Provide a “Go to node” functionality to enter a node number and jump there, incl. opening related meta node if not open yet.
If nodes are unique in workflows then the node number itself should be sufficient, otherwise allow to enter a path like 3:470:1207:3102:3201.
Our complex workflows have several hundred nodes, using nested meta nodes and still some meta nodes contain several dozen nodes.
It’s impossible to look into every meta node just to find a node in there.
P.S.:
The “Show Node IDs” option is not sticky in 5.4.0 and cannot be enabled as default in the preferences.
Even with this option finding a node is time consuming and annoying.
In the node monitor in the new UI there is a “go to issue” feature (arrow on the right), which finds the node for a given warning or error message. It also opens metanodes/components to show it. But that only works for nodes that show warnings or errors, so not for every node you might be interested in.
Hi @m_buecher , in classic UI after using Find Node, you’re right that the node isn’t generally centered and possibly the node is even off-screen making it difficult to find.
What I tend to do after “find node” is press keyboard left arrow and then right arrow so that the workflow adjusts position to the selected node. It should get you closer. Hope that helps.
Thanks @takbb , will try this out, this workaround will make life much easier.
Still a “Go to node” functionality across metanodes (and correct positioning) would make navigation much faster during development of, analysis of and onboarding of others to huge workflows.