[Bf-compositor] [enh] thumbnail previews + node border color

[Sean Kennedy]

Am I correct in understanding Aditia's post is just requesting that in the preferences, there be a toggle for having nodes collapsed into their smallest view when added?
I do often have the problem of not being able to drag&drop a node where I want it because the wires are too close or the node is too big. Collapsing it solves this. I'm not sure I like the idea of nodes being collapsed upon adding, though. What if there was something else, like, when you drag a node to move it, it auto collapses while you drag it, then reverts to whatever state it was in when you let go of the mouse button? Or maybe a keyboard shortcut for that kind of behavior. I'm sure there's probably already a keyboard shortcut for collapsing the nodes, which would make all this discussion not relevant to my workflow. :)
Regarding tree navigation, wouldn't an ideal solution be a small thumbnail node view? Photoshop and Nuke have similar things that work great. The photoshop one gives you that nice little red box to show you right where you're zoomed in at.
Nuke's (bottom right corner of the node view)http://opticalenquiry.com/nuke/images/4/45/Nuke_interface_2.png
Photoshop'shttp://b.vimeocdn.com/ts/351/273/35127321_640.jpg
Is there a better way you guys can think of for tree navigation?
sean
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 07:29:39 +1000
From: 3pointedit at gmail.com
To: bf-compositor at blender.org
Subject: Re: [Bf-compositor] [enh] thumbnail previews + node border color

Would this Collapse feature allow you to select a region of nodes to shrink? It wouldn't save space as the nodes don't move closer when collapsed but I guess they are easier to follow.
Is there a benefit to a feature like Auto-condense upon auto-collapse?  That is to keep the relative space between nodes constant when they are smaller. 
On 16 Dec 2013 03:25, "Jeroen Bakker" <j.bakker at atmind.nl> wrote:


  
    
  
  
    Thanks for the feedback.

      

      We should discuss the "auto collapse node feature". It sounds like
      a workaround for a bigger subject: Tree navigation.

      Can someone put it on the wiki?

      

      Greetings, 

      Jeroen.

      

      

      On 12/13/2013 10:46 PM, Aditia A. Pratama wrote:

    
    
      Hi Jeroen & Monique

      Thanks a lot for your magic :) Btw, can we have hide node
        preference (not hide preview) ? IMO it will increase space in
        editor, also avoiding miss attaching node.

      So,the workaround when we add a new node, it will be in hide
        mode. We can navigate it more easily and attach it to any
        noodle. After that we can expand it or use property panel to
        adjust the node.

      Thanks and Cheers.

      Aditia A. Pratama

        http://kampoongmonster.com

      On Dec 13, 2013 7:51 AM, "David McSween"
        <3pointedit at gmail.com>
        wrote:

        
          Wow, this development group has already born some
            fruit for the holidays! Thanks to everyone for clear and
            insightful design and special thanks to devs for fitting the
            code into their schedule. 
          On 10 Dec 2013 05:50, "Jeroen Bakker"
            <j.bakker at atmind.nl>
            wrote:

            
              Hi All,

              

              The changes for thumbnail previews and node border colors
              have been

              merged with trunk.

              

              In the compositor only the input previews will be visible
              by default.

              all others are made invisible. Via the hide/show preview
              these can still

              be made visible.

              

              The node colors can be altered in the UserPreferences. We
              should poke

              the themes maintainers to update their themes.

              Also there is a small glitch that need to be updated by
              them.

              

              Please give us feedback about the usage. So what would be
              our next priority?

              

              Regards,

              Jeroen & Monique

                - At Mind -

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