interface/nodes-2

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interface/nodes-2

Learn about Nodes 2.0, the new Vue-based node rendering system in ComfyUI that enables faster development and richer interactions.

https://docs.comfy.org/interface/nodes-2

[pixiesstudio]

readability in 2.0 nodes is really bad compared to "classic".

[christian-byrne]

In terms of readability, is it an issue with color contrast or more of a Gestalt problem would you say?

[gershu-ar]

Zoomed out font gets blurred a bit. Zooming it sharpens it. Thing is that while you do it, it takes like a second to adjust the sharpness. Got an RTX 3090 and a Core 2 265K, most definitively not an issue related to available resources for the VUE to work. Apart from that, haven't noticed nothing major but then again I did not test it enough. Sticking to Nodes 1.0 for the time being!

[Prominenter]

Hi@all

The Label node (rgthree) is no longer working correctly.

Furthermore, with Node 2.0, the node menu can no longer be opened by right-clicking.

Thx@all

[gershu-ar]

You should read the rgthree script's huge yellow font warning on the console: it specifically mentions issues and telling you not to use Nodes 2.0 with rgthree until it's solved.

[kaitas]

So, Where is the "Run" queue button?

• How we can use continuous run (Run on change in the past)
• How can we close the job window?
• Where is the user guide?

thanks in advance.

[comfyui-wiki]

For the first question, I want to know if it's fixed now. Could you share a screenshot? The Run button should be in the canvas, but it seems it does not show on your end.

How can we close the job window?

Just click this button again, and then you can close the job windows.

Where is the user guide?

Will be added to our docs soon

[wencxxxxxx]

Performance bad - Especially with complex workflows

[DrJKL]

Do you have a workflow that is consistently non-performant you can share?
Which aspects of the performance are you noticing?

[Sofocletus]

From what I've read the HTML render method used for the Nodes 2.0 is inherently slower and more resource intensive than the current default, so it's not likely to get better.

[gershu-ar]

Nodes 2.0 - I like it, but I did not like it. Zooming in and out takes like a second to adjust font's sharpness (zoomed in) from blurry (zoomed out). I find that super annoying, I come and go all the time all around the workflows.

[comfyui-wiki]

Thank you for the feedback! As we keep iterating and fixing existing issues, the UX of Nodes 2.0 will become better. For now, if you encounter any issues, you can switch back to the legacy one. Feel free to share your feedback with us.

[gershu-ar]

Thank you for reading our feedback, means a lot <3

[Sofocletus]

It's not good, at all, not just because of how broken it is but because of what it tells about the future.

It's a tablet/phone UI style which makes all elements use (waste) more space. Nobody, absolutely nobody looks at ComfyUI and thinks "this would benefit from making workflows look bigger".
Even if the many, many issues and bugs that make it unusable at the moment would be fixed the simple fact that it makes using ComfyUI more of a hassle than before (i.e forcing the slow, low density non-litegraph style dropdowns) makes it an inferior UI to the current one.

In the meantime all previous workflows will be broken or jumbled, node developers will need to revise/redo their nodes and the performance of ComfyUI will be degraded... all for doubtful cosmetic reasons.

There are many issues with ComfyUI that need to be fixed, this wasn't one of them, which makes me think of why would the developers go ahead with it, to the point of releasing a bug-ridden Beta version.
I suspect the end goal is to develop ComfyUI for tablets and phones, emphasizing the commercial, API usage. The developers already decided that this is the future for ComfyUI. The release notes they put up do not match reality, for example saying that the performance penalty of the new UI is negligible or that this UI is more legible (drop down menus appear UNDER other nodes, I rest my case).

[Sofocletus]

Unfortunately I can't attach images, I wanted to show the exact same node in the current default UI and the new Nodes 2.0 and how, when zooming out the Nodes 2.0 version (even though the node is the same size as the other one) becomes illegible first.
So the claim by the developers that the new UI is more legible is objectively false, which is obvious by the fact they use, for the same node size, smaller fonts with lower contrast.
The other thing I wanted to show in that image is that values are misaligned, in the default UI all values are right aligned, in the Nodes 2.0 they are left aligned and that alignment is different between values and list items. This reduces readability because when looking down the lines you'll need to shift your eyes from side to side to scan different lines.

Another image was showing the difference between the litegraph and the newer UI drop down style, the new one, with an even small font, displays only 7 items, the litegraph shows 20 plus a search bar at the top. This means you need to scroll more than twice as much to find items on a list. I don't understand the reason for wasting space like that other than making the UI tablet/phone friendly, which is to say the UI downgrades the experience of users that utilize ComfyUI to generate on their own hardware in favour of users that utilize it as a front end for APIs.

The solution to this, is to create a compact UI style, to reduce not only the unnecessary bloat shown now on the Nodes 2.0 but also on the rest of the UI, which on itself also has serious problems in terms of ergonomics and use of space.

[sirflimflam]

The moment they started implementing the API thing I knew this was the path they were doing. Notice how basically every update they do now is in service to the API. Any scraps we get feature-wise are a mere byproduct needed to support the API.

[christian-byrne]

The change is not for the sake of design/style or for mobile/tablet, it's simply to change the renderer from canvas to DOM, allowing faster development going forward.

[gershu-ar]

"Lead, follow or get of the way" I'd say.

[bmaltais]

How can you specify that the seed in ksampler node be increment, fixed, random? The option is gone.

[comfyui-wiki]

This is already fixed, but the PR isn't merged yet.

[sirflimflam]

I'm not a fan. I say this as someone who has never been a fan of Litegraph. As it stands, it's pretty ugly, and wastes a ton of space for no justifiable reason at all. I know this is a beta taste, but if things don't change dramatically, I don't know what I'll do.

[gershu-ar]

"What you will do"? Use Nodes 1.0.
Issue solved =)

[AI421]

UI 2.0 represents a detrimental update, particularly when JavaScript is employed for UI element control, resulting in layout disarray and incorrect placement.