diff --git a/editor/js/text/format.js b/editor/js/text/format.js
index 937bd6a43..ddb568b86 100644
--- a/editor/js/text/format.js
+++ b/editor/js/text/format.js
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ RED.text.format = (function() {
                 {
                         guiDir: isRtl ? "rtl" : "ltr",
                         dir: "ltr",
-                        points: "/\\:."
+                        points: "/\\:.&<>"
                 };
                 if (!parseOnly) {
                     return stext.parseAndDisplayStructure(text, fArgs, !!isHtml, locale);
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ RED.text.format = (function() {
                 {
                         guiDir: isRtl ? "rtl" : "ltr",
                         dir: "ltr",
-                        points: ":?#/@.[]="
+                        points: ":?#/@.[]=&<>"
                 };
                 if (!parseOnly) {
                     return stext.parseAndDisplayStructure(text, fArgs, !!isHtml, locale);
@@ -1304,6 +1304,18 @@ RED.text.format = (function() {
     }
 
     return {
+	    /**
+        * Returns the string representation of a given structured text
+        * @param text - the structured text
+        * @param type - could be one of filepath, url, email
+        * @param args - pass additional arguments to the handler. generally null.
+        * @param isRtl - indicates if the GUI is mirrored
+        * @param locale - the browser locale
+        */
+        getString:  function (text, type, args, isRtl, locale) {
+            return getHandler(type).format(text, args, isRtl, false, locale);
+        },
+
         /**
         * Returns the HTML representation of a given structured text
         * @param text - the structured text
diff --git a/nodes/core/io/21-httpin.html b/nodes/core/io/21-httpin.html
index 84b0f39cf..c2c93fdb6 100644
--- a/nodes/core/io/21-httpin.html
+++ b/nodes/core/io/21-httpin.html
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ msg.cookies = {
                 } else {
                     root += this.url;
                 }
-                return "["+this.method+"] "+root;
+                return RED.text.format.getString("["+this.method+"] "+root, "url", {}, false, "en");
             } else {
                 return "http";
             }
diff --git a/nodes/core/io/22-websocket.html b/nodes/core/io/22-websocket.html
index ca74898f7..d3bdc4cb4 100644
--- a/nodes/core/io/22-websocket.html
+++ b/nodes/core/io/22-websocket.html
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
             } else {
                 root += this.path;
             }
-            return root;
+            return RED.text.format.getString(root, "filepath", {}, false, "en");
         },
         oneditprepare: function() {
             var root = RED.settings.httpNodeRoot;
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
         inputs:0,
         outputs:0,
         label: function() {
-            return this.path;
+            return RED.text.format.getString(this.path, "filepath", {}, false, "en");
         }
     });
 
diff --git a/nodes/core/io/23-watch.html b/nodes/core/io/23-watch.html
index 90149fdfe..f0d983743 100644
--- a/nodes/core/io/23-watch.html
+++ b/nodes/core/io/23-watch.html
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         outputs:1,
         icon: "watch.png",
         label: function() {
-            return this.name||this.files;
+            return this.name||RED.text.format.getString(this.files, "filepath", {}, false, "en");
         },
         labelStyle: function() {
             return this.name?"node_label_italic":"";
diff --git a/nodes/core/storage/28-tail.html b/nodes/core/storage/28-tail.html
index f8aa1ee0d..4005c424d 100644
--- a/nodes/core/storage/28-tail.html
+++ b/nodes/core/storage/28-tail.html
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         outputs:1,
         icon: "file.png",
         label: function() {
-            return this.name||this.filename;
+            return this.name||RED.text.format.getString(this.filename, "filepath", {}, false, "en");
         },
         labelStyle: function() {
             return this.name?"node_label_italic":"";
diff --git a/nodes/core/storage/50-file.html b/nodes/core/storage/50-file.html
index 39cd822a8..f3a473bf0 100644
--- a/nodes/core/storage/50-file.html
+++ b/nodes/core/storage/50-file.html
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@
         align: "right",
         label: function() {
             if (this.overwriteFile === "delete") {
-                return this.name||this._("file.label.deletelabel",{file:this.filename})
+                return this.name||this._("file.label.deletelabel",{file:RED.text.format.getString(this.filename, "filepath", {}, false, "en")})
             } else {
-                return this.name||this.filename||this._("file.label.filelabel");
+                return this.name||RED.text.format.getString(this.filename, "filepath", {}, false, "en")||this._("file.label.filelabel");
             }
         },
         labelStyle: function() {
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
         outputs:1,
         icon: "file.png",
         label: function() {
-            return this.name||this.filename||this._("file.label.filelabel");
+            return this.name||RED.text.format.getString(this.filename, "filepath", {}, false, "en")||this._("file.label.filelabel");
         },
         labelStyle: function() {
             return this.name?"node_label_italic":"";