diff --git a/src/app/services/dialogs/node-settings-dialog.ts b/src/app/services/dialogs/node-settings-dialog.ts
index a627983..6359745 100644
--- a/src/app/services/dialogs/node-settings-dialog.ts
+++ b/src/app/services/dialogs/node-settings-dialog.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Injectable, signal } from "@angular/core";
 
-export type NodeSettingFieldType = "text" | "password" | "textarea" | "select" | "checkbox" | "number" | "display";
+export type NodeSettingFieldType = "text" | "password" | "textarea" | "select" | "checkbox" | "number" | "display" | "template";
 
 export type NodeSettingOption = {
   label: string;
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ export type NodeSettingField = {
    */
   group?: string;
   options?: NodeSettingOption[];
+  /**
+   * Only for type `template`: the substitution map for `${{name}}` placeholders in the field's
+   * value. Rendered as per-placeholder expandable segments (see TemplatePlaceholderTextComponent)
+   * instead of a flat string replace, so a resolved value never gets silently duplicated or turns
+   * the preview into an unreadable wall of text.
+   */
+  templateValues?: Record<string, unknown>;
 };
 
 export type NodeSettingsValues = Record<string, string | boolean | number>;
@@ -77,7 +84,7 @@ export function validateFieldValue(
   constraints: FieldValueConstraints,
   value: string | boolean | number | null | undefined
 ): string | null {
-  if (constraints.type === 'checkbox' || constraints.type === 'display') return null;
+  if (constraints.type === 'checkbox' || constraints.type === 'display' || constraints.type === 'template') return null;
 
   const text = typeof value === 'string' ? value.trim() : value == null ? '' : String(value);
   if (text.length === 0) {
diff --git a/src/app/shared/node-settings-dialog/node-settings-dialog.html b/src/app/shared/node-settings-dialog/node-settings-dialog.html
index fd5453d..a3bfe89 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/node-settings-dialog/node-settings-dialog.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/node-settings-dialog/node-settings-dialog.html
@@ -85,6 +85,15 @@
               <div class="text-sm text-slate-800 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words">{{ draft[field.key] }}</div>
             </fieldset>
           }
+          @case ('template') {
+            <fieldset class="mt-1 border border-slate-200 rounded-md bg-slate-50 p-3">
+              <legend class="px-1 text-xs font-semibold text-slate-600">{{ field.label }}</legend>
+              <app-template-placeholder-text
+                [text]="draftText(field.key)"
+                [values]="field.templateValues ?? {}">
+              </app-template-placeholder-text>
+            </fieldset>
+          }
           @case ('textarea') {
             <mat-form-field appearance="outline" subscriptSizing="dynamic" class="mt-1">
               <mat-label>{{ field.label }}</mat-label>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/node-settings-dialog/node-settings-dialog.ts b/src/app/shared/node-settings-dialog/node-settings-dialog.ts
index b783f02..bbf8f4c 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/node-settings-dialog/node-settings-dialog.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/node-settings-dialog/node-settings-dialog.ts
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@ import {
   NodeSettingsValues,
   validateFieldValue
 } from '@services/dialogs/node-settings-dialog';
+import { TemplatePlaceholderTextComponent } from '@shared/template-placeholder-text/template-placeholder-text';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-node-settings-dialog-host',
   standalone: true,
-  imports: [CommonModule, FormsModule, MatButtonModule, MatCheckboxModule, MatFormFieldModule, MatIconModule, MatInputModule, MatSelectModule, MatTooltipModule],
+  imports: [CommonModule, FormsModule, MatButtonModule, MatCheckboxModule, MatFormFieldModule, MatIconModule, MatInputModule, MatSelectModule, MatTooltipModule, TemplatePlaceholderTextComponent],
   templateUrl: './node-settings-dialog.html',
   changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush
 })
@@ -151,6 +152,11 @@ export class NodeSettingsDialogHostComponent {
     }
   }
 
+  draftText(key: string): string {
+    const value = this.draft[key];
+    return typeof value === 'string' ? value : String(value ?? '');
+  }
+
   isPasswordVisible(key: string): boolean {
     return this.passwordVisibility[key] === true;
   }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/nodes/task-step-node/task-step-node.ts b/src/app/shared/nodes/task-step-node/task-step-node.ts
index 8bfd121..0304ec1 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/nodes/task-step-node/task-step-node.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/nodes/task-step-node/task-step-node.ts
@@ -648,14 +648,14 @@ export class TaskStepNodeComponent {
     event?.preventDefault();
     event?.stopPropagation();
     if (!field.expandable) return;
-    void this.openReadonlyTextDialog(field.label, this.resolvePreviewText(field.value));
+    void this.openReadonlyTextDialog(field.label, field.value);
   }
 
   openMainContentPreview(field: MainContentView, event?: Event) {
     event?.preventDefault();
     event?.stopPropagation();
     if (!field.expandable) return;
-    void this.openReadonlyTextDialog(field.label, this.resolvePreviewText(field.rawValue));
+    void this.openReadonlyTextDialog(field.label, field.rawValue);
   }
 
   private get blockConfiguration(): Record<string, any> | null {
@@ -1531,46 +1531,41 @@ export class TaskStepNodeComponent {
     return lineCount > 2 || normalized.length > 80;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * A value with `${{name}}` placeholders is shown as text plus its own expandable segment per
+   * placeholder (via the `template` field type / TemplatePlaceholderTextComponent), never as a
+   * flat string replace - the latter silently duplicates a resolved value wherever the same
+   * placeholder repeats in the source text (e.g. `${{x}} != null && ${{x}}.contains(...)`), and
+   * dumps a raw, unbounded runtime value inline.
+   */
   private async openReadonlyTextDialog(label: string, value: string) {
+    const source = String(value ?? '');
+    const hasPlaceholders = source.includes('${{');
+
     await this.settingsDialog.open({
       title: label,
       previewOnly: true,
       fields: [
-        {
-          key: 'value',
-          label,
-          type: 'textarea',
-          readonly: true,
-          rows: 18
-        }
+        hasPlaceholders
+          ? {
+              key: 'value',
+              label,
+              type: 'template',
+              readonly: true,
+              templateValues: this.templateSubstitutions()
+            }
+          : {
+              key: 'value',
+              label,
+              type: 'textarea',
+              readonly: true,
+              rows: 18
+            }
       ],
       initial: {
-        value
+        value: source
       }
     });
   }
 
-  private resolvePreviewText(value: string): string {
-    const source = String(value ?? '');
-    if (!source.includes('${{')) return source;
-
-    return source.replace(/\$\{\{\s*([^}]+?)\s*\}\}/g, (token, rawKey: string) => {
-      const key = String(rawKey ?? '').trim();
-      if (!key) return token;
-
-      const configInputs = this.blockConfiguration?.['__executionInputs'];
-      const inputs = configInputs && typeof configInputs === 'object' && !Array.isArray(configInputs)
-        ? configInputs as Record<string, unknown>
-        : null;
-      if (!inputs || !Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(inputs, key)) {
-        return token;
-      }
-
-      const resolved = inputs[key];
-      if (resolved == null) return token;
-      if (typeof resolved === 'string') return resolved;
-      return valueToDisplayString(resolved);
-    });
-  }
-
 }