Add information on junctions to wire documentation

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start with the wire documentation page and compare it with the linked Node-RED 3.0 release notes on junctions. Document how to create junctions, including the keys held while dragging, and add helpful imagery if available; the documentation should let users discover and use the feature without searching elsewhere.

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Description

A while ago, I added junctions to some wires. Today, I needed to do it again, and couldn't remember what keys to hold down while dragging. The documentation doesn't mention junctions at all.

Once I found out that they were called junctions (searching for "node red split wire" doesn't produce useful results) I found something in the 3.0 release notes but it took over 10 minutes in all.

Could something be added to the documentation covering this feature? I can submit a PR for the text, but I'm not really in a position to generate helpful images at the moment unless I just lift the ones from the release notes.

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