# Proposal: allow multi-line node category in editor palette

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/proposal-allow-multi-line-node-category-in-editor-palette/605>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [4 June 2018 14:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/proposal-allow-multi-line-node-category-in-editor-palette/605 "2018-06-04T14:52:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![nisiyama](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/nisiyama/32/85_2.png) [@nisiyama](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/nisiyama)\
**Post date:** [4 June 2018 14:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/proposal-allow-multi-line-node-category-in-editor-palette/605/1 "2018-06-04T14:52:24Z")

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Currently, a long category name of nodes is displayed in clipped text with ellipsis at end. as shown below.

![category00](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/afd3f4a43746a42bdaa71f94d1dfa3e0d2af1c4d.png)

The whole category name can be referred to by mouse-over on it. However, finding a category is difficult if there are many categories with same prefix.

Therefore, I'd like to propose to change the appearence of a long category name in Node-RED editor palette from one line with clipping to multi-lines as follows.

![category01](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/f7010fd9abc9b5e2b97e086a831a9827a1a0e4ac.png)

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**Author:** ![Kazuki-Nakanishi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/kazuki-nakanishi/32/1007_2.png) [@Kazuki-Nakanishi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Kazuki-Nakanishi)\
**Post date:** [14 June 2018 04:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/proposal-allow-multi-line-node-category-in-editor-palette/605/2 "2018-06-14T04:52:59Z")

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I always try to think of a clear and short name, but sometimes it is hard to make it in one line.  
So I think that this feature is useful, although I should not use this too much.

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**Author:** ![kazuhitoyokoi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/kazuhitoyokoi/32/621_2.png) [@kazuhitoyokoi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kazuhitoyokoi)\
**Post date:** [14 June 2018 05:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/proposal-allow-multi-line-node-category-in-editor-palette/605/3 "2018-06-14T05:22:44Z")

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I think that the category field is important because it sometimes contains product name.