Component Instances

I was making a filter and had a 2 color scheme, and I was threading that color input into 10 different component nodes. that put input lines stretching all over the editor window, which made editing more confusing.

I wonder if it's possible to make instance copies of components. Like linked copies. I could imagine this working very easily for the controls components, but maybe it could also work with the other components.

Having multiple instances of a color control component means i could have that node input right next to the component it is attached to for each thing it is inputting to, and that means no more long confusing crossed lines.

I tested that out, but it doesn't create linked instances for control components. It works well enough for other components. The control components that are inside groups also do not show up in the filter controls unless there is another control component fed into the group input.

I guess I should have been more specific that I am wanting control components to work like this, and have two control components be treated as the same component. Specifically so I can use multiple control components as inputs, and then have the filter treat all those control components as one control in the filter settings. If there is a way to make this work with groups, then let me know. I might be missing something.

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GMM wrote: Have you tried connecting a single Control component to multiple parameters?

Yes, that is the normal way of doing it. The feature I am referring to is to not have to do that. It's not a big deal when there's only 2-3 components a control component is connected to, but when you get giant filters and one control component being fed into 20+ inputs, then you get a visual spiderweb of crossed lines. The idea is to have control component instances always close to it's input, so there is no messy crossed lines that make the workspace confusing.