Menu Switch Node

The Menu Switch node outputs one of its inputs based on a selected menu item. Only the active input is evaluated, allowing efficient switching between multiple options.

The available menu entries are defined by the user. Menu items can be added and removed, as well as renamed and reordered in the editor side bar. Renaming a menu entry keeps existing links of the matching input socket.

The menu can be used in node groups and the nodes modifier UI. Connecting the menu input with a Group Input node will expose the menu as a group input. A menu socket in a node group, reroute node, or other pass-through nodes needs to be connected to a Menu Switch node in order to work. An unconnected menu socket will show an empty menu by default.

Connecting multiple Menu Switch nodes to the same output socket creates a conflict (even when the menu entries are the same). To avoid this a menu switch can be wrapped in a node group. Multiple node groups of the same type can be connected to the same menu, since they contain the same menu switch node.

Conflict caused by connecting different menus.

Same node group can be connected without conflict.

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The Index Switch Node is similar but it exposes the choices as an integer index.

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Menù

Determines which input socket is passed through to the output.

One input is created for each menu entry. The input corresponding to the selected menu item is evaluated and passed through.

Menu item labels can be renamed using Ctrl-LMB on the socket name or in the node’s Properties panel.

Additional input sockets can be added by: - Dragging a connection onto the empty socket at the bottom of the list. - Clicking the icon in the node header.

Unused inputs are not computed, improving performance in complex node networks.

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Tipo

Determines the type of the data that is handled by the node.

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Output

Outputs the value from the input corresponding to the selected menu item, unchanged.

For each menu entry, an additional Boolean output is created. The output corresponding to the selected item is true, and all others are false. These Boolean outputs can be used to trigger different node branches, control visibility, or drive conditional operations elsewhere in the node tree.