Is node collection ordered? #82350

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Sergey · 2020-11-03T06:12:49+01:00

Sergey commented

2020-11-03 06:12:49 +01:00

I actually have found that it is and it represents selection order. Probably it is worth mentioning in the documentation if it is going to be persistent between Blender releases?

https://docs.blender.org/api/current/bpy.types.Nodes.html

I actually have found that it is and it represents selection order. Probably it is worth mentioning in the documentation if it is going to be persistent between Blender releases? ![nodes collection.gif](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F9176681/nodes_collection.gif) https://docs.blender.org/api/current/bpy.types.Nodes.html

Sergey commented

2020-11-03 06:12:49 +01:00

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Jacques Lucke commented

2020-11-03 15:16:08 +01:00

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Jacques Lucke commented

2020-11-03 15:16:08 +01:00

Changed status from 'Needs Triage' to: 'Archived'

Jacques Lucke closed this issue

2020-11-03 15:16:08 +01:00

Jacques Lucke self-assigned this 2020-11-03 15:16:08 +01:00

Jacques Lucke commented

2020-11-03 15:16:08 +01:00

Right, the nodes are ordered so that last selected node is at the end. This way it is drawn last, i.e. at the top. I don't really want to document this behavior though. I don't want anyone to rely on this order. See ED_node_sort for more details.

Right, the nodes are ordered so that last selected node is at the end. This way it is drawn last, i.e. at the top. I don't really want to document this behavior though. I don't want anyone to rely on this order. See `ED_node_sort` for more details.

Sergey commented

2020-11-04 11:52:27 +01:00

Well I was going to rely on it. I have the problem of determining of active output node of a group tree. There is tree.active_output attribute which looks doing nothing. It always (almost) points to last node in node collection (my guess). I think its purpose is to be corrected manually so it could point to any you like.

With assuming that nodes collection is order this task becomes simple I just have to find last output node in nodes collection. Otherwise I was thinking about adding draw handler to node tree to track nodes selection but I would like to avoid this solution if possible. Are you going to change this behavior soon?

Well I was going to rely on it. I have the problem of determining of active output node of a group tree. There is `tree.active_output` attribute which looks doing nothing. It always (almost) points to last node in node collection (my guess). I think its purpose is to be corrected manually so it could point to any you like. With assuming that nodes collection is order this task becomes simple I just have to find last output node in nodes collection. Otherwise I was thinking about adding `draw handler` to node tree to track nodes selection but I would like to avoid this solution if possible. Are you going to change this behavior soon?

Jacques Lucke commented

2020-11-04 12:00:24 +01:00

You might be able to use the is_active_output property of output nodes. And yes, I think the active node is set by simply selecting the node. Since this node is also the active node, it will be moved to the back of the nodes list. So you can kinda depend on this fact for now, but I won't promise nor document that this won't change in a future release.

The tree.active_output selects the active output socket I think, not the active output node.

You might be able to use the `is_active_output` property of output nodes. And yes, I think the active node is set by simply selecting the node. Since this node is also the active node, it will be moved to the back of the nodes list. So you can kinda depend on this fact for now, but I won't promise nor document that this won't change in a future release. The `tree.active_output` selects the active output socket I think, not the active output node.

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Is node collection ordered? #82350