Blender 4.0: 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).