# How to set node status from within Editor

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-set-node-status-from-within-editor/51605>\
**Category:** Developing Nodes\
**Created:** [28 September 2021 08:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-set-node-status-from-within-editor/51605 "2021-09-28T08:40:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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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:** [28 September 2021 17:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-set-node-status-from-within-editor/51605/22 "2021-09-28T17:13:44Z")

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> [@knolleary](#):
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> Given I said in my very first reply it doens't make sense to do it, I would have hoped others would have taken the hint.

I think you will see that I also said the same thing, more than once. But then the conversation carried on.

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**Author:** ![drmibell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/drmibell/32/8424_2.png) [@drmibell](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/drmibell)\
**Post date:** [28 September 2021 17:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-set-node-status-from-within-editor/51605/23 "2021-09-28T17:14:34Z")

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> [@rozek](#):
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> I need s.th. for the pre-deployment state!

Sorry. I guess I'm having trouble visualizing your scenario. You have closed a node's edit dialog but not deployed the changes. The node displays a blue circle, but in addition you want a status display pointing to other nodes that should be edited. Is that correct? If so, why should it be pre-deployment?

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**Author:** ![rozek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/rozek/32/48594_2.png) [@rozek](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/rozek)\
**Post date:** [28 September 2021 17:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-set-node-status-from-within-editor/51605/24 "2021-09-28T17:47:17Z")

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No, I just want other nodes, whose config is no longer valid, to display an error indicator - BEFORE the changes get deployed

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [28 September 2021 17:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-set-node-status-from-within-editor/51605/25 "2021-09-28T17:49:44Z")

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The bit that has been missing in the conversation is about what could be done to add this capability, rather than trying to find inappropriate workarounds such as using node.status.

I have added an item to the backlog : [Trello](https://trello.com/c/SklK0rJf)

If anyone is interested in working up a design for it, you're most welcome. Otherwise I'll get to it eventually.

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**Author:** ![rozek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/rozek/32/48594_2.png) [@rozek](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/rozek)\
**Post date:** [28 September 2021 19:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-set-node-status-from-within-editor/51605/26 "2021-09-28T19:19:19Z")

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Is the Trello card editable? I can't right now

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**Author:** ![drmibell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/drmibell/32/8424_2.png) [@drmibell](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/drmibell)\
**Post date:** [28 September 2021 20:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-set-node-status-from-within-editor/51605/27 "2021-09-28T20:28:43Z")

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> [@knolleary](#):
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> I have added an item to the backlog : [Trello](https://trello.com/c/SklK0rJf)

This is definitely worth having. I've struggled at times to prevent a user from entering parameters that are inconsistent with one another. On the other hand, does this solve the original problem of having **other** nodes react to changes in the node being edited?

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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:** [27 November 2021 20:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-set-node-status-from-within-editor/51605/28 "2021-11-27T20:29:18Z")

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