# Link node/link in node/link out node

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/link-node-link-in-node-link-out-node/20662>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [20 January 2020 23:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/link-node-link-in-node-link-out-node/20662 "2020-01-20T23:52:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [18 September 2020 23:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/link-node-link-in-node-link-out-node/20662/9 "2020-09-18T23:18:39Z")

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Best to keep this to 1 thread I think. Closing this one for now - let me know if it needs reopening.

> [@Custom nodes to inherit linking from link-in, link-out nodes](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/custom-nodes-to-inherit-linking-from-link-in-link-out-nodes/33061):
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> I'd like to be able to add virtual wires between my own custom nodes and have them behave similar to how link-in / link-out pair does it - shows the normally invisible port with a dashed wire when selected, possibly with many wires leading to other tabs, maintain the linkage even on cut/copy/paste/undo, handle message passing between ... the only customization would be the UI editor so that my custom node can decide the list of selectable source/target nodes based on custom criteria (such as the…

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