Hi There, I really enjoy the search functionality but one thing that irritates me is that I sometimes don't know which node is meant - since I can't remember which node I've already opened. What I would like is that nodes are highlighted (see blinking border) when I move the mouse over the search …

And perhaps remove the gray overlay as well, not sure what it adds.

[image] bakman2: not sure what it adds. because while the search dialog is open, you can't (and shouldn't) interact with the flow - which makes sense since the search content is a snapshot of your current flow --> changing the flow would invalid that snapshot.

When clicking off the panel, it should hide it, just like vscode for example.

[image] bakman2: When clicking off the panel ??? it does do that [Screen Recording 2025-11-25 at 10.41.03]

[image] gregorius: it does do that If only all editor popups behaved alike ...

Thats my point, there is no reason for the gray overlay

[image] bakman2: no reason for the gray overlay I sense a circle starting up here - that was my point: the point of the overlay is that "don't modify the flow, I'm just searching it" - the grey overlay communicates that to the user. else it would be even more confusing. it's a communication …

[image] gregorius: crazy how this never really occurred to me. Not really, this is how UI's should work! So intuitive that you don't notice. :smiley:

Sorry @gregorius but I am not understanding. div.on("mouseover", function(evt) { if ( node.z == RED.workspaces.active() ) { RED.view.reveal(node.id) } }); Is that in the actual node-red/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui /search.js code - as per the github stuff…

[image] Trying_to_learn: code - as per the github stuff? No it's[1] nowhere near the actually source code, it's basically what I did to get it working - locally. I'm using it over at Erlang-Red but can't - of course - use it inside Node-RED until someone inserts it there. For it to be insert…

Highlight nodes in search results list

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Trying_to_learn 5 December 2025 20:58 17

That would be kind of nice as I did mention this in my list of things wanted in the new release.

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Highlight nodes in search results list

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