diff --git a/editor/js/validators.js b/editor/js/validators.js
index 821593b79..d7357e66d 100644
--- a/editor/js/validators.js
+++ b/editor/js/validators.js
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 RED.validators = {
     number: function(){return function(v) { return v!=='' && !isNaN(v);}},
     regex: function(re){return function(v) { return re.test(v);}},
-    typedInput: function(ptypeName) { return function(v) {
-        var ptype = $("#node-input-"+ptypeName).val() || this[ptypeName];
+    typedInput: function(ptypeName,isConfig) { return function(v) {
+        var ptype = $("#node-"+(isConfig?"config-":"")+"input-"+ptypeName).val() || this[ptypeName];
         if (ptype === 'json') {
             try {
                 JSON.parse(v);
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ RED.validators = {
             } catch(err) {
                 return false;
             }
-        } else if (ptype === 'flow' || ptype === 'global' ) {
+        } else if (ptype === 'msg' || ptype === 'flow' || ptype === 'global' ) {
             return RED.utils.validatePropertyExpression(v);
         } else if (ptype === 'num') {
             return /^[+-]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]*([eE][-+]?[0-9]+)?$/.test(v);
diff --git a/nodes/core/core/80-template.html b/nodes/core/core/80-template.html
index 0bbf4da42..9dc2997b8 100644
--- a/nodes/core/core/80-template.html
+++ b/nodes/core/core/80-template.html
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
         category: 'function',
         defaults: {
             name: {value:""},
-            field: {value:"payload"},
+            field: {value:"payload", validate: RED.validators.typedInput("fieldType")},
             fieldType: {value:"msg"},
             format: {value:"handlebars"},
             syntax: {value:"mustache"},
diff --git a/nodes/core/core/89-trigger.html b/nodes/core/core/89-trigger.html
index e70fe49bf..61770ebd6 100644
--- a/nodes/core/core/89-trigger.html
+++ b/nodes/core/core/89-trigger.html
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@
         category: 'function',
         color:"#E6E0F8",
         defaults: {
-            op1: {value:"1"},
-            op2: {value:"0"},
+            op1: {value:"1", validate: RED.validators.typedInput("op1type")},
+            op2: {value:"0", validate: RED.validators.typedInput("op2type")},
             op1type: {value:"val"},
             op2type: {value:"val"},
             duration: {value:"250",required:true,validate:RED.validators.number()},
diff --git a/nodes/core/logic/10-switch.html b/nodes/core/logic/10-switch.html
index 3ce53c89f..dfba1bae1 100644
--- a/nodes/core/logic/10-switch.html
+++ b/nodes/core/logic/10-switch.html
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         category: 'function',
         defaults: {
             name: {value:""},
-            property: {value:"payload", required:true},
+            property: {value:"payload", required:true, validate: RED.validators.typedInput("propertyType")},
             propertyType: { value:"msg" },
             rules: {value:[{t:"eq", v:""}]},
             checkall: {value:"true", required:true},
diff --git a/nodes/core/logic/17-split.html b/nodes/core/logic/17-split.html
index 2cc82a143..efa15cc9c 100644
--- a/nodes/core/logic/17-split.html
+++ b/nodes/core/logic/17-split.html
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
             name: {value:""},
             mode: {value:"auto"},
             build: { value:"string"},
-            property: { value: "payload"},
+            property: { value: "payload", validate: RED.validators.typedInput("propertyType")},
             propertyType: { value:"msg"},
             key: {value:"topic"},
             joiner: { value:"\\n"},