Here is a question I have never asked, think I know the answer to but am hopefully mistaken. I did a quick search of the forum and couldn’t find anything.
I know that if I want to add a node automatically connecting it after the selected node in the Batch schematic, you shift+alt then double click the node in the bin. My question is, is there a way to make this shift+alt functionality to happen automatically? I had a quick look in Batch Prefs as well as Preferences>Batch/BFX and can’t see anything. The behaviour works this way when space+tab and typing, but I find the older way faster.
Small cheese but I’d love to have this as a user preference in adding nodes behaviour.
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I only recently discovered that space + tab added the node plus alpha.
I was very pleasantly surprised
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I just tried that on a few nodes and it didn’t work for me. Does this only work with certain nodes?
I personally find the space+tab workflow a lot slower than pressing the first letter of the node I want.
Blur …
I have a set of favorites that I have starred so I can call on them without needing to type anything.
What does annoy me in 2023 is that if you have a compass it insists on putting the node above the compass 
Blur is not working for me using shift+tab. It connects the front but not the matte.
Maybe my memory is hazy. Let me test.
Perhaps it works when you insert it into an existing stream 
Sorry. It only does this if there is an existing connection and you are adding blur in between
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Thanks for checking. Yes, that definitely works at my end. I’ll definitely give the space+tab a bit of a go adding a few fave nodes in there to see if I can work faster that way.
I’ve been meaning to try the python script that allows you to allow adding a specific node to a hotkey. On my list of things to try!!