Oh wow, this is perfect! Thank you!

Hi Pablo,

Thank you for your work on this.

Wonder if instead of a cross, which could be hidden behind a node (for a large node tree one still wouldn't know which node covered it, or where the centre is), if the central column & row of dots were slightly brighter?

Kind regards.

Thank you for updating/rebasing.

Further to my previous comment/observation, below is a screenshot of the best (non-developer) solution I've been able to achieve (hack using grease pencil lines).

Thank you.

Also add Alt+G hotkey to send selected nodes back to center like objects in 3d view please :)

In D13132#401644, @Vitalii Vlasov (Fracture128) wrote:

Also add Alt+G hotkey to send selected nodes back to center like objects in 3d view please :)

That's a good idea for consistency but it's not related to this patch, it's out of scope. For feature requests please use https://rightclickselect.com , not unrelated patches.

Sharing my comment about this in chat, for the records:

I find it a bit much honestly-- it's a lot of visual weight for something I care about only very rarely
I feel like the reasons I care about it are wrong even, the view shouldn't get messed up when I switch node trees
Ideally the user wouldn't have to care where there nodes are on the canvas

So I think a better solution would be to investigate two things:

• Improve the way the node editor's view coordinates are stored so that it doesn't always reset when switching node trees, etc.
• Finish D10787: Node Editor: Paste nodes on mouse position

In D13132#402091, @Hans Goudey (HooglyBoogly) wrote:

Sharing my comment about this in chat, for the records:...

From a personal perspective, due to dyslexia, I often zoom in very close to nodes to help read values; for similar nodes trees, when switching material slots, having nodes aligned and in the same location is a great asset to help compare settings.

Possibly the best interim solution which benefits all is to implement the lines with an enable/disable preference option?

Thank you for your time.

In D13132#456884, @Hans Goudey (HooglyBoogly) wrote:

Based on my earlier comments, I'll close this patch. The fundamental problem seems to be that the view location in the canvas behaves unexpectedly when switching between node trees, that can be improved though, if we find specific cases.

This patch is more about bringing back the visual aid that was present before the grid redesign.

Removing the lines should be done once they become redundant because the canvas behaviour works in a way that users don't feel lost in their node trees anymore. Until that is tackled I think this patch is still valid.

It's a far from perfect solution but it helps in the meantime until someone wants to tackle the canvas issue (unfortunately that is too advanced for me to do). I'm fine with this being closed if someone is actually working on a proper solution.

@Pablo Vazquez (pablovazquez) I don't think anyone is working on a proper solution at the moment. But I was under the impression that you were agreeing with Hans arguments, and simply forgot to close the patch. If this is not the case feel free to re-open it, but also to get this in the UI module agenda so it doesn't stall?

It would help to hear from people about the issue with switching node groups. A bug report would be helpful there.