# Replace a heavily wired node

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/replace-a-heavily-wired-node/21259>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [4 February 2020 13:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/replace-a-heavily-wired-node/21259 "2020-02-04T13:42:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![ronsum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecb155/32.png) [@ronsum](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ronsum)\
**Post date:** [4 February 2020 13:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/replace-a-heavily-wired-node/21259/1 "2020-02-04T13:42:36Z")

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I have found myself in the situation a few times where I would like to insert a node right before or after a heavily wired node, or the heavily wired node has to be replaced with another node altogether.

Unless my search keywords are wrong, I can't seem to find any way of accomplishing this without having to reconnect all wires manually.

I imagine the ability to Ctrl+Click a node just as the canvas, or to avoid mistake Alt+Del a node and have the node selection menu drop down (allowing a change to another node with wires still attached).

Simplest use case for me would be to take multiple inputs to a node and re-connect them to a [no-op](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-noop) node - which is what I often wish I had done to begin with.

I understand that I may be the only idiot who thinks this has merit 😆, but why not ask?

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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [4 February 2020 13:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/replace-a-heavily-wired-node/21259/2 "2020-02-04T13:47:05Z")

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shift click is the answer - will move a group of wires in one go

[https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/editor/workspace/wires](https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/editor/workspace/wires)

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**Author:** ![ronsum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecb155/32.png) [@ronsum](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ronsum)\
**Post date:** [4 February 2020 14:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/replace-a-heavily-wired-node/21259/3 "2020-02-04T14:05:27Z")

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I feel silly now that I see the answer, and sorry for posting in feature request first. It did take me a few tries to convert the instructions to use, but absolutely brilliant!

Thank you for the time @dceejay, on to an even better NR experience.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [4 April 2020 14:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/replace-a-heavily-wired-node/21259/4 "2020-04-04T14:05:37Z")

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