Reference/Release Notes/4.0/Node Editor
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Node Editor
Node Panels
- Node panels feature for node groups and built-in nodes (#108895)
- Panels can be used to group sockets in a collapsible section. They can be added to node groups and to built-in nodes.
- Group sockets are managed in new UI tree view together with panels. Drag-and-drop support for ordering sockets and inserting into panels.
- Node group API has breaking changes, see Python API for details and migration help.
Editing
- The "Make Group" and "Ungroup" operators are no longer available from the add menu. (7c2dc5183d)
- Node group assets unassigned to any node group are displayed in a separate "No Catalog" add menu submenu. (d2d4de8c71)
Other
- In Preferences → Editing, a new panel was added to group all Node Editor specific settings (eb57163f).
- Improvements to Node links to help readability at different zooms and monitor DPI (899d723da8).
- Node snapping grid no longer changes size with changes to line width (04285c2d0e).