From 56b1c111d712007415d2a541cf3634c5cf467d92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dave Conway-Jones <dceejay@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2025 21:10:59 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] let regex typedinput be expandable

currently just uses Text editor - maybe one day add an actual regex test panel.
---
 .../src/js/ui/common/typedInput.js            | 27 ++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/common/typedInput.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/common/typedInput.js
index 9f3934552..d425469f6 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/common/typedInput.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/common/typedInput.js
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
         if(match.post) { els.push($('<span/>').text(match.post)); }
         return els;
     }
-    
+
     const msgAutoComplete = function(options) {
         return function(val) {
             var matches = [];
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
                             contextKnownKeys[scope][store].set(keyPrefix + key, keyInfo)
                         } else {
                             contextKnownKeys[scope][store].set(searchKey + "[\""+key.replace(/"/,"\\\"")+"\"]", keyInfo)
-                        }                        
+                        }
                     })
                     done()
                 })
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
             }
             const store = (contextStoreOptions.length === 1) ? contextStoreOptions[0].value : that.optionValue
             const searchKey = keyParts.join('.')
-           
+
             getContextKeysFromRuntime(scope, store, searchKey, function() {
                 if (contextKnownKeys[scope][store].has(key) || key.endsWith(']')) {
                     getContextKeysFromRuntime(scope, store, key, function() {
@@ -424,7 +424,22 @@
                 })
             }
         },
-        re: { value: "re", label: "regular expression", icon: "red/images/typedInput/re.svg" },
+        re: { value: "re", label: "regular expression", icon: "red/images/typedInput/re.svg",
+            expand: function () {
+                var that = this;
+                var value = this.value();
+                RED.editor.editText({
+                    value: value,
+                    stateId: RED.editor.generateViewStateId("typedInput", that, "regex"),
+                    focus: true,
+                    complete: function (v) {
+                        try { new RegExp(v); }
+                        catch(err) { }
+                        that.value(v);
+                    }
+                })
+            }
+         },
         date: {
             value: "date",
             label: "timestamp",
@@ -668,7 +683,7 @@
                     const row1Name = $('<div>').text(def.type)
                     const row2Module = $('<div style="font-size: 0.8em; color: var(--red-ui-tertiary-text-color);">').text(def.set.module)
                     container.append(row1Name, row2Module)
-        
+
                     return {
                         value: def.type,
                         name: def.type,
@@ -685,7 +700,7 @@
         }
     };
 
-    
+
     // For a type with options, check value is a valid selection
     // If !opt.multiple, returns the valid option object
     // if opt.multiple, returns an array of valid option objects

From 6f1f2442dae9b13ba5799d5ee0eb7c26fa2138d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dave Conway-Jones <dceejay@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2025 21:49:17 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add title to regex editor in typedInput.js

---
 .../@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/common/typedInput.js       | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/common/typedInput.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/common/typedInput.js
index d425469f6..e033bec99 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/common/typedInput.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/common/typedInput.js
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@
                 var value = this.value();
                 RED.editor.editText({
                     value: value,
+                    title: "Regex editor",
                     stateId: RED.editor.generateViewStateId("typedInput", that, "regex"),
                     focus: true,
                     complete: function (v) {