Node panels without sockets disappear, making enums inaccessible. #119171

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Hoshinova · 2024-03-07T17:07:43+01:00

Hoshinova commented

2024-03-07 17:07:43 +01:00

System Information
Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.19045-SP0 64 Bits
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.6.0 NVIDIA 536.23

Blender Version
Broken: version: 4.2.0 Alpha, branch: Unknown, commit date: Unknown Unknown, hash: Unknown

Description of error
When a node panel has an enum in it, the enum can depending on it's value make certain sockets available or unavailable.
However when all sockets in an panel are unavailable for certain values of the enum the entire panel including the enum disappears, making it impossible to bring the panel back.
This isn't an issue on any of the currently available nodes, but it is an issue on the node, that @Raiko is currently developing.
Example:
In this node, that is still in development there is an enum, that controls how many vector sockets there are in the panel.

For 1D it's 1 socket for 2D it's 2 sockets, etc.

In the case of 0D there are 0 vector sockets int the panel, so the entire panel including the enum disappears.

Now it is impossible to access the enum to bring the panel or any of it's sockets back.

**System Information** Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.19045-SP0 64 Bits Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.6.0 NVIDIA 536.23 **Blender Version** Broken: version: 4.2.0 Alpha, branch: Unknown, commit date: Unknown Unknown, hash: `Unknown` **Description of error** When a node panel has an enum in it, the enum can depending on it's value make certain sockets available or unavailable. However when all sockets in an panel are unavailable for certain values of the enum the entire panel including the enum disappears, making it impossible to bring the panel back. This isn't an issue on any of the currently available nodes, but it is an issue on the node, that @Raiko is currently developing. Example: In this node, that is still in development there is an enum, that controls how many vector sockets there are in the panel. ![Screenshot 2024-03-07 165658.png](/attachments/79661918-9924-40bb-acd1-fb805fcf4acf) For 1D it's 1 socket for 2D it's 2 sockets, etc. ![Screenshot 2024-03-07 165610.png](/attachments/35a13f62-7c89-4f77-a851-a93d93305f10) ![Screenshot 2024-03-07 165623.png](/attachments/56c4c62c-eb21-4b7f-a166-f5e278fe8daf) In the case of 0D there are 0 vector sockets int the panel, so the entire panel including the enum disappears. ![Screenshot 2024-03-07 165641.png](/attachments/f7bebd21-3cc2-4a6d-a7fe-15d07dfe7ba6) Now it is impossible to access the enum to bring the panel or any of it's sockets back.

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Lukas Tönne commented

2024-03-07 17:33:11 +01:00

This is not currently an issue in Blender since we don't have nodes which have both panel header layouts and empty panels. Until then it's not a bug.

As a future solution, this would keep panels visible when they have a button function (this may not be the actual header layout, not sure how that works, but it would be similar):

diff --git a/source/blender/editors/space_node/node_draw.cc b/source/blender/editors/space_node/node_draw.cc
index 83370531f68..cbc331fdfae 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/space_node/node_draw.cc
+++ b/source/blender/editors/space_node/node_draw.cc
@@ -694,6 +694,8 @@ static void node_update_panel_items_visibility_recursive(int num_items,
 
     if (item.is_valid_panel()) {
       SET_FLAG_FROM_TEST(item.state->flag, is_parent_collapsed, NODE_PANEL_PARENT_COLLAPSED);
+      SET_FLAG_FROM_TEST(
+          item.state->flag, item.panel_decl->draw_buttons != nullptr, NODE_PANEL_CONTENT_VISIBLE);
       /* New top panel is collapsed if self or parent is collapsed. */
       const bool is_collapsed = is_parent_collapsed || item.state->is_collapsed();

This is not currently an issue in Blender since we don't have nodes which have both panel header layouts _and_ empty panels. Until then it's not a bug. As a future solution, this would keep panels visible when they have a button function (this may not be the actual header layout, not sure how that works, but it would be similar): ```diff diff --git a/source/blender/editors/space_node/node_draw.cc b/source/blender/editors/space_node/node_draw.cc index 83370531f68..cbc331fdfae 100644 --- a/source/blender/editors/space_node/node_draw.cc +++ b/source/blender/editors/space_node/node_draw.cc @@ -694,6 +694,8 @@ static void node_update_panel_items_visibility_recursive(int num_items, if (item.is_valid_panel()) { SET_FLAG_FROM_TEST(item.state->flag, is_parent_collapsed, NODE_PANEL_PARENT_COLLAPSED); + SET_FLAG_FROM_TEST( + item.state->flag, item.panel_decl->draw_buttons != nullptr, NODE_PANEL_CONTENT_VISIBLE); /* New top panel is collapsed if self or parent is collapsed. */ const bool is_collapsed = is_parent_collapsed || item.state->is_collapsed(); ```

Lukas Tönne closed this issue

2024-03-07 17:33:20 +01:00

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Jacques Lucke referenced a pull request that will close this issue

2024-03-10 17:38:56 +01:00

Fix #119171: show node panels when they have ui even if they don't have sockets #119287