# BUG: Write file/Read file nodes labelled incorrectly
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bug-write-file-read-file-nodes-labelled-incorrectly/57179
**Category:** General
**Created:** [25 January 2022 01:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bug-write-file-read-file-nodes-labelled-incorrectly/57179 "2022-01-25T01:52:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@daxliniere](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/daxliniere)
#### Post date: [25 January 2022 01:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bug-write-file-read-file-nodes-labelled-incorrectly/57179/1 "2022-01-25T01:52:25Z")
The newly renamed write file/read file nodes are still referred-to by their old name in the help section.
Also, how do I pass a filename to the read/write nodes? I tried using **msg.payload** , but it didn't work
Any help would be greatly appreciated. π
Cheers!
Dax.
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### Author:  [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)
#### Post date: [25 January 2022 06:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bug-write-file-read-file-nodes-labelled-incorrectly/57179/2 "2022-01-25T06:41:47Z")
> [@daxliniere](#):
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> Also, how do I pass a filename to the read/write nodes? I tried using **msg.payload** , but it didn't work
Leave the Filename field empty and pass in msg.filename.
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### Author:  [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)
#### Post date: [25 January 2022 07:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bug-write-file-read-file-nodes-labelled-incorrectly/57179/3 "2022-01-25T07:22:54Z")
> [@daxliniere](#):
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> The newly renamed write file/read file nodes are still referred-to by their old name in the help section.
What version of Node-RED are you using?
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### Author:  [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)
#### Post date: [25 January 2022 07:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bug-write-file-read-file-nodes-labelled-incorrectly/57179/4 "2022-01-25T07:46:38Z")
FYI this is in NR 2.1.6
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### Author:  [@daxliniere](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/daxliniere)
#### Post date: [25 January 2022 10:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bug-write-file-read-file-nodes-labelled-incorrectly/57179/5 "2022-01-25T10:23:41Z")
Oh! And while you're at it, I found another instance in the autocomplete:
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### Author:  [@daxliniere](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/daxliniere)
#### Post date: [25 January 2022 10:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bug-write-file-read-file-nodes-labelled-incorrectly/57179/6 "2022-01-25T10:25:17Z")
Yep, me too, 2.1.6.
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### Author:  [@daxliniere](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/daxliniere)
#### Post date: [25 January 2022 10:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bug-write-file-read-file-nodes-labelled-incorrectly/57179/7 "2022-01-25T10:26:26Z")
> [@jbudd](#):
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> Leave the Filename field empty and pass in msg.filename.
Ahh, thank you very much @jbudd. @knolleary, could you please add that information to the help section? I'd have had no idea otherwise, though I did look in the help item.
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### Author:  [@daxliniere](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/daxliniere)
#### Post date: [25 January 2022 10:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bug-write-file-read-file-nodes-labelled-incorrectly/57179/8 "2022-01-25T10:30:49Z")
> [@daxliniere](#):
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> @knolleary, could you please add that information to the help section? I'd have had no idea otherwise, though I did look in the help item.
Ahhh! Maybe it would be best to add this as the light grey hint text inside the textbox??
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### Author:  [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)
#### Post date: [25 January 2022 11:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bug-write-file-read-file-nodes-labelled-incorrectly/57179/9 "2022-01-25T11:12:55Z")
@daxliniere I have raised an issue to cover the incorrect labelling of the node in the help sidebar.
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> \### Current Behavior
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> The help sidebar lists the nodes in the palette.
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> It is β¦using the underlying node type, not the paletteLabel property. This means it lists \`rbe\` \`file\` and \`file in\` instead of \`filter\`, \`file write\` and \`file read\` as shown in the palette.
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> \### Expected Behavior
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> The help sidebar should list nodes using their paletteLabel (if set)
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> \### Steps To Reproduce
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> \_No response\_
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> \### Example flow
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> \`\`\`
> paste your flow here
> \`\`\`
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> \### Environment
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> \- Node-RED version: 2.1.6
As for the help text... the help text for both file nodes does tell you it access `msg.filename` in order to set the filename:
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### Author:  [@daxliniere](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/daxliniere)
#### Post date: [25 January 2022 17:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bug-write-file-read-file-nodes-labelled-incorrectly/57179/10 "2022-01-25T17:31:57Z")
> [@knolleary](#):
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> I have raised an issue to cover the incorrect labelling of the node in the help sidebar.
Awesome. π
> [@knolleary](#):
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> As for the help text... the help text for both file nodes does tell you it access `msg.filename` in order to set the filename:
I know that I'm a NR noob, but what I find confusing is that I feel like the terminology changes in different parts of the interface. Sometimes there are references to msg.xyz, other times just as xyz
Perhaps it's just that I've missed the right-aligned text because I didn't know that it implied that it meant msg.xyz. With that new knowledge, I'll keep an eye out for specific examples of that. (Maybe I will find none π )
In reply to this specific instance, I feel it's impossible to know if filename is just the name of a file (static) or some kind of variable. I'm pretty sure that I've seen other textbox hints that said things like msg.filename.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [26 March 2022 17:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bug-write-file-read-file-nodes-labelled-incorrectly/57179/11 "2022-03-26T17:32:46Z")
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