Currently, if the search flows functionality (ctrl-f) is used, it marks the matching node(s) by a blinking dashed line for a very few seconds. If your screen shows lots of nodes, then the - not adjustable - blinking time is that short and the marking is so unnoticeable, that the blinking ends before…

I struggle with this too. I think there was another recent thread asking something similar though I cannot find it right now.

[image] Steve-Mcl: I think there was another recent thread asking something similar though I cannot find it right now. Found it. This was my suggestion: Better accessibility on search result highlighting - #14 by Steve-Mcl

I've also raised it some time ago.

Thank you Steve-Mcl for pointing me to that. Whatever solution would help, shall be done. I think that is a frequently used functionality, thus, majority of users would benefit.

[image] Steve-Mcl: Found it. This was my suggestion: Better accessibility on search result highlighting - #14 by Steve-Mcl Without re-opening that thread: Although it looks nice with those circles, wouldn't it be "cheaper" the flashing of the background of or around the node?

OR... If the node we are searching is highlighted in the side-tab (information tab in specific) wouldn't it be much easier to spot in the tree structure ? like regedit search in windows

Unrelated but something I found myself needing today was a select-all-nodes-from-search, i.e. I did a relatively specific search, wanted all found nodes to be selected, then I wanted to copy these nodes so that they could be pasted to a separate flow. I didn't find a way to do it in the Editor UI s…

Have no use for this at this time but I tried pasting it into the browser console (changed Audio to switch) and got undefined. How is it supposed to be used?

Disregard the output in the console, that will be undefined in this case as select function returns nothing. But switch nodes should be selected in the UI now after you run it.

[image] Buckskin: How is it supposed to be used? This code: RED.view.select({ nodes: RED.search.search("flow:current type:switch").map(d => d.node) }) This flow: [{"id":"24831dd56ceff93d","type":"switch","z":"2f797dc464a1fcab","name":"","property":"payload","propertyType":"msg","rules":[{…

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Feature request: Visual improvement of the search

Core Development Feature Requests

Topic		Replies	Views
Better accessibility on search result highlighting Feature Requests	33	590	1 June 2024
Highlight nodes in search results list Core Development search	29	362	30 April 2026
Search Flows results bug (I think) General	5	79	17 July 2025
Quickly sift through search results (node red palette) General	9	118	18 January 2025
Show if nodes are changed in search result Feature Requests	2	69	14 October 2024

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Feature request: Visual improvement of the search

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