[Bf-committers] Nodes auto hide sockets on collapsed nodes

[Bartek Skorupa]

If I understand you correctly you mean not being able to select  
individual socket and connect to the selected one?
If so - I've been fighting for bringing this feature back for some  
time now.
In 2.49 we could simply select the output socket of one node, input  
socket of another node, hit F and BAM - connection created.
Now it's gone.
Imagine node group with 17 outputs and another node group with 17  
inputs.
Let's now connect output 7 of first group to input 16 of second group...
You have to drag the connection holding down the mouse button.
It's ok when your groups are placed close to each other, but that's  
not always the case.

or:

We have Render Layer input node with several passes.
Let's connect AO pass to 5 inputs of 5 other nodes.
It would be great to be able to select AO output socket then shift  
select ALL of the inputs, hit F and have all 5 connections.

and once again: Please, please, please don't force me to unhide every  
node to make a connection by auto hiding unused sockets in collapsed  
nodes.
What was wrong with leaving the option to the user? If I really wanted  
to hide unused sockets I could hit Ctl-H.


Bartek Skorupa

www.bartekskorupa.com

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On 2012-04-08, at 22:19, Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com wrote:

> Connecting to some random nameless socket was not good either..
>
> -1
>
> Daniel Salazar
> patazstudio.com
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Davis Sorenson <davis.sorenson at gmail.com 
> >wrote:
>
>> You're not the only one. :)
>>
>> I can also confirm this is very confusing, I nearly reported a bug  
>> the
>> first time I came across this (I think I eventually figured it  
>> out). I
>> don't think this should be a default.
>>
>> Davis
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 11:03 PM, Bartek Skorupa <
>> bartekskorupa at bartekskorupa.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Am I the only one who hates auto hide sockets when we hit H to  
>>> collapse
>>> the node?
>>> Collapsing the node doesn't mean that I will not want to connect  
>>> anything
>>> to it later.
>>> In older versions of Blender when we hit H - the node was  
>>> collapsed but
>> we
>>> had the access to its sockets.
>>> Now when I hit H - the node becomes useless.
>>> If I want to connect anything to it I have to first unhide it, then
>>> connect something to it, then hide it again. It's frustrating  
>>> because I
>>> have to go through some unnecessary steps just to make a simple
>> connection.
>>> Please tell me - am I the only one?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Bartek Skorupa
>>>
>>> www.bartekskorupa.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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