The icon image mentioned in the Creating own nodejs modules article will show up in the editor as the element's icon.
The place holder image will show once the element is placed onto the canvas.
The custom widgets and the displayed communicated over messages.
You see examples of this technique in our sample custom widget.
You can download our sample custom widget from here.
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