I'd love to be able to disable a link without having to delete it and remember where it was - it could just become a dotted line while disabled ?

Welcome to the forums @RedBart Sorry, but what are you referring to? Node RED is an extremely fruitful automation / data processing platform. you will need to explain (in a lot more detail) what this question relates to? HTML Links Dashboard Links (DB1 OR 2) Link Nodes Link Call Nodes ?

Hi @RedBart We don't have an easy way to achieve that with the existing flow file format. The wires between nodes don't have any properties to hold information such as whether they are disabled or not. One workaround is to drop a node onto the wire and disable the node instead. You can then use th…

For the record (for me at least :sweat_smile:) When the word link is involved, it could mean 100's of things, especially in todays Node RED portolio :winking_face_with_tongue:

[image] RedBart: dotted line while disabled I think this does suggest wires :wink: If this is correct then an easy option is to drop a function node on to the wire, as its default state is to just pass messages through unchanged.

[image] knolleary: One workaround is to drop a node Or junction node: [Screen Recording 2026-03-07 at 06.46.04]

Thanks, that’s a great work around, I wish I’d seen that before :slight_smile: Regards, Nigel Reburn Uk

Thanks for the reply Sean (yes I meant wire), this would also work :slight_smile: Regards, Nigel Reburn Uk

FYI this topic has been discussed here as well Disable wires/connections between nodes with some more options mentioned at the end (e.g. flowgate)

[image] Semmu: FYI this topic has been discussed Damn, I hadn't needed to create that animated gif again ...

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Damn, I hadn't needed to create that animated gif again ...

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