diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 86b8160d0..3ddab44f5 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -445,7 +445,17 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
                     destination: 'docs',
                     configure: './jsdoc.json'
                 }
+            },
+            editor: {
+                src: [
+                    'packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js'
+                    ],
+                options: {
+                    destination: 'packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/docs',
+                    configure: './jsdoc.json'
+                }
             }
+
         },
         jsdoc2md: {
             runtimeAPI: {
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/text/format.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/text/format.js
index c9fac5517..0afe5a824 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/text/format.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/text/format.js
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ RED.text.format = (function() {
             element.dispatchEvent(event);
             return;
         }
-        
+
         var range = selection.getRangeAt(0);
         var tempRange = range.cloneRange(), startNode, startOffset;
         startNode = range.startContainer;
@@ -1304,7 +1304,7 @@ RED.text.format = (function() {
     }
 
     return {
-        /**
+        /*!
         * Returns the HTML representation of a given structured text
         * @param text - the structured text
         * @param type - could be one of filepath, url, email
@@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@ RED.text.format = (function() {
         getHtml: function (text, type, args, isRtl, locale) {
             return getHandler(type).format(text, args, isRtl, true, locale);
         },
-        /**
+        /*!
         * Handle Structured text correct display for a given HTML element.
         * @param element - the element  : should be of type div contenteditable=true
         * @param type - could be one of filepath, url, email
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/editor.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/editor.js
index 86d37761e..d3548d581 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/editor.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/editor.js
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  **/
+
+/**
+ * @namespace RED.editor
+ */
 RED.editor = (function() {
 
 
@@ -21,6 +25,8 @@ RED.editor = (function() {
     var editing_config_node = null;
     var subflowEditor;
 
+    var customEditTypes = {};
+
     var editTrayWidthCache = {};
 
     function getCredentialsURL(nodeType, nodeID) {
@@ -2137,7 +2143,7 @@ RED.editor = (function() {
     }
 
     function showTypeEditor(type, options) {
-        if (RED.editor.types.hasOwnProperty(type)) {
+        if (customEditTypes.hasOwnProperty(type)) {
             if (editStack.length > 0) {
                 options.parent = editStack[editStack.length-1].id;
             }
@@ -2146,12 +2152,99 @@ RED.editor = (function() {
             options.onclose = function() {
                 editStack.pop();
             }
-            RED.editor.types[type].show(options);
+            customEditTypes[type].show(options);
         } else {
             console.log("Unknown type editor:",type);
         }
     }
 
+    function createEditor(options) {
+        var el = options.element || $("#"+options.id)[0];
+        var toolbarRow = $("<div>").appendTo(el);
+        el = $("<div>").appendTo(el).addClass("node-text-editor-container")[0];
+        var editor = ace.edit(el);
+        editor.setTheme("ace/theme/tomorrow");
+        var session = editor.getSession();
+        session.on("changeAnnotation", function () {
+            var annotations = session.getAnnotations() || [];
+            var i = annotations.length;
+            var len = annotations.length;
+            while (i--) {
+                if (/doctype first\. Expected/.test(annotations[i].text)) { annotations.splice(i, 1); }
+                else if (/Unexpected End of file\. Expected/.test(annotations[i].text)) { annotations.splice(i, 1); }
+            }
+            if (len > annotations.length) { session.setAnnotations(annotations); }
+        });
+        if (options.mode) {
+            session.setMode(options.mode);
+        }
+        if (options.foldStyle) {
+            session.setFoldStyle(options.foldStyle);
+        } else {
+            session.setFoldStyle('markbeginend');
+        }
+        if (options.options) {
+            editor.setOptions(options.options);
+        } else {
+            editor.setOptions({
+                enableBasicAutocompletion:true,
+                enableSnippets:true,
+                tooltipFollowsMouse: false
+            });
+        }
+        if (options.readOnly) {
+            editor.setOption('readOnly',options.readOnly);
+            editor.container.classList.add("ace_read-only");
+        }
+        if (options.hasOwnProperty('lineNumbers')) {
+            editor.renderer.setOption('showGutter',options.lineNumbers);
+        }
+        editor.$blockScrolling = Infinity;
+        if (options.value) {
+            session.setValue(options.value,-1);
+        }
+        if (options.globals) {
+            setTimeout(function() {
+                if (!!session.$worker) {
+                    session.$worker.send("setOptions", [{globals: options.globals, esversion:6, sub:true, asi:true, maxerr:1000}]);
+                }
+            },100);
+        }
+        if (options.mode === 'ace/mode/markdown') {
+            $(el).addClass("node-text-editor-container-toolbar");
+            editor.toolbar = customEditTypes['_markdown'].buildToolbar(toolbarRow,editor);
+            if (options.expandable !== false) {
+                var expandButton = $('<button class="editor-button" style="float: right;"><i class="fa fa-expand"></i></button>').appendTo(editor.toolbar);
+
+                expandButton.click(function(e) {
+                    e.preventDefault();
+                    var value = editor.getValue();
+                    RED.editor.editMarkdown({
+                        value: value,
+                        width: "Infinity",
+                        cursor: editor.getCursorPosition(),
+                        complete: function(v,cursor) {
+                            editor.setValue(v, -1);
+                            editor.gotoLine(cursor.row+1,cursor.column,false);
+                            setTimeout(function() {
+                                editor.focus();
+                            },300);
+                        }
+                    })
+                });
+            }
+            var helpButton = $('<button class="node-text-editor-help editor-button editor-button-small"><i class="fa fa-question"></i></button>').appendTo($(el).parent());
+            RED.popover.create({
+                target: helpButton,
+                trigger: 'click',
+                size: "small",
+                direction: "left",
+                content: RED._("markdownEditor.format"),
+                autoClose: 50
+            });
+        }
+        return editor;
+    }
 
     return {
         init: function() {
@@ -2164,14 +2257,7 @@ RED.editor = (function() {
                 $("#node-dialog-cancel").click();
                 $("#node-config-dialog-cancel").click();
             });
-
-            for (var type in RED.editor.types) {
-                if (RED.editor.types.hasOwnProperty(type)) {
-                    RED.editor.types[type].init();
-                }
-            }
         },
-        types: {},
         edit: showEditDialog,
         editConfig: showEditConfigNodeDialog,
         editSubflow: showEditSubflowDialog,
@@ -2184,93 +2270,32 @@ RED.editor = (function() {
         validateNode: validateNode,
         updateNodeProperties: updateNodeProperties, // TODO: only exposed for edit-undo
 
+        /**
+         * Show a type editor.
+         * @param {string} type - the type to display
+         * @param {object} options - options for the editor
+         * @function
+         * @memberof RED.editor
+         */
+        showTypeEditor: showTypeEditor,
 
-        createEditor: function(options) {
-            var el = options.element || $("#"+options.id)[0];
-            var toolbarRow = $("<div>").appendTo(el);
-            el = $("<div>").appendTo(el).addClass("node-text-editor-container")[0];
-            var editor = ace.edit(el);
-            editor.setTheme("ace/theme/tomorrow");
-            var session = editor.getSession();
-            session.on("changeAnnotation", function () {
-                var annotations = session.getAnnotations() || [];
-                var i = annotations.length;
-                var len = annotations.length;
-                while (i--) {
-                    if (/doctype first\. Expected/.test(annotations[i].text)) { annotations.splice(i, 1); }
-                    else if (/Unexpected End of file\. Expected/.test(annotations[i].text)) { annotations.splice(i, 1); }
-                }
-                if (len > annotations.length) { session.setAnnotations(annotations); }
-            });
-            if (options.mode) {
-                session.setMode(options.mode);
-            }
-            if (options.foldStyle) {
-                session.setFoldStyle(options.foldStyle);
-            } else {
-                session.setFoldStyle('markbeginend');
-            }
-            if (options.options) {
-                editor.setOptions(options.options);
-            } else {
-                editor.setOptions({
-                    enableBasicAutocompletion:true,
-                    enableSnippets:true,
-                    tooltipFollowsMouse: false
-                });
-            }
-            if (options.readOnly) {
-                editor.setOption('readOnly',options.readOnly);
-                editor.container.classList.add("ace_read-only");
-            }
-            if (options.hasOwnProperty('lineNumbers')) {
-                editor.renderer.setOption('showGutter',options.lineNumbers);
-            }
-            editor.$blockScrolling = Infinity;
-            if (options.value) {
-                session.setValue(options.value,-1);
-            }
-            if (options.globals) {
-                setTimeout(function() {
-                    if (!!session.$worker) {
-                        session.$worker.send("setOptions", [{globals: options.globals, esversion:6, sub:true, asi:true, maxerr:1000}]);
-                    }
-                },100);
-            }
-            if (options.mode === 'ace/mode/markdown') {
-                $(el).addClass("node-text-editor-container-toolbar");
-                editor.toolbar = RED.editor.types._markdown.buildToolbar(toolbarRow,editor);
-                if (options.expandable !== false) {
-                    var expandButton = $('<button class="editor-button" style="float: right;"><i class="fa fa-expand"></i></button>').appendTo(editor.toolbar);
+        /**
+         * Register a type editor.
+         * @param {string} type - the type name
+         * @param {object} options - the editor definition
+         * @function
+         * @memberof RED.editor
+         */
+        registerTypeEditor: function(type, definition) {
+            customEditTypes[type] = definition;
+        },
 
-                    expandButton.click(function(e) {
-                        e.preventDefault();
-                        var value = editor.getValue();
-                        RED.editor.editMarkdown({
-                            value: value,
-                            width: "Infinity",
-                            cursor: editor.getCursorPosition(),
-                            complete: function(v,cursor) {
-                                editor.setValue(v, -1);
-                                editor.gotoLine(cursor.row+1,cursor.column,false);
-                                setTimeout(function() {
-                                    editor.focus();
-                                },300);
-                            }
-                        })
-                    });
-                }
-                var helpButton = $('<button class="node-text-editor-help editor-button editor-button-small"><i class="fa fa-question"></i></button>').appendTo($(el).parent());
-                RED.popover.create({
-                    target: helpButton,
-                    trigger: 'click',
-                    size: "small",
-                    direction: "left",
-                    content: RED._("markdownEditor.format"),
-                    autoClose: 50
-                });
-            }
-            return editor;
-        }
+        /**
+         * Create a editor ui component
+         * @param {object} options - the editor options
+         * @function
+         * @memberof RED.editor
+         */
+        createEditor: createEditor
     }
 })();
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/editors/buffer.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/editors/buffer.js
index 9e3cbcacd..beec7ae98 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/editors/buffer.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/editors/buffer.js
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  **/
-RED.editor.types._buffer = (function() {
-
+(function() {
 
     var template = '<script type="text/x-red" data-template-name="_buffer"><div id="node-input-buffer-panels"><div id="node-input-buffer-panel-str" class="red-ui-panel"><div class="form-row" style="margin-bottom: 3px; text-align: right;"><span class="node-input-buffer-type"><i class="fa fa-exclamation-circle"></i> <span id="node-input-buffer-type-string" data-i18n="bufferEditor.modeString"></span><span id="node-input-buffer-type-array" data-i18n="bufferEditor.modeArray"></span></span></div><div class="form-row node-text-editor-row"><div class="node-text-editor" id="node-input-buffer-str"></div></div></div><div id="node-input-buffer-panel-bin" class="red-ui-panel"><div class="form-row node-text-editor-row" style="margin-top: 10px"><div class="node-text-editor" id="node-input-buffer-bin"></div></div></div></div></script>';
 
@@ -45,10 +44,7 @@ RED.editor.types._buffer = (function() {
     }
 
 
-    return {
-        init: function() {
-            $(template).appendTo(document.body);
-        },
+    var definition = {
         show: function(options) {
             var value = options.value;
             var onComplete = options.complete;
@@ -206,4 +202,7 @@ RED.editor.types._buffer = (function() {
             RED.tray.show(trayOptions);
         }
     }
+    $(template).appendTo(document.body);
+    RED.editor.registerTypeEditor("_buffer", definition);
+
 })();
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/editors/expression.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/editors/expression.js
index 92c3c933b..8a6d6e8dd 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/editors/expression.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/editors/expression.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  **/
-RED.editor.types._expression = (function() {
+(function() {
 
 
     var template = '<script type="text/x-red" data-template-name="_expression">'+
@@ -46,10 +46,7 @@ RED.editor.types._expression = (function() {
     '</script>';
     var expressionTestCache = {};
 
-    return {
-        init: function() {
-            $(template).appendTo(document.body);
-        },
+    var definition = {
         show: function(options) {
             var expressionTestCacheId = options.parent||"_";
             var value = options.value;
@@ -349,4 +346,6 @@ RED.editor.types._expression = (function() {
             RED.tray.show(trayOptions);
         }
     }
+    $(template).appendTo(document.body);
+    RED.editor.registerTypeEditor("_expression", definition);
 })();
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/editors/js.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/editors/js.js
index becc86749..c0ce56411 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/editors/js.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/editors/js.js
@@ -13,15 +13,12 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  **/
-RED.editor.types._js = (function() {
+(function() {
 
 
     var template = '<script type="text/x-red" data-template-name="_js"><div class="form-row node-text-editor-row"><div style="height: 200px;min-height: 150px;" class="node-text-editor" id="node-input-js"></div></div></script>';
 
-    return {
-        init: function() {
-            $(template).appendTo(document.body);
-        },
+    var definition = {
         show: function(options) {
             var value = options.value;
             var onComplete = options.complete;
@@ -99,4 +96,7 @@ RED.editor.types._js = (function() {
             RED.tray.show(trayOptions);
         }
     }
+    $(template).appendTo(document.body);
+    RED.editor.registerTypeEditor("_js", definition);
+
 })();
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/editors/json.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/editors/json.js
index 6dd0bdbcc..0ddc6934a 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/editors/json.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/editors/json.js
@@ -13,15 +13,12 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  **/
-RED.editor.types._json = (function() {
+(function() {
 
 
     var template = '<script type="text/x-red" data-template-name="_json"><div class="form-row" style="margin-bottom: 3px; text-align: right;"><button id="node-input-json-reformat" class="editor-button editor-button-small"><span data-i18n="jsonEditor.format"></span></button></div><div class="form-row node-text-editor-row"><div style="height: 200px;min-height: 150px;" class="node-text-editor" id="node-input-json"></div></div></script>';
 
-    return {
-        init: function() {
-            $(template).appendTo(document.body);
-        },
+    var definition = {
         show: function(options) {
             var value = options.value;
             var onComplete = options.complete;
@@ -115,4 +112,6 @@ RED.editor.types._json = (function() {
             RED.tray.show(trayOptions);
         }
     }
+    $(template).appendTo(document.body);
+    RED.editor.registerTypeEditor("_json", definition);
 })();
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/editors/markdown.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/editors/markdown.js
index 4e3f8a125..89d09397a 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/editors/markdown.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/editors/markdown.js
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  **/
-RED.editor.types._markdown = (function() {
-
+(function() {
 
     var toolbarTemplate = '<div style="margin-bottom: 5px">'+
         '<span class="button-group">'+
@@ -66,10 +65,7 @@ RED.editor.types._markdown = (function() {
         'hr': { before:"\n---\n\n", tooltip: "Horizontal rule"  }
     }
 
-    return {
-        init: function() {
-            $(template).appendTo(document.body);
-        },
+    var definition = {
         show: function(options) {
             var value = options.value;
             var onComplete = options.complete;
@@ -212,4 +208,6 @@ RED.editor.types._markdown = (function() {
             return toolbar;
         }
     }
+    $(template).appendTo(document.body);
+    RED.editor.registerTypeEditor("_markdown", definition);
 })();