[Feature Request]Help prevent crossing wires from Switch node

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I've always been hoping to see the switch node gain a few extra features but things have been very quiet with it for a while now.

One issue I'd like to see resolved is some method of easily getting around this type of crossed wire situation

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Obviously, the switch node is a fundemental core node so changing it's behaviour needs a very cautious approach

But a couple of ideas sprung to mind today

  1. Add option to label the outputs 1,2,3,4,5

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  1. Add option to reverse them

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My feeling is that would cause more problems than it saves, due to getting confused over which way up the particular node is configured.

For the problem, I often use a Link node on the top ones to link down past the nodes attached to o/p 5.

Also, you could use a regex to send it to o/p 1 if it doesn't match any of those strings.

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That's the reason for the number labelling :slight_smile:

And it wouldn't cause any issue for anyone who didn't tick a checkmark :slight_smile:

I'm after NOT having to employ extra nodes

And now we have two problems....... :slight_smile:

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Why?

I think still only one problem, but it is how to code the regex (which is a one off problem, fairly easily solved), instead of the continuing annoyance at the crossing wires. I must admit that a few crossing wires doesn't bother me. In your example I would add another junction further down so there is only one crossing not two.

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You must be new here and not have dealt with me before :slight_smile:

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In this cases I just use a Link node like a via in PCB design. :man_shrugging:

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And with NR 3.x and above, that is nice and easy now

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This thread is not about workarounding the fundamental issue :slight_smile:

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you could work up the page instead of down then the top links wouldn't cross :slight_smile: nothing says they have to start top left.

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Get out!!!!!!!!!!

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I'll get my coat.... :coat:

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As I've said - I don't need workarounds - I can easily sort myself out :slight_smile:

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or simpler

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but yeah, whatevs... :slight_smile: time for a :beer:

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A rather nice red wine awaits here at Chez Knight, left-overs from Valentines Night meal. :grin:

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When life gives you crossed wires, make onion domes:
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Indeed. More of my flows look like that than I care to admit !

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Ah, but if only we could get those colours! Maybe in Node-RED v10?

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Is it too nitpicky to say that for the specific case you've mentioned, you could move the "otherwise" to the top of the list - assuming you leave it at "checking all rules" and your "contains" doesn't match more than one.

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Actually that doesn't seem to work correctly, for me at least. It seems there is a bug in otherwise

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