Hiding subprograms from menu and search

[harisreedhar]

Currently animation nodes shows every subprograms in the menu and search. Which makes menu cluttered and less accessible.
It would be nice to have an option to hide. I have a simple solution for it by hiding the name starts with an "__" and making it only accessible through invoke subprogram node.

[OmarEmaraDev]

What if we put subprograms in a sub-menu instead?

[harisreedhar]

May be we can add an option in settings to show hidden nodes as well.

[OmarEmaraDev]

@harisreedhar But I think hiding it everywhere except the Invoke node is a bit aggressive. I never added an invoke node in my life, and I guess that applies to most users. So as far as the user is concerned, those subprograms are lost. This needs to be handled differently.

[harisreedhar]

What about node tree specific visibility?

[OmarEmaraDev]

So each subprogram declare which node trees it wants to be visible in? What if those were imported to another file?

[3DSinghVFX]

I see what you mean. Maybe we can approach this differently though.
Maybe we can add an option in the advanced node settings of the subprograms to let them define which category they want to appear it. Category menus would then add a sub-menu listing all subprograms belonging to that category. If the subprogram doesn't belong to a category, it is added in a sub-menu in the subprograms category to prevent clutter.

@OmarEmaraDev This is a good idea. Is it possible to define/name/remove the category at any point?