In addition to the Node Editor toolbar and menu, the Node Editor marking menus provide an additional way for you to customize your Node Editor graph.
Right-clicking an empty space in the Node Editor work area displays a marking menu that gives you access to commands useful for creating and displaying node networks.
| Menu Item | Effect |
|---|---|
| Create Node | Opens the Create Node window, which allows you to create new shader nodes. Useful if the Create tab is currently closed. |
| Select Items in Stream | Allows you to quickly select all Input (upstream) and Output (downstream) nodes relative to the selected ones. |
| Graph Materials on Viewport Selection | Displays all shading networks connected to any selected objects in the workspace. |
| Select All in Graph | Highlight all of your nodes in your Hypershade graph. |
| Sync Node Editor / Viewport Selection | Toggles whether selections made in the work area are also selected in the
workspace and
Node Editor. You can also toggle this option on and off using the hotkey
c within the
Node Editor or by clicking the
 and
 icons from the toolbar.
indicates that selection is synchronized and
indicates that it is not. See
Selection in the Node Editor for more information.
|
| Add to Graph on Create | Toggles whether newly created shading nodes are automatically added to the work area and the scene. If disabled, only nodes that you create using Tab creation or drag and drop creation are added to the work area. This option is enabled by default. You can enable/disable this option by clicking the lock
 button to lock/unlock the view. See
Locking the Node Editor view
for more information. |
| Additive Graphing Mode | Toggles whether to add selected nodes to the current graph in the work area or replace the graph entirely. Enable this option then select a node and click one of the
 ,
 and
 icons to graph your selected node and add it to the existing network.
|
| Pin all nodes by default | Toggles whether to pin nodes automatically, ensuring they stay in the same spot even after a work area refresh. |
| Display | Customize your graph by selecting any of the provided options. |
| Show | Filters which node types to display in the work area. By default, Cameras , Shading Groups and Shading Nodes are shown. |
| Hypershade | Opens the Hypershade window, which is used for creating and editing shaders. |
| Hypergraph | Opens the Hypergraph, which displays the selected nodes' hierarchy. |
Right-clicking a node in the Node Editor work area displays a marking menu that gives you access to commands useful relative to that node.
| Menu Item | Effect |
|---|---|
| Select / Regraph / Remove Stream Nodes | Allows you to select and modify the display of other nodes relative to the selected node in the work area. |
| Inputs | Lists all Input (upstream) nodes feeding the node's attributes. |
| Outputs | Lists all Output (downstream) nodes being fed by the node's attributes. |
| Rename | Allows you to rename the node. |
| Toggle Swatch Size | Increases or decreases the size of the node's swatch. This option only affects the node from which the marking menu is accessed. |
| Toggle Selection Swatch Size | Increases or decreases the size of all selected swatches in the work area. You can also use the shortcut v. |
| Edit Custom Attribute List | Allows you to modify which attributes are shown and which are hidden for a specific node in the work area. After creating your custom attribute list, click
 to commit your changes. See
Customizing the list of node attributes
|
| Show All Attributes | Displays all attributes for the selected node. The display of all attributes is only valid for this draw instance. If you regraph the node, or if you change the view mode of the node, you must re-select this option to see all of its attributes again. |
| Add Attributes | Opens the Add Attribute window, which allows you to create custom attributes for the selected node. |
| Delete Attributes | Opens the Delete Attribute window, which allows you to remove custom attributes for the selected node. |
Right-clicking a connection in the Node Editor work area displays a marking menu that gives you access to commands useful relative to that connection.
| Menu Item | Effect |
|---|---|
| Break Connection | Removes the connection between linked nodes. |
| Isolate connected nodes | Reduces the work area display to only show nodes joined by the selected connections. |
| Select connected nodes | Selects all nodes joined by the selected connections. |