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Add drag and drop support for reordering attributes on transformers

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cfvonner
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Being able to reorder the attributes on a transformer is awesome. However, it's also tedious. Repeated right-clicks and selecting "Move Up" or "Move Down" in a long attribute list is painful.

It would be great if you could drag/drop attributes to change the order. So instead of clicking and dragging anywhere on the transformer to move it on the canvas, clicking and dragging an attribute should allow it to be moved up or down the list. Then transformers would only be moved on the canvas if you clicked the top of the transformer (where the name is displayed) and dragged it around.

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cfvonner
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  • August 8, 2018
Another approach would be to provide an "attribute reordering mode" on the right-click menu. Once enabled, attributes could be dragged/dropped to reorder. Then right-click to exit the mode. This would still allow for clicking and dragging anywhere on the transformer to move it around the canvas.

 


fmelizard
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  • August 11, 2018

Maybe we could put some grab handles on the left side that would "afford" dragging the attributes up and down? Maybe even the same thing for ports. Perhaps they'd only show up when you were hovering?


cfvonner
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  • August 21, 2018
Yes, that might be cleaner.

 

 


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  • October 26, 2018

Yes please!

 

I often add / remove attributes when building my WB. The AttributeManager can get quite messy and constantly clicking to rearrange attributes is a bit tedious.

LizAtSafe
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  • February 10, 2024
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