The Parameters panel & hotbar

Pull your favourite controls into one tidy panel, then bind the ones you reach for most to number keys 1–9.

As your graph grows, the controls you actually perform with end up scattered across dozens of nodes. The Parameters panel (also called the Pinned Parameters panel) is your personal dashboard: pin any node or any single parameter to it, organise them into folders, search them, and edit several at once. The hotbar sits on top, giving you instant key access to the handful you touch every second.

Open or close the panel with Ctrl+Shift+P.

Pinning controls

There are two ways to get something onto the panel:

• Pin a whole node — right-click a node and choose Pin. The panel shows the node's title bar (in its family colour) plus every visible parameter, so you can drive the whole node from here.

• Pin a single parameter — drag a parameter's label out of a node and drop it onto the panel. You get just that one control as a single row.

Pins are grouped under a heading for where they live — your Main graph, or a subgraph if you pinned something from inside one. Click a heading to collapse or expand that group.

Searching and organising

A search box sits at the top of the panel. Start typing and the list filters instantly to matching names — clear it with the ✕ to see everything again.

To keep larger setups tidy, make folders:

• Click 📁+ in the bottom toolbar to create a new folder.

• Right-click any pin and choose a → Folder name to move it in, or Remove from Folder to pull it back out.

• Folders collapse and expand just like the group headings.

You can also drag pins up and down to reorder them, and rename any pin's label (right-click → Rename Label) so it reads the way you think about it, not the node's internal name.

Right-clicking a pinned parameter also gives you Copy Value / Paste Value (handy for cloning a setting between nodes) and Reset to Default.

Editing several at once

Click a pin to select it; Shift-click to add more; or drag a box across the panel to marquee-select a run of them. The bottom toolbar shows how many are selected.

With pins selected you can Delete them in one go (the toolbar button, or the Delete / Backspace key). Deselect clears the selection, and Clear All empties the whole panel.

The hotbar: keys 1–9

The hotbar is a compact strip of numbered chips across the top of the panel. Each chip shows its number and the name of what it triggers. Press the matching number key — or click the chip — to fire it instantly, without hunting through the graph.

• For a whole-node pin, the key selects that node (so its viewport tool becomes active). The chip lights up while that node is the current selection.

• For a single-parameter pin, the key activates that control — great for binding a momentary trigger like a reset.

To put something on the hotbar, right-click its pin and choose Add to hotbar — it claims the next free number. Want a specific key instead? Choose Set hotbar key…, then press the key you want; the panel listens and binds it (a banner confirms it's waiting). Remove from hotbar frees the slot again.

The hotbar is scope-aware: it only shows the slots that belong to wherever you currently are in the graph. Step into a subgraph and you see that subgraph's bindings — so the same key can mean different things in different places, and the strip always matches what your keys will actually do.

Auto-adding tools

Some nodes are interactive viewport tools (you place and drag them right in the viewport). When you add one of these, DNA can automatically give it a hotbar slot so it's ready to use.

Open the ⚙ Auto-add tools to hotbar section at the bottom of the panel to see every tool node and tick which ones auto-claim a slot. You can also opt a single tool out from its right-click menu (Stop auto-adding this tool).

See also

• Parameter widgets — the controls themselves

• Pin to panel — pinning from the node graph

• Viewport tools — the interactive tools the hotbar selects

• Live performance — building a performance-ready layout