Geometry Nodes: dim links whose start and end sockets are not visible

This makes node trees with long links that cross other nodes easier to work with.
Dimmed links will be ignored by various modal operators like cut and reroute insertion.

Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D11813

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/source/blender/editors/space_node/node_relationships.cc b/source/blender/editors/space_node/node_relationships.cc
index aadf93961e9..725c872e98f 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/space_node/node_relationships.cc
+++ b/source/blender/editors/space_node/node_relationships.cc
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "BKE_lib_id.h"
 #include "BKE_main.h"
 #include "BKE_node.h"
+#include "BKE_screen.h"
 
 #include "ED_node.h" /* own include */
 #include "ED_render.h"
@@ -1332,7 +1333,7 @@ static int cut_links_exec(bContext *C, wmOperator *op)
     ED_preview_kill_jobs(CTX_wm_manager(C), bmain);
 
     LISTBASE_FOREACH_MUTABLE (bNodeLink *, link, &snode->edittree->links) {
-      if (nodeLinkIsHidden(link)) {
+      if (node_link_is_hidden_or_dimmed(&region->v2d, link)) {
         continue;
       }
 
@@ -1429,7 +1430,7 @@ static int mute_links_exec(bContext *C, wmOperator *op)
     /* Count intersected links and clear test flag. */
     int tot = 0;
     LISTBASE_FOREACH (bNodeLink *, link, &snode->edittree->links) {
-      if (nodeLinkIsHidden(link)) {
+      if (node_link_is_hidden_or_dimmed(&region->v2d, link)) {
         continue;
       }
       link->flag &= ~NODE_LINK_TEST;
@@ -1443,7 +1444,7 @@ static int mute_links_exec(bContext *C, wmOperator *op)
 
     /* Mute links. */
     LISTBASE_FOREACH (bNodeLink *, link, &snode->edittree->links) {
-      if (nodeLinkIsHidden(link) || (link->flag & NODE_LINK_TEST)) {
+      if (node_link_is_hidden_or_dimmed(&region->v2d, link) || (link->flag & NODE_LINK_TEST)) {
         continue;
       }
 
@@ -1458,7 +1459,7 @@ static int mute_links_exec(bContext *C, wmOperator *op)
 
     /* Clear remaining test flags. */
     LISTBASE_FOREACH (bNodeLink *, link, &snode->edittree->links) {
-      if (nodeLinkIsHidden(link)) {
+      if (node_link_is_hidden_or_dimmed(&region->v2d, link)) {
         continue;
       }
       link->flag &= ~NODE_LINK_TEST;
@@ -1894,9 +1895,11 @@ static bool ed_node_link_conditions(ScrArea *area,
     return false;
   }
 
+  ARegion *region = BKE_area_find_region_type(area, RGN_TYPE_WINDOW);
+
   /* test node for links */
   LISTBASE_FOREACH (bNodeLink *, link, &snode->edittree->links) {
-    if (nodeLinkIsHidden(link)) {
+    if (node_link_is_hidden_or_dimmed(&region->v2d, link)) {
       continue;
     }
 
@@ -1927,13 +1930,15 @@ void ED_node_link_intersect_test(ScrArea *area, int test)
     return;
   }
 
+  ARegion *region = BKE_area_find_region_type(area, RGN_TYPE_WINDOW);
+
   /* find link to select/highlight */
   bNodeLink *selink = nullptr;
   float dist_best = FLT_MAX;
   LISTBASE_FOREACH (bNodeLink *, link, &snode->edittree->links) {
     float coord_array[NODE_LINK_RESOL + 1][2];
 
-    if (nodeLinkIsHidden(link)) {
+    if (node_link_is_hidden_or_dimmed(&region->v2d, link)) {
       continue;
     }