The transparent idea

[TomTom (Tom)]

@Dani_Abalde

For me the best option is to have interactive viewports as components that only preview the input geometry. And with a double click, they can be raised to/removed from the control context of the canvas.

does it already work? Would you like to share?

[DavidRutten]

@Dani_Abalde

For me the best option is to have interactive viewports as components that only preview the input geometry.

This is sort of close to what I was planning anyway for the Panel in GH2. The problem with the current panel is that it converts everything into plain text, whereas most people use it to inspect data. So ideally a panel wouldn’t change the data at all, but instead display it using a variety of mechanisms (plain text, rich text, images, 3d views). See: Could Grasshopper2 improve cognitive management through a dedicated component? - #17 by DavidRutten

[Dani_Abalde]

@TomTom

does it already work? Would you like to share?

It’s photoshopped.

@DavidRutten

This is sort of close to what I was planning anyway for the Panel in GH2. The problem with the current panel is that it converts everything into plain text, whereas most people use it to inspect data. So ideally a panel wouldn’t change the data at all, but instead display it using a variety of mechanisms (plain text, rich text, images, 3d views). See: Could Grasshopper2 improve cognitive management through a dedicated component?

I think it’s great to do it with the panel, David.
In addition to using it to display the data, I use the panel as a source parameter very often, to differentiate between a dynamic source with the slider (which is intended to be changed frequently) and a static source with the panel (which in principle does not need to be changed, such as a tolerance). Regarding converting the data to text, yes, I don’t find it very useful.

[dasiv]

I strongly second this idea, brilliant.
I use a panel component and two tree viewer components grouped as a floating inspector.
It would be great to have an object viewer window that could be attached to an output

[Shank]

Hi, Can you tell me how to write in ghpython to make this nodes transparent

[Roger_Quea]

waii, el que mas me gustó fue este.