Change Details

This patch adds a few features improving the UX, when working with multiple group input nodes: **1.** Retain the visibility flag for the extension socket when the node interface is updated. **2.** Add a "Hide new sockets" property to the group input node that keeps new node sockets added to the group interface hidden on this group input node. **3.** Group input nodes added from the link drag search automatically enable the "Hide new sockets" property to only show the one input they were created for, even when new inputs are added to the group interface. --- **Issue** When using the link drag search from any input socket it has a "Group Input" entry, that automatically adds a new input to the group interface and connects the link to a new group node containing only that socket. the idea is to decentralize where data can come into the node to reduce the need for very long node links. There are two small issues with the current behaviour: **1.** With every update to the group input nodes the extension socket is readded making it visible even if it was previously hidden. (This is addressed by feature 1) **2.** When adding sockets to the interface they are added to //all// group input nodes. So even the group inputs that were created specifically to only function as an input in one particular place grow. (This is addressed by feature 2 and 3) **Comparison** |master|patch| |---|---| ||| NOTE: This patch is complete on its own but is nicely complemented by the tweaks to the node editor's side panel in D14530, as those expose the visibility states of sockets more prominently to the user, which makes it more obvious what exactly is happening.

This patch adds a few features improving the UX, when working with multiple group input nodes: **1.** Retain the visibility flag for the extension socket when the node interface is updated. **2.** Add a "Hide new sockets" property to the group input node that keeps new node sockets added to the group interface hidden on this group input node. **3.** Group input nodes added from the link drag search automatically enable the "Hide new sockets" property to only show the one input they were created for, even when new inputs are added to the group interface. --- **Issue** When using the link drag search from any input socket it has a "Group Input" entry, that automatically adds a new input to the group interface and connects the link to a new group node containing only that socket. the idea is to decentralize where data can come into the node to reduce the need for very long node links. There are two small issues with the current behavior: **1.** With every update to the group input nodes the extension socket is re-added making it visible even if it was previously hidden. (This is addressed by feature 1) **2.** When adding sockets to the interface they are added to //all// group input nodes. So even the group inputs that were created specifically to only function as an input in one particular place grow. (This is addressed by feature 2 and 3) **Comparison** |master|patch| |---|---| |{F12964857}|{F12964858}| NOTE: This patch is complete on its own but is nicely complemented by the tweaks to the node editor's side panel in D14530, as those expose the visibility states of sockets more prominently to the user, which makes it more obvious what exactly is happening.

This patch adds a few features improving the UX, when working with multiple group input nodes: **1.** Retain the visibility flag for the extension socket when the node interface is updated. **2.** Add a "Hide new sockets" property to the group input node that keeps new node sockets added to the group interface hidden on this group input node. **3.** Group input nodes added from the link drag search automatically enable the "Hide new sockets" property to only show the one input they were created for, even when new inputs are added to the group interface. --- **Issue** When using the link drag search from any input socket it has a "Group Input" entry, that automatically adds a new input to the group interface and connects the link to a new group node containing only that socket. the idea is to decentralize where data can come into the node to reduce the need for very long node links. There are two small issues with the current behaviour: **1.** With every update to the group input nodes the extension socket is re-added making it visible even if it was previously hidden. (This is addressed by feature 1) **2.** When adding sockets to the interface they are added to //all// group input nodes. So even the group inputs that were created specifically to only function as an input in one particular place grow. (This is addressed by feature 2 and 3) **Comparison** |master|patch| |---|---| ||||{F12964857}|{F12964858}| NOTE: This patch is complete on its own but is nicely complemented by the tweaks to the node editor's side panel in D14530, as those expose the visibility states of sockets more prominently to the user, which makes it more obvious what exactly is happening.