# Link nodes - what am I missing?
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/link-nodes-what-am-i-missing/14973
**Category:** General
**Created:** [31 August 2019 10:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/link-nodes-what-am-i-missing/14973 "2019-08-31T10:14:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@nodecentral](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/nodecentral)
#### Post date: [31 August 2019 10:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/link-nodes-what-am-i-missing/14973/1 "2019-08-31T10:14:53Z")
Hi,
I’m trying to use the link nodes to connect the outputs of a switch node to the inputs of another section in my flow. And while I can create connections to the out node (and the links between them), I can’t create connections coming out of the input nodes.
So I can only assume I must be doing something wrong ?
Here’s a mock-up to show I can do connections to the output link nodes, but no matter what I do, I can’t connect the input nodes to the debugs ?
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [31 August 2019 10:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/link-nodes-what-am-i-missing/14973/2 "2019-08-31T10:34:53Z")
Ideally give the output links names so you can identify them. Then open one of the input nodes and you should see a list of available out links that you can link it to. Select the one you want.
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [31 August 2019 11:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/link-nodes-what-am-i-missing/14973/3 "2019-08-31T11:22:40Z")
> [@nodecentral](#):
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> I can’t connect the input nodes to the debugs
That's not normal.
Perhaps refresh browser? Use another browser? Check Dev tools (F12) for errors and feedback.
If all else fails, reinstall node-red.
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### Author:  [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [31 August 2019 11:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/link-nodes-what-am-i-missing/14973/4 "2019-08-31T11:50:22Z")
which version of Node-RED and which OS is it running on ? And which browser ?
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### Author:  [@nodecentral](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/nodecentral)
#### Post date: [31 August 2019 12:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/link-nodes-what-am-i-missing/14973/5 "2019-08-31T12:37:32Z")
I’m away from my PC at the moment , but as I have a couple of instances of NR running. Using the latest iOS/Safari (on my iPhone) I can confirm that...
I can create connections (to/from other nodes) using BOTH input and output Link nodes under v20.3
But I can only connect nodes into to the output Link nodes under v20.7
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### Author:  [@nodecentral](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/nodecentral)
#### Post date: [2 September 2019 09:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/link-nodes-what-am-i-missing/14973/6 "2019-09-02T09:33:02Z")
Sorry all..
Update - it works via Chrome on a Windows 10 machine on both 20.3 & 20.7, but only via Safari/IOS on 20.3
The constant differences in user experience between the browsers is such a pain !! Especially (for me) when the mobile browser (Safari/iPad) is such a constant day to day interaction these days.
Don't get me wrong, I completely understand why developers/application owners always promote the use of one or two specific browsers as they simply cannot test/support everything..
Sadly that doesn't make it much fun for those of us device and browser-hoppers. ☹
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### Author:  [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)
#### Post date: [2 September 2019 09:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/link-nodes-what-am-i-missing/14973/7 "2019-09-02T09:45:51Z")
Does it work via Chrome on IOS?
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### Author:  [@nodecentral](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/nodecentral)
#### Post date: [2 September 2019 11:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/link-nodes-what-am-i-missing/14973/8 "2019-09-02T11:21:34Z")
Nope, I just tried it and I can’t connect into or out of any Link Nodes via the Chrome iOS browser with v0.27
And on v0.23 I can only connect the Input Link nodes.
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### Author:  [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)
#### Post date: [2 September 2019 14:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/link-nodes-what-am-i-missing/14973/9 "2019-09-02T14:18:02Z")
Just borrowed an Ipad and can confirm that on 0.27 I can't connect a input Link node to a debug or an output Link node using Chrome
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### Author:  [@ukmoose](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ukmoose)
#### Post date: [2 September 2019 14:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/link-nodes-what-am-i-missing/14973/10 "2019-09-02T14:24:28Z")
Chrome on iOS uses the same web engine as safari…
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### Author:  [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)
#### Post date: [2 September 2019 16:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/link-nodes-what-am-i-missing/14973/11 "2019-09-02T16:41:13Z")
I could not drag a line from a link node to another node, but I could drag a line from another node to the link node in iOs Safari
Same thing for both link-out and link-in
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### Author:  [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)
#### Post date: [2 September 2019 17:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/link-nodes-what-am-i-missing/14973/12 "2019-09-02T17:24:43Z")
> [@ukmoose](#):
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> Chrome on iOS uses the same web engine as safari…
YLSNED 🙂
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### Author:  [@afelix](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/afelix)
#### Post date: [2 September 2019 18:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/link-nodes-what-am-i-missing/14973/13 "2019-09-02T18:32:55Z")
As far as I remember Firefox does too. It's one of the ground rules for iOS apps, that browsers have to use the standard engine and can't use something else. For most of my day-to-day usage I haven't considered that an issue, but I am disappointed that I can't use my firefox extensions I wrote to work crossplatform as because of this same idea extensions are not allowed/possible.
> [@](#):
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> Because of Apple's App Store restrictions, it also uses the built‑in iOS `WKWebView` , which is based on WebKit rather than Gecko.
[https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox\_for\_iOS](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox_for_iOS)