blender-manual/manual/interface/controls/nodes/sidebar.rst

Sidebar

Node

Reference

Panel:

Sidebar ‣ Node

Node tab with a compositing Render Layers node selected.

Node

Name

A unique node identifier inside this node tree.

Label

Nodes can be given a title by modifying the text field.

Color

By default, the node’s background color is defined by the user theme. This color can be overridden by selecting a custom color in this panel. Custom node colors can be used to provide a visual cue to help distinguish some nodes from others. The button to the right of the checkbox lets you save colors as presets for reusing later on (much like a palette).

Color

Color of the node background.

Node Color Specials

This menu contains Operators for working with nodes with custom colors.

Copy Color

Copies the color of the Active node and applies it to all selected nodes.

Properties

The properties that are shown depend on the type of node selected, e.g. a Mix node has different properties than a Mask node.

Tool

Reference

Panel:

Sidebar region ‣ Tool

Active Tool

The info in this panel changes with the selected tool.

View

Reference

Panel:

Sidebar region ‣ View

Annotations

You can select the Annotate tool in the Toolbar to make annotations in the node editor. See Annotate Tool for more info.