From e71bfbd8ca128ecdb1fb4da114e7521a8c317a80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dave Conway-Jones <dceejay@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2025 09:28:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix ui for regex value not to swap type unnecessarily

---
 .../@node-red/nodes/core/function/10-switch.html            | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/function/10-switch.html b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/function/10-switch.html
index b894ec1b2..be4e48a9b 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/function/10-switch.html
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/function/10-switch.html
@@ -365,7 +365,9 @@
                         if (type === "regex") {
                             row2.show();
                             row3.hide();
-                            valueField.typedInput('type','re');
+                            if ( valueField.typedInput('type') === "str") {
+                                valueField.typedInput('type','re');
+                            }
                         } else if ((type === "btwn") || (type === "index")) {
                             row2.hide();
                             row3.show();
@@ -414,7 +416,7 @@
                         expValueField = createExpValueField(rowInputCell,rule.vt||'jsonata');
                         expValueField.typedInput('value',rule.v);
                     } else if (rule.t === "regex") {
-                        valueField = createValueField(rowInputCell,'re');
+                        valueField = createValueField(rowInputCell,rule.vt||'re');
                         valueField.typedInput('value',rule.v);
                     } else if (typeof rule.v != "undefined") {
                         valueField = createValueField(rowInputCell,rule.vt||'str');