Always paste Node(s) in the center of the workflow area

[mwiegand]

Thanks @ScottF but it’s not quite what I meant as I pointed out the right click appraoch as well.

@iCFO also has a pretty nice idea which could be summarized as “auto-connect upon paste when a node was selected”. Though, I’d consider this an even more advanced approach as the fallback, if the node input ports are incompatible, must be catered for.

My suggestion which @evert.homan_scilifelab.se pretty well summarized with "can end up anywhere on the canvas"is to simply ensure, upon pasting one or multiple nodes, that the first in the chain always appears in the center of the canvas.

Giving this some second thought, node-collision likely is something which needs to be catered for in general. I and other likely faced the situation too that two nodes were exactly placed atop of each other. I have an idea and will create a separate ticket for that.

Edit: I already submitted that suggestion once. The idea I had was simply highlighting colliding nodes via i.e. a frame:

Prevent nodes being placed exactly above each other

Valid point but this was frequently the primary cause as the node was unexpectedly not replaced but placed atop. I assume there might be a call / event being fired upon successful replacement. However there is also the scenario when an entire branch with multiple nodes is copy, pasted and placed. Unintentionally, one could easily oversee that there is an unestablished / missing connection. Though, hooking into the assumed „successful event event“ another check could be triggered if nodes are p…

Best
Mike