I inserted a Junction in a flow, but the crafty beggar was nowhere to be found. I did find it eventually but there must be an easier way to find one than searching every mm of the editor. That (hopefully) being the case - how do I find them?

Here it is - Inserting A Junction Issues · Issue #4969 · node-red/node-red · GitHub Thanks @Buckskin - good first issue!

Not sure how much help this is but here is a flow to find which tabs contain junctions. You have to specify the name of your flows file. It includes, free of charge, a junction. [image] [{"id":"c49df6e16a547839","type":"tab","label":"Find Junctions","disabled":false,"info":"","env":[]},{"id":"e88…

So I started to reply with You can search by type:junction. You can also view all nodes in the info sidebar. But then thought better and checked - but neither of those statements are true :flushed: Issue raised. Not possible to find junctions …

One of the reasons we didn't add this is because Junctions don't have properties such as a name - so it didn't feel useful to show search results where you cannot actually distinguish the results. This is also why they don't get listed in the info sidebar. We can revisit the search aspect.

Yeah, agree, but with my hindsight glasses on, I can see a benefit to searching by type.

Yes I already tried those options before asking the question. I think, for me, the issue is the fact that the junction does not appear at the insert point. If I knew WHERE it was going to end up I would be a happy bunny. Of course having a way to find them after the even would also be useful

[image] Buckskin: I think, for me, the issue is the fact that the junction does not appear at the insert point. Yes that's frustrating! You can make them stand out in the editor with an editor CSS file .red-ui-flow-junction-background { fill: yellow; }

I will try that. I also have a copy of your 'find a node' flow is the 'find a junction' an offshoot of that?

[image] Buckskin: is the 'find a junction' an offshoot of that? I don't know! I just logged in to my experimental Node-red machine and searched for "junction" thinking it would find all the junctions. It didn't, instead it found the flow "Find junctions"

[image] jbudd: [image] Buckskin: I think, for me, the issue is the fact that the junction does not appear at the insert point. Yes that's frustrating! Aside from the search question, it would be helpful to understand what is happening when you insert the junction for it not to appear w…

How to find a Junction

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cymplecy 26 November 2024 09:34 11

I alos have this problem from time to time

When you right click on a wire and insert junction, it seems to be inserted half-way along the wire and not at the insertion point

This can often be behind existing nodes which is why the problem occurs

Unconnected junction nodes

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