GH- User objects

Hi,

Where can I find tutorials about how to create GH- user objects, and customizing GH components?
What are good examples for using User objects?
How to create a shortcut for a customized user object component… Example:

"1 -is the shortcut for a default panel with the number 1 and I want to use my user object (attached) to create a smaller panel with the number 1 but with the shortcut and alias of
sm1 (instead of "1) or sm2 (instead of "2)

Is that possible?
Thank you
small panel.zip (3.4 KB)

User objects make sense in roughly 4 cases:

  1. Clusters, because it allows you to instantiate one easily.
  2. Script components, because the same reason as number 1
  3. Parameters or Components with preset data.
  4. Special objects (panels, sliders, …) in non-default states.

I doubt there’s many tutorials, you just create the object you want to convert, select it, and convert it. So for example if you wanted to create a user object that is a text panel with a blue background, a specific font and multi-line set to false, you’d create that panel from a standard panel, select it, and export as User Object.

Hello!

This topic is maybe a bit old but i will try anyways.
Is there any way to manage GH user objects attributes? (Category and subcategory) . I am trying to create a custom objects tab (With Clusters, Gh objects, Metahopper snippets) for our organization and I would like to know if there was any other way than deleting the GH user object and re-creating it to change their attributes? Tried opening them in notepad++ but didnt really help.

Any tips?

Thank you!

In Gh, instantiate the userobject, right click on the cluster object > Properties > change its attributes. Delete the original userobject and save the updated one.