# Editor Node Name Length - OCD Triggering

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/editor-node-name-length-ocd-triggering/97917>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [2 July 2025 13:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/editor-node-name-length-ocd-triggering/97917 "2025-07-02T13:03:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![MyRandomThoughts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/myrandomthoughts/32/41085_2.png) [@MyRandomThoughts](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/MyRandomThoughts)\
**Post date:** [2 July 2025 13:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/editor-node-name-length-ocd-triggering/97917/1 "2025-07-02T13:03:16Z")

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I noticed that two nodes had the same label text but were of different sizes, so I did a comparison of all the built-in nodes.

As you can see the nodes shown below have the name "All Chart Data", but are shown at two different lengths - even ones from the same "family"

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/e/b/eb7aee187ceec7516005d367bbfe10168eae7e60.png)

My day is ruined. 🙂

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [2 July 2025 13:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/editor-node-name-length-ocd-triggering/97917/2 "2025-07-02T13:28:09Z")

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For one thing, it looks like nodes that are right-aligned (e.g. Debug) still have the icon space on the left which I don't think should be there?

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**Author:** ![E1cid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/e1cid/32/77971_2.png) [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)\
**Post date:** [2 July 2025 13:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/editor-node-name-length-ocd-triggering/97917/3 "2025-07-02T13:29:02Z")

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I think your day would be in tatters either way, imagine all the text not lining up when nodes are in line?

Oh the humanity.

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [2 July 2025 13:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/editor-node-name-length-ocd-triggering/97917/4 "2025-07-02T13:37:12Z")

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And there is, of course, the age-old dilemma ... do I left or right align nodes with different lengths!

Some things a sent to eternally torment us. 😃

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**Author:** ![AllanOricil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/allanoricil/32/106911_2.png) [@AllanOricil](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/AllanOricil)\
**Post date:** [2 July 2025 16:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/editor-node-name-length-ocd-triggering/97917/5 "2025-07-02T16:47:47Z")

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There is an inconsistency that bothered me the most. Compare the node in the 3rd column 3rd row, with the node from the 4th column 1st row. They have the icon aligned to the same side, but their lengths are different. This is really annoying.

The difference between them is that the latter has input and output ports, while the first only has output. My guess is that ports on the left and right change the size where the node's name is located.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [30 September 2025 16:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/editor-node-name-length-ocd-triggering/97917/6 "2025-09-30T16:48:01Z")

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