Identifying Link Node combinations

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I appreciate this topic was raised about 8 years ago, and to no avail, but perhaps it is worth revisiting.

In some projects I may have several Link Nodes which I label, for want of any other option, within the Flow with suitably named COMMENT nodes in order identify corresponding LINK In's and Out's. Sometimes there may me more than just a pair in the combination. It would be helpful if there were an option to display their ID Name/number in the flow or maybe better still to have a colour coordination of Link combinations to aid visualisation. I realise that selecting all of the flow will show up the linking wires and one can search for links within the flow, both of which are very useful, but my having to resort to naming them with COMMENT nodes is far from ideal.

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Do you mean like this:

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While the default is not to show the name, you can simply turn it on.

I regularly name my link nodes though I don't often show the label. My link-in nodes are confusingly generally labelled as something-out since, in terms of the flows, the flow of info of a link-in node is out into the flow. Or sometimes they are labelled as doThisThing and the link-out nodes named more descriptively.

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Wow, I've been oblivious to that all this time. Thanks so much.

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I also append a "- out" and "- in" to my link nodes and name them the same (e.g. link node - out, link node - in) - just makes it easier to track connected nodes.

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