Nodes: Tooltip for Group Input properties

With this patch, users can define custom tooltips for the exposed
properties of their Geometry Nodes Groups.
Currently this custom tooltips are only used in the modifier panel,
but its a long term goal to use it in the node editor.

Reviewer: Hans Goudey

Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D10884
This commit is contained in:
Fabian Schempp 2021-04-13 22:11:58 +02:00
parent 86915d04ee
commit 170293475c
Notes: blender-bot 2023-02-14 08:33:26 +01:00
Referenced by issue #86399, Tooltip for Group Input properties
4 changed files with 24 additions and 0 deletions

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@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ static void draw_socket_list(const bContext *C,
RNA_pointer_create((ID *)ntree, &RNA_NodeSocketInterface, socket, &socket_ptr);
uiItemR(layout, &socket_ptr, "name", 0, NULL, ICON_NONE);
/* Display descriptions only for Geometry Nodes, since it's only used in the modifier panel. */
if (ntree->type == NTREE_GEOMETRY) {
uiItemR(layout, &socket_ptr, "description", 0, NULL, ICON_NONE);
}
if (socket->typeinfo->interface_draw) {
socket->typeinfo->interface_draw((bContext *)C, layout, &socket_ptr);
}

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@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ typedef struct bNodeSocket {
/** Custom dynamic defined label, MAX_NAME. */
char label[64];
char description[64];
/** Cached data from execution. */
void *cache;

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@ -9725,6 +9725,11 @@ static void rna_def_node_socket(BlenderRNA *brna)
RNA_def_property_clear_flag(prop, PROP_EDITABLE);
RNA_def_property_ui_text(prop, "Identifier", "Unique identifier for mapping sockets");
prop = RNA_def_property(srna, "description", PROP_STRING, PROP_NONE);
RNA_def_property_string_sdna(prop, NULL, "description");
RNA_def_property_ui_text(prop, "Tooltip", "Socket tooltip");
RNA_def_property_update(prop, NC_NODE | NA_EDITED, "rna_NodeSocket_update");
prop = RNA_def_property(srna, "is_output", PROP_BOOLEAN, PROP_NONE);
RNA_def_property_boolean_funcs(prop, "rna_NodeSocket_is_output_get", NULL);
RNA_def_property_clear_flag(prop, PROP_EDITABLE);
@ -9869,6 +9874,11 @@ static void rna_def_node_socket_interface(BlenderRNA *brna)
RNA_def_property_clear_flag(prop, PROP_EDITABLE);
RNA_def_property_ui_text(prop, "Identifier", "Unique identifier for mapping sockets");
prop = RNA_def_property(srna, "description", PROP_STRING, PROP_NONE);
RNA_def_property_string_sdna(prop, NULL, "description");
RNA_def_property_ui_text(prop, "Tooltip", "Socket tooltip");
RNA_def_property_update(prop, NC_NODE | NA_EDITED, "rna_NodeSocketInterface_update");
prop = RNA_def_property(srna, "is_output", PROP_BOOLEAN, PROP_NONE);
RNA_def_property_boolean_funcs(prop, "rna_NodeSocket_is_output_get", NULL);
RNA_def_property_clear_flag(prop, PROP_EDITABLE);

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@ -703,6 +703,14 @@ static IDProperty *socket_add_property(IDProperty *settings_prop_group,
IDP_AddToGroup(ui_container, prop_ui_group);
}
/* Set property description (tooltip). */
IDPropertyTemplate property_description_template;
property_description_template.string.str = socket.description;
property_description_template.string.len = BLI_strnlen(socket.description, MAX_NAME) + 1;
property_description_template.string.subtype = IDP_STRING_SUB_UTF8;
IDProperty *description = IDP_New(IDP_STRING, &property_description_template, "description");
IDP_AddToGroup(prop_ui_group, description);
/* Create the properties for the socket's UI settings. */
if (property_type.create_min_ui_prop != nullptr) {
IDP_AddToGroup(prop_ui_group, property_type.create_min_ui_prop(socket, "min"));