Mission-DMX / Mission-DMX/Project-Editor

Rework node editor to use imgui based renderer

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enhancement
Dominant language
Python
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Description

The rendering of the node editor is slow and could benefit from being ported to imgui. We shouldn't exchange the model, just the renderer. This would also enable us to implement the following features:

  • Dropping filters on edges in order to put it in between adjacent nodes
  • have nicer paths representing the edges
  • Implement type hints for the input and output ports as well as an indication whether or not the connection of an input node is mandatory
  • Implement better UI controls for the nodes

A viable starting point would be this repo.

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Research direction

Start by locating the existing node editor renderer and reviewing the linked imgui-node-editor repository. Keep the existing model unchanged while assessing the renderer migration and the requested edge, path, port-hint, and node-control improvements; done means the node editor uses the imgui-based renderer with these capabilities.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
28/100

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