# What "addon" is it so you can put notes on nodes/groups/etc?

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**Created:** [7 June 2025 07:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/what-addon-is-it-so-you-can-put-notes-on-nodes-groups-etc/97455 "2025-06-07T07:11:28Z")\
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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:** [7 June 2025 07:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/what-addon-is-it-so-you-can-put-notes-on-nodes-groups-etc/97455/1 "2025-06-07T07:11:28Z")

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Sorry folks, just been through the ringer and come out somewhat worse for wear.

I remember recently an addon mentioned which allows you to add notes to parts of the flow.

A bit like the _comments_ section of an open node.

But the search didn't yield much exciting - for me.

I'm sure _SOD's LAW_ will step in and someone is able to find it easily.

Thanks in advance.

Was it `doc-red`?

I'm sure I installed it on one of my machines.

Where would it show if I had it installed?

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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:** [7 June 2025 08:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/what-addon-is-it-so-you-can-put-notes-on-nodes-groups-etc/97455/2 "2025-06-07T08:03:57Z")

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Do you mean the Comment node?

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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:** [7 June 2025 08:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/what-addon-is-it-so-you-can-put-notes-on-nodes-groups-etc/97455/3 "2025-06-07T08:07:54Z")

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No, that is _out of the box_.

Somewhere _we_ (other people and I) were discussing things and I mentioned how I use a `*` to indicate I have added extra comments.

It was mentioned an _add-on_ to allow extra comments to nodes/groups and other stuff.

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**Author:** ![GogoVega](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/gogovega/32/71313_2.png) [@GogoVega](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/GogoVega)\
**Post date:** [7 June 2025 08:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/what-addon-is-it-so-you-can-put-notes-on-nodes-groups-etc/97455/4 "2025-06-07T08:20:04Z")

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> <https://github.com/node-red/node-red/pull/4955>
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> Closes #4375 
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> Adds an annotation to any nodes that have a non-blank \`info\` pr…operty - ie the 'description' field.
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> Clicking on the annotation opens the edit dialog for the node with the description tab shown.
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> Not 100% about this, but wanted to get the code shared. 
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> Have also added a user option to toggle whether the setting is shown or not (consistent with the option we provide to show/hide status).
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> \<img width="147" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3e4882ba-2350-4547-8384-594a32b5ab16"\>
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> \<img width="368" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c0376260-bdf8-4a1d-a891-ca5c1d7a140d" /\>

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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:** [7 June 2025 08:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/what-addon-is-it-so-you-can-put-notes-on-nodes-groups-etc/97455/5 "2025-06-07T08:24:47Z")

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That looks a bit like what I mentioned above....

`doc-red`.

I am not (yet) that confident (no offence to Nic) to do all that complicated stuff I see.  
The one `doc-red` seems _familiar_ and is easily installed.

(Still confused)  
😕  
😉

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**Author:** ![GogoVega](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/gogovega/32/71313_2.png) [@GogoVega](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/GogoVega)\
**Post date:** [7 June 2025 08:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/what-addon-is-it-so-you-can-put-notes-on-nodes-groups-etc/97455/6 "2025-06-07T08:27:14Z")

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Oh found 🙂

> **[doc-red](https://flows.nodered.org/node/doc-red)**
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> A plugin for Node-RED which helps to documentate and enhance your workspace.

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**Post date:** [7 June 2025 08:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/what-addon-is-it-so-you-can-put-notes-on-nodes-groups-etc/97455/7 "2025-06-07T08:28:22Z")

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Were _we_ discussing this recently?

By memory is foggy at best.

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**Author:** ![GogoVega](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/gogovega/32/71313_2.png) [@GogoVega](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/GogoVega)\
**Post date:** [7 June 2025 08:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/what-addon-is-it-so-you-can-put-notes-on-nodes-groups-etc/97455/8 "2025-06-07T08:28:53Z")

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> [@Info icon for nodes with description?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/info-icon-for-nodes-with-description/96045):
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> I don't document much in node red (or enough), but when I do, it's not easily visible. And because I do it so rarely, and perhaps I'm not alone here, I don't really expect to look for documentation. Which means any descriptions I add to a node is easily forgotten and not revisited as much as I should. Would it be possible to have a small info icon/emblem somewhere on the node to notify that it got text in the description tab? Perhaps even make it optional toggle on/off per user. Of course GUI i…

> [@Special indication on nodes with description](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/special-indication-on-nodes-with-description/78646):
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> Oftentimes we add "useful" descriptions directly on nodes in the editor. It would be nice if there was a special indication whenever a node contains a description. Something like this: Else these notes are kinda hidden and stay unnoticed.

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**Post date:** [21 June 2025 08:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/what-addon-is-it-so-you-can-put-notes-on-nodes-groups-etc/97455/9 "2025-06-21T08:29:47Z")

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