# Link In/out Nodes

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/link-in-out-nodes/13091
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [10 July 2019 00:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/link-in-out-nodes/13091 "2019-07-10T00:46:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![michael-benoit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/michael-benoit/32/9068_2.png) [@michael-benoit](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/michael-benoit)
#### Post date: [10 July 2019 00:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/link-in-out-nodes/13091/1 "2019-07-10T00:46:03Z")

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Has there been any thought about providing an option to display the node name on the node itself instead of a mouse hover? I like to to create abstraction flows and therefore use a lot of link nodes.

Thanks.

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### Author: ![thatcadguy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/thatcadguy/32/5273_2.png) [@thatcadguy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/thatcadguy)
#### Post date: [10 July 2019 00:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/link-in-out-nodes/13091/2 "2019-07-10T00:57:39Z")

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2nd this.

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### Author: ![bakman2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bakman2/32/6207_2.png) [@bakman2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bakman2)
#### Post date: [10 July 2019 04:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/link-in-out-nodes/13091/3 "2019-07-10T04:13:09Z")

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This is already available. Link nodes by default have hidden labels:

![02](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/2X/a/acca2d598dfacdbada45cf4c955eaf0059e3f63d.jpeg)

For those who are not aware of this feature, it is possible to 'clean up' flows.  
When I have a flow that has been done and dusted (proven to work), I hide all the labels:

![10](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/2X/f/f95c8dccb36b86e1da9f652a66debcc7b70e74c9.jpeg)