Hi all, I'd love to see some time saving "quick add" nodes (kinda like macros or snippets) @node-red-devs is this on the road map / spec? is it something you would consider for 2.2.x? Below is a demo of what I mean - please let me know your thoughts on this (how it could be better presented? sho…

Nice idea .. maybe the quick add can include in its list the locally saved flows ? (since the functionality is there to export a selection) [image]

Ah yes. Something I often forget about. Not sure why.

Interesting idea. Have you created a design doc for it ? Where/how would these be defined ? How would the menu entry get defined ? (The -> idea would get large pretty quick for anything non trivial)

Morning Dave. [image] dceejay: Have you created a design doc for it Ah no, I'm just putting it out for consensus to see if it has legs :slight_smile: [image] dceejay: (The -> idea would get large pretty quick for anything non trivial) Yeah, ATM it's just hard coded. I think the desi…

So what is the actual intention for these getting added ? Is it like text auto-complete in an editor - so you add (say) an http-in and it offers the other parts required ? Or like UnborN suggests, to make access to the saved library more accessible by adding all snippets ? Or a carefully curated set…

Let's not fall into trying to design the feature here - we have a process for discussing the details of a proposal. Step 1 is to float the idea/concept either here or on slack so we can assess if it fits in the big picture. It doesn't have to address every minute detail at this stage. If we think …

Hi Dave. All valid questions. I'll add them to the design note which I'll write up later.

No bother. Will write something up later & feedback the link. Cheers.

Finally got around to this. I have written up a basic design outline here: Quick add multiple nodes (like a macro to add a set of nodes) · Discussion #72 · node-red/designs · GitHub Please feel free to comment on the design proposal.

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User snippets would be great!
Might save me a headache like my whiteboard flow:

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