# How do I spotlight specific node in the flow

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-i-spotlight-specific-node-in-the-flow/82003>\
**Category:** Developing Nodes\
**Created:** [13 October 2023 13:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-i-spotlight-specific-node-in-the-flow/82003 "2023-10-13T13:15:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![zubong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ba0ec/32.png) [@zubong](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zubong)\
**Post date:** [13 October 2023 13:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-i-spotlight-specific-node-in-the-flow/82003/1 "2023-10-13T13:15:06Z")

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I have a node which can be used multiple times in the flow, so whenever any one of those node fails I want to spotlight the same in the flow.! is there any way to do that.?

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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:** [13 October 2023 14:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-i-spotlight-specific-node-in-the-flow/82003/2 "2023-10-13T14:14:14Z")

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You can add a status display to your node. But in general, the Editor is not designed to be used as a Dashboard so has limited abilities for that. You can also use `node.warn` and `node.error` functions in your runtime, these will output to the debug sidebar as well as the Node-RED log and should have links to the originating node.

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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:** [12 December 2023 14:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-i-spotlight-specific-node-in-the-flow/82003/3 "2023-12-12T14:15:10Z")

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