Pasting in node descriptions in recent KNIME versions

Ergonomist · November 10, 2022, 10:48am

Dear KNIMErs,

Since I resumed using KNIME intensively in version 4.6, I am occasionally running into copy/paste issues with node descriptions – usually I paste settings into these, but just abbreviated regex queries and the like.

What happens when it goes wrong is that the clipboard may contain a bunch of nodes with their configuration, rather than just a short text string. In the past these would not paste into the node description text field, but nowadays nodes get “pasted as text” in JSON format – single-node example at the bottom of this message, it’s A LOT worse with entire workflow branches (to the point of slowing down all of KNIME, besides breaking the viewport due to text width of course).

Could this behaviour be turned off within node desciptions, or made optional on the off-chance that some people may actually intend to use it this way?

Many thanks for your consideration,
E

Single-node JSON example:

{“payload”:{“annotations”:{},“connections”:,“nodes”:{“218”:{“annotation”:{“annotationDefault”:false,“data”:{“bgcolor”:16777215,“borderColor”:16777215,“borderSize”:0,“defaultFontSize”:9,“height”:15,“location”:{“x”:1252,“y”:763},“styles”:,“text”:“Audiovi*”,“textAlignment”:“CENTER”,“width”:106}},“bundle”:{“name”:“KNIME Base Nodes”,“symbolicName”:“org.knime.base”,“vendor”:“KNIME AG, Zurich, Switzerland”,“version”:“4.6.0.v202206100904”},“factory”:“org.knime.base.node.preproc.filter.row.RowFilterNodeFactory”,“factorySettings”:{“children”:{},“configType”:“ConfigMap”,“key”:“factory_settings”},“feature”:{“name”:“KNIME Base nodes”,“symbolicName”:“org.knime.features.base.feature.group”,“vendor”:“KNIME AG, Zurich, Switzerland”,“version”:“4.6.0.v202206100904”},“id”:218,“internalNodeSubSettings”:{“children”:{“internal_node_subsettings”:{“children”:{“memory_policy”:{“configType”:“ConfigValueString”,“value”:“CacheSmallInMemory”}},“configType”:“ConfigMap”,“key”:“internal_node_subsettings”},“model”:{“children”:{“rowFilter”:{“children”:{“RowFilter_TypeID”:{“configType”:“ConfigValueString”,“value”:“StringComp_RowFilter”},“ColumnName”:{“configType”:“ConfigValueString”,“value”:“Unique key”},“include”:{“configType”:“ConfigValueBoolean”,“value”:true},“Pattern”:{“configType”:“ConfigValueString”,“value”:“Audiovi*”},“isRegExpr”:{“configType”:“ConfigValueBoolean”,“value”:false},“deepFiltering”:{“configType”:“ConfigValueBoolean”,“value”:false},“CaseSensitive”:{“configType”:“ConfigValueBoolean”,“value”:false},“hasWildCards”:{“configType”:“ConfigValueBoolean”,“value”:true}},“configType”:“ConfigMap”,“key”:“rowFilter”}},“configType”:“ConfigMap”,“key”:“model”}},“configType”:“ConfigMap”,“key”:“internal_node_subsettings”},“locks”:{“hasConfigureLock”:false,“hasDeleteLock”:false,“hasResetLock”:false},“modelSettings”:{“children”:{“rowFilter”:{“children”:{“RowFilter_TypeID”:{“configType”:“ConfigValueString”,“value”:“StringComp_RowFilter”},“ColumnName”:{“configType”:“ConfigValueString”,“value”:“Unique key”},“include”:{“configType”:“ConfigValueBoolean”,“value”:true},“Pattern”:{“configType”:“ConfigValueString”,“value”:“Audiovi*”},“isRegExpr”:{“configType”:“ConfigValueBoolean”,“value”:false},“deepFiltering”:{“configType”:“ConfigValueBoolean”,“value”:false},“CaseSensitive”:{“configType”:“ConfigValueBoolean”,“value”:false},“hasWildCards”:{“configType”:“ConfigValueBoolean”,“value”:true}},“configType”:“ConfigMap”,“key”:“rowFilter”}},“configType”:“ConfigMap”,“key”:“model”},“nodeName”:“Row Filter”,“nodeType”:“nativenode”,“uiInfo”:{“bounds”:{“height”:78,“location”:{“x”:1289,“y”:701},“width”:61},“hasAbsoluteCoordinates”:true,“symbolRelative”:true}}}},“payloadIdentifier”:“1b356b47-7d07-45d4-9d75-7ac04dc4d8c6”,“version”:“KNIME_CLIPBOARD_CONTENT_V1”}

linh · November 14, 2022, 9:49am

Hi @Ergonomist ,

Can you please describe the copy & paste process in more detail? Where are you copying the node settings from (Node Monitor > Show (Entire) Configuration)?

Best,
Linh

Ergonomist · November 28, 2022, 10:13am

Hi @linh,

So basically my standard workflow is to click on a node (the “source node”), and then press the following sequence:

F2 (shortcut for rename)
Ctrl+A (select all)
Ctrl+C (copy)
ESC

Then select the “target node” to be renamed to the source node’s name, and

F2
Ctrl+V (paste)

…and be unpleasantly surprised if I did this quickly, half-blindly in autopilot, and didn’t hit the first “F2” hard enough. It then basically pastes the source node’s JSON into the target nodes description text field.

I feel that in the past you could copy/paste both strings and nodes, and paste them in their correct contexts (i.e., nodes in the workflow, and strings in string fields) without being worry of “spillover”. That’s in Windows without fancy “extended clipboard” functionality. Workflows still won’t accept strings being pasted into them, but string fields such as node descriptions (which I call “names”) or really any other string field anywhere within KNIME will now accept “nodes” being pasted into them in JSON form.

Hope that clarifies matters.

Best,
E

linh · November 28, 2022, 12:44pm

Hi @Ergonomist,

I tried to follow your steps on a Windows laptop, using KNIME AP 4.6, but could not reproduce your issue. If I copy a node into a node name, then I get a long string, but not in JSON format.
And I can easily copy and paste nodes with their names in the workflow editor. Is it possible to share some screenshots? Sorry for the circumstances.

Best,
Linh

Ergonomist · November 28, 2022, 1:04pm

Hi @linh,

Here’s a screenshot, KNIME 4.6, “Basic Examples” workflow demo:

I pasted the Statistics node into a description field of its own copy. Here’s the very long (thus cropped), JSON-like string result I get:

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z”}},“configType”:“ConfigMap”,“key”:“dateTimeFormats”},“yAxisMax”:{“configType”:“ConfigValueString”},“showWarningInView”:{“configType”:“ConfigValueBoolean”,“value”:true},“yAxisLabel”:{“configType”:“ConfigValueString”,“value”:“”},“subscribeFilter”:{“configType”:“ConfigValueBoolean”,“value”:true},“enableTitleChange”:{“configType”:“ConfigValueBoolean”,“value”:true},“enableXAxisLabelEdit”:{“configType”:“ConfigValueBoolean”,“value”:true},“reportOnMissingValues”:{“configType”:“ConfigValueBoolean”,“value”:true},“enablePanning”:{“configType”:“ConfigValueBoolean”,“value”:true},“snapToPoints”:{“configType”:“ConfigValueBoolean”,“value”:false},“showSelectedOnly”:{“configType”:“ConfigValueBoolean”,“value”:false},“gridColor”: cropped for “brevity”

Can you reproduce this? And irrespective of the format (JSON or not), earlier versions of KNIME didn’t do thi – they simply wouldn’t ever paste nodes into text boxes.

Many thanks,
E

linh · November 30, 2022, 10:28am

Hi @Ergonomist ,

Thank you for the detailed description. I was able to find out that this behaviour only affects versions 4.6.0 and 4.6.1. So if you update your version, this problem should no longer occur and be back to normal.

Best,
Linh

Ergonomist · December 1, 2022, 10:40am

Gotcha, many thanks @linh!

Best,
E

system · March 1, 2023, 10:41am

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