I rely on custom output and input labels on most of my components as a way to clarify the information flow within the definition and make modifying and debugging, sometimes years later, much easier. I use lots of group labels and subgroup labels as well, but I find that the output/input labels are …

I added this as a toggle while creating new wires (note: it doesn’t work for moving existing wires). It’s always off by default (but I can easily make it sticky) but pressing the Alt key will toggle between regular and copyname mode. In copyname mode the dashed wire is drawn in crimson rather than t…

Fantastic! Thanks so much David. This will make a huge difference to my workflow. :smiley:

This is working very well and is extremely convenient! One minor glitch: the arrowheads on connecting wires are always facing to the left now, no matter which direction I’m dragging in - output to input or input to output.

[image] LeoPedersen: One minor glitch: the arrowheads on connecting wires are always facing to the left now, no matter which direction I’m dragging in This should now be fixed in next week’s WIP release.

Thanks again for this functionality David, it’s working beautifully and this is a huge help for ease of use and clarity of data flow through GH definitions. I’m so happy with this that I’d like to add another wishlist item: to extend this functionality to the inputs of the Merge component. The cop…

Bumping this topic years later… Please can this fantastic workflow function be added to GH1 on Mac? :pray:

I wish I had known about this enhancement years ago. Great feature! :+1: I see another “glitch” though - if an output is renamed (again), the change doesn’t propagate to the designated input(s).

No indeed but what a fantastic idea for a new feature. Let’s request it! I’ll start a new thread…

[image] LeoPedersen: I’ll start a new thread… Seems more like an implementation detail rather than a new feature? This practice is like choosing self-explanatory identifiers for variable names in conventional programming, which goes a long way.

[image] Joseph_Oster: like choosing self-explanatory identifiers for variable names in conventional programming Yes that’s exactly why I do it too.

Wishlist: automatic adding output/input names with wire drag

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I wish I had known about this enhancement years ago. Great feature! I see another “glitch” though - if an output is renamed (again), the change doesn’t propagate to the designated input(s).

Wishlist: command on component outputs to rename downstream inputs

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Wishlist: automatic adding output/input names with wire drag

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