From 653d8a5b45183909cf22cb8d8cce9e0627e4998a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick O'Leary <nick.oleary@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 09:37:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Allow palette.categories to be set via theme plugin

---
 .../node_modules/@node-red/editor-api/lib/editor/theme.js     | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-api/lib/editor/theme.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-api/lib/editor/theme.js
index 05f4a9053..d3f158a23 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-api/lib/editor/theme.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-api/lib/editor/theme.js
@@ -198,6 +198,10 @@ async function loadThemePlugin () {
                     }
                 })
             }
+            if (Array.isArray(themePlugin.palette?.categories)) {
+                themeSettings.palette = themeSettings.palette || {};
+                themeSettings.palette.categories = themePlugin.palette.categories;
+            }
 
             // These settings are not exposed under `editorTheme`, so we don't have a merge strategy for them
             // If they're defined in the theme plugin, they replace any settings.js values.