[Bf-committers] Node link swapping

[gandalf3]

I agree that this can be and is very annoying in some other cases, e.g. 
a material output node..
The only other nodes which could use this that immediately come to mind 
are math nodes.

The wildcard is node groups. If someone makes a node group that has a 
mix node connected to the inputs, then it might be desired to swap.. 
Though I imagine this is probably too hard to detect for the corner case 
that it is.

On 04/14/14 22:27, Daniel Salazar - patazstudio.com wrote:
> I'm wondering in what other nodes appart from the different mix nodes this
> functionality makes sense? Maybe it's not too hard to implement this in
> only where it makes sense
> On Apr 14, 2014 11:15 PM, "Greg Zaal" <gregzzmail at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I know this might not be a perfect solution, but a little while ago I added
>> something to the Node Wrangler addon that you might like - select your mix
>> node or whatever and hit Alt+S. It'll swap the two colour inputs.
>> On 15 Apr 2014 3:02 AM, "patrick boelens" <p_boelens at msn.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Aaand I should learn to read before commenting. =P Sorry about that!
>>>
>>>> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 16:16:41 -0700
>>>> From: zzyxpaw at gmail.com
>>>> To: bf-committers at blender.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [Bf-committers] Node link swapping
>>>>
>>>> Actually that was one of the ideas in my proposal :)
>>>>
>>>> On 04/14/14 16:13, patrick boelens wrote:
>>>>> Perhaps the swapping behaviour could be mapped to a key? For example,
>>> plugging in a new image output into a Mix node makes the existing link
>>> disappear, while doing so while holding shift could perform the swap.
>>>>> Just some thoughts.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers!
>>>>>
>>>>>> From: zanqdo at gmail.com
>>>>>> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 16:55:22 -0600
>>>>>> To: bf-committers at blender.org
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Bf-committers] Node link swapping
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The old behavior was too broad and intrusive, maybe swapping could
>> be
>>>>>> implemented just in the few cases where it actually makes sense like
>>>>>> in mix nodes
>>>>>> Daniel Salazar
>>>>>> patazstudio.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 4:53 PM, gandalf3 <zzyxpaw at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>>>> I have missed the node connection usability feature which was
>>> removed in
>>>>>>> r61178, and I'm convinced that my node workflow is slightly slower
>>> than
>>>>>>> it was before.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have written up a wiki page/request explaining why I think the
>> old
>>>>>>> behavior was faster in most cases. You can find it here:
>>>>>>>
>> http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev_talk:Ref/Proposals/UI/Socket_Swapping
>>>>>>> And I just want to say how awesome Blender is, and also thanks, for
>>>>>>> keeping Blender going :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> -gandalf3
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