by quackarooni·Workflow
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A compact node-interface add-on that earns its place for doing one job well—socket visibility control—through both a sidebar panel and a hotkey pop-up.
Toggle Socket Visibility gives Blender users control over which input and output sockets appear on the active node. It offers two ways to work: a collapsible panel in the N-Panel sidebar, and a pop-up that can be called via a hotkey. Both list all available sockets for the active node.
Each socket shows an icon reflecting its state. A checkbox marks whether a socket is visible and toggles it when clicked, a chain indicates the socket is linked and cannot be edited, and a lock marks a read-only socket, which currently applies only to reroutes. Preferences let you set the column orientation (Automatic, Horizontal, or Vertical), choose which sidebar category holds the panel, and adjust the pop-up width.
Released as version 1.0.0 in June 2024, the add-on is compatible with Blender 4.2 LTS and newer. Inputs and outputs display in a flat list, since sub-panel drawing is not yet supported.
Toggle Socket Visibility is best for blender artists working with node setups who want to control which input and output sockets stay visible on a node.
Toggle Socket Visibility is completely free to download and use.
Toggle Socket Visibility is compatible with Blender 4.2 LTS and newer. Version 1.0.0 was made compatible with the 4.2 extensions platform, so it installs through Blender's extensions system. You can add it by dragging and dropping the downloaded file into Blender, or by downloading and installing from disk. Because it operates on the active node's sockets, you use it inside Blender's node editors. If you are on an older Blender release, check the developer's page before installing, since support is stated for 4.2 LTS and up.
Toggle Socket Visibility includes a keymap action called Call Socket Visibility Pop-up that opens the pop-up when pressed. By default this hotkey is not assigned to anything, so you set it yourself in the add-on's keymap settings before the pop-up can be triggered. Alongside the pop-up, a collapsible panel is available in the N-Panel sidebar, which does not need a hotkey. You can also adjust the pop-up's width in the preferences, where it defaults to 175.
Toggle Socket Visibility is listed as free here and is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later. The extension does not require any special permissions to run. Version 1.0.0 is the current release, published in June 2024, and the add-on is 7.5 KB in size. For the latest licensing details or to review the source, visit the developer's page on GitHub, and check there for the most up-to-date terms before use.
Toggle Socket Visibility lets you set which N-Panel sidebar category holds the Socket Visibility panel through its preferences, with a default category of View. Note that this setting is case-sensitive. You can also choose how the input and output columns are laid out—Automatic, Horizontal, or Vertical, with Automatic as the default. One current limitation is that inputs and outputs appear in a single flat list, since drawing of sub-panels is not yet supported.
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