Node AutoLayout #11164
Node AutoLayout #11164
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| // Placing the new node to the left of initial node | ||
| var adjustedX = initialNode.X - 200; | ||
| dynamoViewModel.ExecuteCommand(new DynamoModel.CreateAndConnectNodeCommand(id, portModel.Owner.GUID, | ||
| nodeCreationName, 0, portModel.Index, adjustedX, adjustedY, false, false)); |
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Can we split this step into a CreateNodeCommand step and then add a new command called something like PlaceAndConnectCommand? That way we can first create the new node, get its height and width, and use the height and width to place it relative to the original node. In other words, the PlaceAndConnectCommand
will be a combination of 2 steps: 1) place the node based on a calculated X and Y position, and 2) call the
MakeConnectionCommand. This way we might be able to do away with these hard-coded values.
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@aparajit-pratap I did thought about that before implementation but the height and width for the new nodes are always default to 100 for node model so not really useful to get the actual height and width
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@aparajit-pratap This is what I am referring to. I already considered this solution before finalizing the PR. For now there isn't a way I can see we can get the actual height and width for the newly placed node.
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Another slightly less important reason is about undo/redo, the current implementation only requires one undo to get back to the previous state versus the split way will need to be done by two undos.
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I'm trying something else, will get back to you on this PR, I may commit directly to this PR if I can get something working.
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Couldn't get it to work. In any case this is the problem with this approach right now:
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Indeed, placing any slider or any giant node will result in such problem but I dont see a way to be smarter yet..
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Auto layout the newly created node from node auto complete.
Instead of the existing auto layout algorithm we are using for clean up layout which makes the initial node jumpy, I am simply putting the new node right next to the input port and arrange some Y offset based on inputport index.
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