From d6f6d9e9a33f87170afedd5a9691cbceeb3855a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick O'Leary <nick.oleary@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 15:45:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure quick-add filter is applied properly when retriggering
 add

---
 .../node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/view.js | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/view.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/view.js
index 111b5df2a..53be89fb0 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/view.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/view.js
@@ -1378,6 +1378,13 @@ RED.view = (function() {
                 quickAddLink.virtualLink = true;
             }
             hideDragLines();
+        } else if (quickAddLink) {
+            // continuing an existing quick add - set the filter accordingly
+            if (quickAddLink.portType === PORT_TYPE_OUTPUT) {
+                filter = {input:true}
+            } else {
+                filter = {output:true}
+            }
         }
         if (linkToSplice || spliceMultipleLinks) {
             filter = {