# IDEA -- Enable an ability to connect nodes top/bottom as node option

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/idea-enable-an-ability-to-connect-nodes-top-bottom-as-node-option/33866>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [7 October 2020 04:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/idea-enable-an-ability-to-connect-nodes-top-bottom-as-node-option/33866 "2020-10-07T04:25:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![sudoritz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/sudoritz/32/29806_2.png) [@sudoritz](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sudoritz)\
**Post date:** [7 October 2020 04:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/idea-enable-an-ability-to-connect-nodes-top-bottom-as-node-option/33866/1 "2020-10-07T04:25:15Z")

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enable an ability node connecting top/bottom

same scenario top (IN) bottom (OUT)

here is a quick mockup of the idea (it would be cool to enable [text label] on bottom

 ![nodeRed-featreq-topbottom](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/4/9/49cfb1cb4bfb7a1902d5457652e9fcea031dff87.png)

Here is current scenario

 ![node-Red-Menu-connects](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/0/9/0940f9891ff9b886cd5b4140b6d30d5007039336.png)

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**Author:** ![Bobo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bobo/32/8401_2.png) [@Bobo](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Bobo)\
**Post date:** [7 October 2020 04:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/idea-enable-an-ability-to-connect-nodes-top-bottom-as-node-option/33866/2 "2020-10-07T04:56:49Z")

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You may wish to do some reading from other threads eg [Vertical flow view](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/vertical-flow-view/5487)

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**Author:** ![sudoritz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/sudoritz/32/29806_2.png) [@sudoritz](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sudoritz)\
**Post date:** [7 October 2020 15:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/idea-enable-an-ability-to-connect-nodes-top-bottom-as-node-option/33866/3 "2020-10-07T15:36:35Z")

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oh wow thanks haha there's a huge discussion on that front.

would be cool to click on a node [options] and flip it say to vertical at that time as your building so this could be a mixed of vertical/horizontal .

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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:** [6 December 2020 15:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/idea-enable-an-ability-to-connect-nodes-top-bottom-as-node-option/33866/4 "2020-12-06T15:36:40Z")

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