Please move the start node a tiny bit

BramKn · October 14, 2022, 7:29am

Hi there,

The default position of the start node is quite annoying. As nodes snap to a different grid and you can never get the line to be straight.
When you move the Start node it then snaps to the correct grid and it is OK. So I guess it was forgotten when the grid changed.

I will have a look to see if I can find this bit of code and make a PR, but will be quite a search. As I only deal with nodes normally.
If someone can send me in the right direction that would be nice.

ps. Yes I know this is nonsense. But should be a small change anyways I guess

jan · October 14, 2022, 7:44am

haha, thanks for posting this as it also drives me crazy every time! That is something I wanted to fix for a while now but always got sidetracked.

The code is here:

github.com

n8n-io/n8n/blob/master/packages/editor-ui/src/views/canvasHelpers.ts#L32


      
          export const OVERLAY_INPUT_NAME_LABEL_POSITION = [-3, .5];
          export const OVERLAY_INPUT_NAME_LABEL_POSITION_MOVED = [-4.5, .5];
          export const OVERLAY_OUTPUT_NAME_LABEL = 'output-name-label';
          export const GRID_SIZE = 20;
          
          
const MIN_X_TO_SHOW_OUTPUT_LABEL = 90;
          const MIN_Y_TO_SHOW_OUTPUT_LABEL = 100;
          
          
export const NODE_SIZE = 100;
          export const DEFAULT_START_POSITION_X = 175;
          export const DEFAULT_START_POSITION_Y = 235;
          export const HEADER_HEIGHT = 65;
          export const SIDEBAR_WIDTH = 65;
          export const SIDEBAR_WIDTH_EXPANDED = 200;
          export const MAX_X_TO_PUSH_DOWNSTREAM_NODES = 300;
          export const PUSH_NODES_OFFSET = NODE_SIZE * 2 + GRID_SIZE;
          const LOOPBACK_MINIMUM = 140;
          export const INPUT_UUID_KEY = '-input';
          export const OUTPUT_UUID_KEY = '-output';
          
          
export const DEFAULT_START_NODE = {

BramKn · October 14, 2022, 8:46am

Tested now and it is fixed.

jan · October 14, 2022, 12:02pm

Got released with [email protected]