Node navigation and resizing secrets

Today I will talk about some unspoken secrets about navigating and resizing nodes in mental mill 1.1. The nodes in mental mill can be navigated and resized in a much more sophisticated way than most users might think, so I will share those secrets with you today!

Hiding input and output parameters
Hold down the shift-key and resize the top or the bottom of your node. This will conceal the input or ouput parameter section of a node.

Scrolling within a node that is partly concealed
When a node has been changed so that either parts of the input- or output parameter section are not visible, a light gray scroll bar appears on the side. For input parameters, the scroll bar will appear on the right side, output parameters can be scrolled on the right side.

Collapsing a node
You can collapse a node all the way: Hold the shift key and drag the top or bottom border of the node so that it is entirely collapsed . This is very useful when you have nodes on your workspace that don't play an important role and that you don't want to clutter up your view. If you have got any other nodes connected, you can see that the connection wires are made semi-transparent.

Scrolling a party collapsed node / Restoring a node

1. Double-click the Top or Bottom bar of a node to restore its default view.
2. You can use the scroll bars to scroll within an input or output parameter section that is partly concealed
3. When the node is in a semi-collapsed state, you can left-click and drag the splitter bar in the middle to hide and reveal the input parameter section.

Resizing preview windows

• The preview windows of the output parameters of a node can be resized individually: Click and drag one of the corners of the preview window.
• Preview windows can be opened and closed by left-clicking the name of the output parameter.