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Advanced Customizability for Node Groups

I would love to be able to increase the usability of node groups through additional inputs like Checkboxes and Dropdown Menus. The latter as seen in shader nodes already.

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My suggestion would be to integrate them just as value type:

  • Checkbox - Boolean (0,1)

  • Dropdown - Integer (1,2,3,4,...)

The Dropdown Menu would require adding a custom number of labels in the interface properties.


Of course there are severeal more features like these that could be added to the interface of node groups. I imagine these two being integratable quite easily. But then... I'm not a dev... so what do I know?

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simon.thommes
28 Aug 2019

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cgijoe

I would love love love to be able to control color ramp data from directly from the NodeGroup!

I'll second adding more data to GroupNodes...

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thornydre

This kind of advanced node setups will probably show up with everything node :)

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simon.thommes Author

@Lsscpp: I'd say double posts are inevitable, this one's 3 years old. Only shows that the topic is popular in demand. Thanks for the link!

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Remake

Yes. A check box more convenient than making a 0 to 1 input.

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