong, but this input is an editable list that can potentially have a lot of entries, I would like to be able to write a custom message explaining what exactly is wrong.
I thought about doing a node.warn() or node.error() but I dont think I can do this in the HTML.

Any ideas?
Thanks in advance

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No, that is correct, you can't use those. However, Node-RED provides a notification utility for this purpose. I'll look it up and update this post when I find it.

RED.notify('Your message here', options)

You will also find some examples in uibuilder's code.

Of course, in addition, you can put in-line help information in the configuration panel to help people understand how to input correct configurations.

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