# Status node - suggestion

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/status-node-suggestion/6436>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [6 January 2019 02:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/status-node-suggestion/6436 "2019-01-06T02:49:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Trying\_to\_learn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/trying_to_learn/32/28400_2.png) [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Post date:** [6 January 2019 02:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/status-node-suggestion/6436/1 "2019-01-06T02:49:32Z")

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I have only recently discovered the **status** node.

Handy little fella to signal the status of things.

But one thing I feel is missing:  
(This node is like the link node/s. It only works on this flow/page.)  
Though this is better than all flows, there is still a problem that I think would be nicely fixed if, like the link nodes, it drew dotted lines to the nodes it is monitoring - if not \<\< ALL \>\>  
(ALL is a given.)

If you have a few nodes in your flow it would/could be difficult to know "who is who" when scrolling through the list.

(I admit here and now: I don't name them all.)

Just a suggestion.

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [6 January 2019 07:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/status-node-suggestion/6436/2 "2019-01-06T07:48:52Z")

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> [@Trying\_to\_learn](#):
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> This node is like the link node/s. It only works on this flow/page

What do you mean the link node only works on this flow? You can link between flows, that is its main purpose.

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [6 January 2019 08:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/status-node-suggestion/6436/3 "2019-01-06T08:10:44Z")

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> [@Trying\_to\_learn](#):
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> it drew dotted lines to the nodes it is monitoring

Yes, that is something we're considering for a future release.