DotConnect is an easy to use keyboard shortcut that manages hidden inputs. Just one hotkey does all the work.

It does not use any Python callbacks, custom nodes, or expressions – instead it works with Dots and their labels.

This is a super lightweight and simple script – for a more comprehensive and advanced alternative,

see Adrian Pueyo’s and Alexey Kuchinski’s ‘Stamps’ for Nuke.

Because DotConnect uses just one keyboard shortcut, its behaviour is dependent on the situation:

Less than two nodes selected

An out-dot will be made if one node is selected, or an in-dot if no nodes are selected.

The user is prompted for a label to give the out-dot, or to connect the in-dot to.

A copied out-dot

The out-dot will be automatically converted to an in-dot, and reconnected.

Two connected nodes

An out-dot and an in-dot will be made, splitting the stream. The user will be asked what label to give it.

An out-dot

All hidden connections to this out-dot are highlighted.

To change the keyboard shortcut, open up the file DotConnect/menu.py and edit the shortcut in there (default is shift+alt+c).