diff --git a/client/src/components/Workflow/Editor/NodeInvocationText.vue b/client/src/components/Workflow/Editor/NodeInvocationText.vue
index e9e92f2a7b9c..0b37b9be771c 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Workflow/Editor/NodeInvocationText.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/Workflow/Editor/NodeInvocationText.vue
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
+import { faCheckSquare, faSquare } from "@fortawesome/free-regular-svg-icons";
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/vue-fontawesome";
 
 import { isWorkflowInput } from "@/components/Workflow/constants";
@@ -24,11 +25,24 @@ const props = defineProps<{
                 </span>
             </div>
         </div>
-        <div v-else-if="isWorkflowInput(props.invocationStep.type)">
-            <!-- TODO: Maybe put a ContentItem here? -->
-            This is an input
+        <div v-else-if="isWorkflowInput(props.invocationStep.type)" class="truncate w-100">
+            <span v-if="typeof props.invocationStep.nodeText === 'boolean'">
+                <FontAwesomeIcon :icon="props.invocationStep.nodeText ? faCheckSquare : faSquare" />
+                {{ props.invocationStep.nodeText }}
+            </span>
+            <!-- eslint-disable-next-line vue/no-v-html -->
+            <span v-else-if="props.invocationStep.nodeText !== undefined" v-html="props.invocationStep.nodeText" />
+            <span v-else>This is an input</span>
         </div>
         <div v-else-if="props.invocationStep.type === 'subworkflow'">This is a subworkflow.</div>
         <div v-else>This step has no jobs as of yet.</div>
     </div>
 </template>
+
+<style scoped>
+.truncate {
+    overflow: hidden;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/client/src/composables/useInvocationGraph.ts b/client/src/composables/useInvocationGraph.ts
index 59e83a8831eb..89e3570ce459 100644
--- a/client/src/composables/useInvocationGraph.ts
+++ b/client/src/composables/useInvocationGraph.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ import { storeToRefs } from "pinia";
 import { computed, type Ref, ref, set } from "vue";
 
 import { GalaxyApi } from "@/api";
+import { fetchCollectionDetails } from "@/api/datasetCollections";
+import { fetchDatasetDetails } from "@/api/datasets";
 import { type InvocationStep, type StepJobSummary, type WorkflowInvocationElementView } from "@/api/invocations";
+import { getContentItemState } from "@/components/History/Content/model/states";
 import { isWorkflowInput } from "@/components/Workflow/constants";
 import { fromSimple } from "@/components/Workflow/Editor/modules/model";
 import { getWorkflowFull } from "@/components/Workflow/workflows.services";
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@ export interface GraphStep extends Step {
     headerClass?: Record<string, boolean>;
     headerIcon?: IconDefinition;
     headerIconSpin?: boolean;
+    nodeText?: string | boolean;
 }
 interface InvocationGraph extends Workflow {
     steps: { [index: number]: GraphStep };
@@ -129,20 +133,13 @@ export function useInvocationGraph(
                 rethrowSimple(error);
             }
 
-            // if the steps have not been populated or the job states have changed, update the steps
-            // TODO: What if the state of something not in the stepsJobsSummary has changed? (e.g.: subworkflows...)
-            if (
-                !stepsPopulated.value ||
-                JSON.stringify(stepsJobsSummary) !== JSON.stringify(lastStepsJobsSummary.value)
-            ) {
-                updateSteps(stepsJobsSummary);
-
-                // Load the invocation graph into the editor the first time
-                if (!stepsPopulated.value) {
-                    invocationGraph.value!.steps = { ...steps.value };
-                    await fromSimple(storeId.value, invocationGraph.value as any);
-                    stepsPopulated.value = true;
-                }
+            await updateSteps(stepsJobsSummary);
+
+            // Load the invocation graph into the editor the first time
+            if (!stepsPopulated.value) {
+                invocationGraph.value!.steps = { ...steps.value };
+                await fromSimple(storeId.value, invocationGraph.value as any);
+                stepsPopulated.value = true;
             }
         } catch (e) {
             rethrowSimple(e);
@@ -153,7 +150,7 @@ export function useInvocationGraph(
      * if they haven't been populated yet.
      * @param stepsJobsSummary - The job summary for each step in the invocation
      * */
-    function updateSteps(stepsJobsSummary: StepJobSummary[]) {
+    async function updateSteps(stepsJobsSummary: StepJobSummary[]) {
         /** Initialize with the original steps of the workflow, else update the existing graph steps */
         const fullSteps: Record<string, Step | GraphStep> = !stepsPopulated.value
             ? { ...loadedWorkflow.value.steps }
@@ -172,7 +169,13 @@ export function useInvocationGraph(
             /** The raw invocation step */
             const invocationStep = invocation.value.steps[i];
 
-            if (!isWorkflowInput(graphStepFromWfStep.type)) {
+            // TODO: What if the state of something not in the stepsJobsSummary has changed? (e.g.: subworkflows...)
+            /** if the steps have not been populated or the job states have changed, update the step */
+            const updateNonInputStep =
+                !stepsPopulated.value ||
+                JSON.stringify(stepsJobsSummary) !== JSON.stringify(lastStepsJobsSummary.value);
+
+            if (updateNonInputStep && !isWorkflowInput(graphStepFromWfStep.type)) {
                 let invocationStepSummary: StepJobSummary | undefined;
                 if (invocationStep) {
                     invocationStepSummary = stepsJobsSummary.find((stepJobSummary: StepJobSummary) => {
@@ -184,6 +187,8 @@ export function useInvocationGraph(
                     });
                 }
                 updateStep(graphStepFromWfStep, invocationStep, invocationStepSummary);
+            } else if (invocationStep && graphStepFromWfStep.nodeText === undefined) {
+                await initializeGraphInput(graphStepFromWfStep, invocationStep);
             }
 
             // add the graph step to the steps object if it doesn't exist yet
@@ -275,16 +280,7 @@ export function useInvocationGraph(
         // if the state has changed, update the graph step
         if (graphStep.state !== newState) {
             graphStep.state = newState;
-
-            /** Setting the header class for the graph step */
-            graphStep.headerClass = getHeaderClass(graphStep.state as string);
-            // TODO: maybe a different one for inputs? Currently they have no state either.
-
-            /** Setting the header icon for the graph step */
-            if (graphStep.state) {
-                graphStep.headerIcon = iconClasses[graphStep.state]?.icon;
-                graphStep.headerIconSpin = iconClasses[graphStep.state]?.spin;
-            }
+            setHeaderClass(graphStep);
         }
     }
 
@@ -308,19 +304,47 @@ export function useInvocationGraph(
         return undefined;
     }
 
-    // TODO: Maybe we can use this to layout the graph after the steps are loaded (for neatness)?
-    // async function layoutGraph() {
-    //     const newSteps = await autoLayout(storeId.value, steps.value);
-    //     if (newSteps) {
-    //         newSteps?.map((step: any) => stepStore.updateStep(step));
-    //         // Object.assign(steps.value, {...steps.value, ...stepStore.steps});
-    //         Object.keys(steps.value).forEach((key) => {
-    //             steps.value[key] = { ...steps.value[key], ...(stepStore.steps[key] as GraphStep) };
-    //         });
-    //     }
-    //     invocationGraph.value!.steps = steps.value;
-    //     await fromSimple(storeId.value, invocationGraph.value as any);
-    // }
+    function setHeaderClass(graphStep: GraphStep) {
+        /** Setting the header class for the graph step */
+        graphStep.headerClass = getHeaderClass(graphStep.state as string);
+
+        /** Setting the header icon for the graph step */
+        if (graphStep.state) {
+            graphStep.headerIcon = iconClasses[graphStep.state]?.icon;
+            graphStep.headerIconSpin = iconClasses[graphStep.state]?.spin;
+        }
+    }
+
+    async function initializeGraphInput(graphStep: GraphStep, invocationStep: InvocationStep) {
+        const inputItem = invocation.value.inputs[graphStep.id];
+        const inputParam = getWorkflowInputParam(invocation.value, invocationStep);
+        if (inputItem && inputItem?.id !== undefined && inputItem?.id !== null) {
+            if (inputItem.src === "hda") {
+                const hda = await fetchDatasetDetails({ id: inputItem.id });
+                // TODO: There is a type mismatch for `hda.state` and `GraphStep["state"]`
+                set(graphStep, "state", getContentItemState(hda));
+                set(graphStep, "nodeText", `${hda.hid}: <b>${hda.name}</b>`);
+            } else {
+                const hdca = await fetchCollectionDetails({ id: inputItem.id });
+                // TODO: Same type mismatch as above
+                set(graphStep, "state", getContentItemState(hdca));
+                set(graphStep, "nodeText", `${hdca.hid}: <b>${hdca.name}</b>`);
+            }
+        } else if (inputParam) {
+            if (typeof inputParam.parameter_value === "boolean") {
+                set(graphStep, "nodeText", inputParam.parameter_value);
+            } else {
+                set(graphStep, "nodeText", `<b>${inputParam.parameter_value}</b>`);
+            }
+        }
+        setHeaderClass(graphStep);
+    }
+
+    function getWorkflowInputParam(invocation: WorkflowInvocationElementView, invocationStep: InvocationStep) {
+        return Object.values(invocation.input_step_parameters).find(
+            (param) => param.workflow_step_id === invocationStep.workflow_step_id
+        );
+    }
 
     return {
         /** An id used to scope the store to the invocation's id */