# Info icon for nodes with description?
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/info-icon-for-nodes-with-description/96045
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [17 March 2025 03:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/info-icon-for-nodes-with-description/96045 "2025-03-17T03:01:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@ThingsTinkerer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ThingsTinkerer)
#### Post date: [17 March 2025 03:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/info-icon-for-nodes-with-description/96045/1 "2025-03-17T03:01:39Z")
I don't document much in node red (or enough), but when I do, it's not easily visible. And because I do it so rarely, and perhaps I'm not alone here, I don't really expect to look for documentation. Which means any descriptions I add to a node is easily forgotten and not revisited as much as I should.
Would it be possible to have a small info icon/emblem somewhere on the node to notify that it got text in the description tab? Perhaps even make it optional toggle on/off per user. Of course GUI is easily cluttered and already quite busy at times, so take it with a grain of salt.
Noticed other nodes like inject got nice tiny symbols to indicate some details, like repeat.
This is just something I notice that is easy to forget and overlook.
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### Author:  [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [17 March 2025 03:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/info-icon-for-nodes-with-description/96045/2 "2025-03-17T03:46:04Z")
See also this thread [Special indication on nodes with description](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/special-indication-on-nodes-with-description/78646)
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### Author:  [@ThingsTinkerer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ThingsTinkerer)
#### Post date: [17 March 2025 04:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/info-icon-for-nodes-with-description/96045/3 "2025-03-17T04:38:26Z")
Wow, thanks, already a plugin for it! Must try...
> **[doc-red](https://flows.nodered.org/node/doc-red)**
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> A plugin for Node-RED which helps to documentate and enhance your workspace.
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### Author:  [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)
#### Post date: [17 March 2025 09:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/info-icon-for-nodes-with-description/96045/4 "2025-03-17T09:23:48Z")
We also have this PR to the editor that adds the info icon to nodes; just undecided if we want to add it it not.
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> Closes #4375
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> Adds an annotation to any nodes that have a non-blank \`info\` pr…operty - ie the 'description' field.
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> Clicking on the annotation opens the edit dialog for the node with the description tab shown.
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> Not 100% about this, but wanted to get the code shared.
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> We \*could\* add an option under editor settings to enable/disable this feature - as we do with being able to hide node status.
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### Author:  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)
#### Post date: [17 March 2025 09:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/info-icon-for-nodes-with-description/96045/5 "2025-03-17T09:59:31Z")
I'm using doc-red and it is super helpful in remembering which nodes/groups/flows have additional documentation. Not perfect perhaps but definitely useful.
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### Author:  [@ThingsTinkerer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ThingsTinkerer)
#### Post date: [17 March 2025 10:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/info-icon-for-nodes-with-description/96045/6 "2025-03-17T10:35:21Z")
Yeah it almost solves my entire problem. One minor inconvenience is that it also marks a a node if that is a subflow and the subflow has documentation (in the tab). I almost always document subflows, as their interface is reused and thus more important than any individual node.
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### Author:  [@meijey](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/meijey)
#### Post date: [18 March 2025 07:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/info-icon-for-nodes-with-description/96045/7 "2025-03-18T07:48:22Z")
Thanks for the commendation.
If it is not perfect yet, do you have any suggestions for improvement? 😉
@ThingsTinkerer
If I understand you correctly, you have documentated your main subflow but don't want to see the documentation icon on the flow node in the workspace? If so, I will discuss that intern and am sure that we can find a solution here.
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### Author:  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)
#### Post date: [18 March 2025 12:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/info-icon-for-nodes-with-description/96045/8 "2025-03-18T12:18:34Z")
> [@meijey](#):
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> If it is not perfect yet, do you have any suggestions for improvement?
Nothing specific right now. I think that we sometimes see slight overlaps or misalignment. Not really surprising given the tightness of the visual layout of Node-RED. Obviously, further integration with NR's core might well improve that. I know how tricky such visual layouts can be though so please don't think I'm criticising. 🙂
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### Author:  [@ThingsTinkerer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ThingsTinkerer)
#### Post date: [18 March 2025 15:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/info-icon-for-nodes-with-description/96045/9 "2025-03-18T15:29:44Z")
Awesome! The node red experience becomes even better.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [17 May 2025 15:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/info-icon-for-nodes-with-description/96045/10 "2025-05-17T15:29:51Z")
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