Is it possible to have a node "type" different to the node name/label shown in the palette?

Developing Nodes
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I saw some nodes having a "label" in palette different from the real type coded in the flows.json ?

I have seen builtin nodes like this:
example : It's written "Read file" but the node type seems to be "file in"

in other words I would like to customize the display slightly different while keeping the type.

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You can set the label in the HTML file defining your node:

    RED.nodes.registerType('someNodeType',{
        paletteLabel:'myNode',
        ....
        label: function() {
            return this.name||"someNode";
        }
    });

paletteLabel specifies the tooltip when hovering over the node in the palette
label indicates the node's default label in the editor (unless named explicitly in the node properties)

3

Thanks omrid exactly what I want

4

For completeness - here are the docs on the node appearance that covers this: Node appearance : Node-RED

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