Would it be possible to add a modifier + click combination to add a panel to a specific output? I often need to check the data and such a method would save some wiring clicks.
You can use Sunglasses (Sunglasses | Food4Rhino) for that. It lets you zoom in to any component and you can see the data for each input and output. No clicks required 
Thanks for the suggestion, but I really need to dive deeper into the lists (or I should say trees in this case), so I do actually nees to compare two panels and set them to be equally deep into the branches.
I understand and get your desire to compare 2 trees. It’s something I also have to do often and wish there was a somewhat simpler way to create a panel. Ideally with some sort of mouse click or combination with a key.
In vvvv - another visual programming tool - you can create a panel by starting a link from an output, then middle-clicking. Unfortunately something like that is not really possible in Grasshopper, because links are created by clicking and holding. It could be a right-click option on an output though. Something like this would be nice:
It could use a similar mechanism to what “Extract Parameter” does, but connects a panel rather than a parameter and works on outputs rather than inputs.
One of the quicker ways to create a panel using the search box is to just type " and press Enter. But that is still like 4 actions: double-click, shift-', space, enter.
There is also the somewhat elusive “Markov” widget. It’s a bit of a mystery and I never really use it. Does anyone? It would be nice if instead of “intelligently” suggesting, I could just add some favorites. Panel would be the first one. What’s nice is that you can just click and drag out a component from it. But yeah, the suggestions are usually not so helpful.
+1 for this, if by dragging off an output into blank canvas space and releasing the mouse spawned a connect panel to said output that would be awesome!
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I am thinking it could be something like Pancake’s Ctrl+Shift right click to disconnect all inputs or change wire display:
Say, you Ctrl+Shift click an output, it adds a panel.
I moved this discussion to a new topic for clarity.
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I’ve started attempting to create this though so far only managed to get the GH canvas cursor position:
My goal is that on any component when you drag a wire off into blank space and release (currently nothing happens) it will spawn a connected panel at that location.
Allowing rapid previewing/panel creation.
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