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

Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com zanqdo at gmail.com
Sun Apr 8 23:38:04 CEST 2012


Easy, because Lukas will read this thread and say "HEY! I could make the
sockets visible of only the nodes close to the mouse when hovering over
them" :D

Daniel Salazar
patazstudio.com


On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Bartek Skorupa <
bartekskorupa at bartekskorupa.com> wrote:

> In many cases I do. Believe it or not :-)
> If I don't like such collapsed node, I can hit Ctl-H and unused sockets
> are hidden.
> It was so up till 2.61.
> Let me then ask another question:
>
> What's good with this one?
> http://www.pasteall.org/pic/**29810 <http://www.pasteall.org/pic/29810>
>
> How would you connect those nodes?
>
>
> Bartek Skorupa
>
> www.bartekskorupa.com
>
>
>
>
> On 2012-04-08, at 23:20, Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com wrote:
>
>  What's wrong you ask? this is what's wrong
>>
>> http://www.pasteall.org/pic/**29809 <http://www.pasteall.org/pic/29809>
>>
>> unless you're a psychic how do you know what each of those sockets is!
>>
>> Daniel Salazar
>> patazstudio.com
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 3:15 PM, Bartek Skorupa <
>> bartekskorupa at bartekskorupa.**com <bartekskorupa at bartekskorupa.com>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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 <bartekskorupa at bartekskorupa.**com<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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