Feat: Find Node by name or ID

[GroxicTinch]

What problem are you experiencing?

Occasionally I will get an error saying a certain nodes link to its parent is broken or something similar, or while working with API exported workflows that have been edited outside of comfyui there is a need to find a node based on its ID number, currently I have to look around at each node to find that number which gets increasingly difficult when using subgraphs.

When does this problem occur?

• Working with large graphs or multiple subgraph workflows

How often do you encounter this problem?

Occasionally

How much does this problem affect your workflow?

Significantly slows down my work

Current workarounds

I manually export the workflow, open it in a text editor and search for the node name, ID or widget I want to find. I try to gather information like position compared to known nodes so that I can locate it manually inside comfyui

Ideas for solutions (Optional)

A button and shortcut to "search" nodes in the workflow

1. press F to search
2. type id:24
3. a list is shown with the ID and node name with the crosshair selector button is shown like inside of error messages in the side bar with missing models(in this case since ID is unique only one entry should show)
4. I click the node selector that I wish to go to and it centers it on the screen

example 2

1. Press a Search button in a menu
2. type denoise
3. a list of nodes are shown that have the widget called denoise with the crosshair selector to center it on screen

Additional context

No response

[loz2754]

Forgive me I am not reading you request properly, but isn't this functionality already available in the nodes map in the sidebar?

[GroxicTinch]

Unless I am mistaken then the nodes map in the sidebar only shows that nodes exist? My issue is that sometimes I get a vague error on a workflow saying something like "link 120 to parent node undefined"(dont remember the exact wording) and I have to find out which node is saved as node id "120" and then find which nodes it links to so that I can find which node is causing the issues.

[loz2754]

You can search for a node by name or id, and hit the "eye" button to jump to the location, if it finds the node.

[GroxicTinch]

Am I doing it wrong then? I am typing the node name or id into the search and nothing is showing my node 4
I have tried searching the name, I have tried #4, 4, id:4.

What am I missing?

[loz2754]

My apologies. I entirely forgot to mention the nodes map is part of the EasyUse nodes pack. It adds a nodes map button to the sidebar menu.
The reason I forgot to mention it is that EasyUse is one of the first node packs that I install, as it is so useful.

I agree with you that it would be good to have this as a native ComfyUI feature, but this could be said of many other custom features. I guess the line has to be drawn somewhere.