Node options

Node options… brings together a node's description, access settings, people and contents. Open a node's right-click menu and choose Node options…. You can inspect a node you can read; the editing controls depend on your permission to manage it.

The popup shows the node's name at the top, beside its colour or picture. Under the name, a line identifies the kind of item and how many items are inside. On a phone, the popup fills the screen.

Edit the properties#

On a node you manage, use Properties to change its description, tags and colour. Edit Node name at the top of the popup. Names have a limit of 120 characters.

The description is the node's body text, the same text people read when opening it. For example, name a node Garden and describe which planting notes belong there. If the existing description contains bold text or links, the popup warns that changing it here turns it into plain text. Use the node's editor when you want to preserve that formatting.

Under Tags, type in New tag and press Enter or Add tag. A leading # is optional; tags are stored in lower case. Use letters, numbers and underscores, up to 48 characters. A node holds at most 16 stored tags. Adding the same tag again does not add another copy. Use the remove button beside a tag to take it out of the draft. A hashtag written in the description can also help people find the node; you do not need to repeat it in this field.

The Colour bar changes the draft colour. Reset Color removes that choice. Press the popup's bottom Save button to save changes to the name, description, tags and this colour bar. Saving changes to Saved after acceptance. The popup stays open, so you can continue working.

Cancel, the close button, Escape or clicking outside the popup closes it. Unsaved changes to those fields are discarded. Other controls in this window have their own actions: changing visibility, saving access rules, applying slow mode or managing people does not wait for the bottom Save button.

The colour or picture circle at the top is another immediate action. Change node colour or picture opens its own chooser; changes there save independently of the draft. See Colours and pictures.

Visibility#

Visibility shows Public or Private. Choosing Public opens Share; it does not silently publish the node. Read that window and complete its confirmation to make the share.

Private becomes available for an existing public share only while its take-back window is open. A node inside another shared node cannot be made private on its own here. The popup explains either that it sits inside a shared node or that someone else has added to its share. Choosing Private when permitted takes the public share back immediately.

Friend and private-link access are managed in Share. Check that window's Shared with list when you want to review those grants.

Who can add and chat#

The Access section contains its own Save button. It saves the following settings together:

Use the join setting and posting tier together. The available controls express the node's rules; a person's own access and standing still apply. Read Managing a group for how joining works.

A shared node also shows Temporary slow mode in its Chat section. Set Seconds between lines, set Duration in minutes, then choose Apply slow mode. The fields accept whole seconds from 0 to 600 and a duration from 1 to 1,440 minutes. Use 0 seconds to lift it. The window shows whether it is off or the current spacing and expiry. Wait for The server accepted this setting. If you are inspecting a node from elsewhere, open the node to see its current room setting.

An unshared node says Chat settings appear once this node is shared.

Members and administrators#

Members lists the owner and people who belong to the node, with their roles. You can inspect the list without being able to change it.

If you manage the node, the same tab has Administrators and Group and join requests. Make a group first if there is none: enter Group name, choose How people join, and select Make a group. The join choices are Only people I add, People ask, and I or an administrator approve, and Anyone can join. An existing group also has Lowest tier that can post in the group and Save group.

Use Approve or Decline beside a request. To add someone directly, choose Add to group beside a friend, or type a username and use Add to group beside the field. Remove beside a member removes that person from the group.

In Administrators, choose a person and Make administrator. An administrator can handle join requests and post and chat in the group. This role does not give them control of the node's details, rules, ownership or administrator appointments. The button beside an existing administrator makes that person an ordinary member.

These actions save as you perform them. Closing the popup does not undo them.

Linked nodes and assets#

Choose Linked to browse related nodes. Each row gives a title and a reason, such as Linked from this node, Links here, Shared tags, Shared members or Shared tags and members. The list can therefore include a related subject as well as a connection drawn on the canvas.

Choose a row to travel to that node and close Node options. The popup's footer counts the returned nodes. A full list says 6+ linked; this is not a count of people or an exhaustive list of every possible relationship.

Nothing is linked to this node yet. is the empty-list state. The linked nodes could not be loaded. means the read failed instead; close and reopen the popup after checking the connection.

Assets lists Pixls, tracks and files placed inside the node. Tracks can show their duration, and an unavailable item is labelled Not available. This is an inspection list; it does not provide controls for moving or deleting the listed items.

Your own home node also has Interests. A Council tab appears on your home node and on eligible nodes you manage. See Getting started and Councils.

Save the node in Listr#

Close Node options and use Save node in the node's right-click menu, or Save node to Listr in the selected or open node's toolbar. Find the bookmark under Nodes in Listr.

Saved to Listr confirms the save. Already in Listr means it is already there. Saving a pin saves its target. This keeps a reference to the same node; it does not make an independent copy or change its sharing. The bottom Save inside Node options has a separate job: it saves the property draft.

When something fails#

Could not save the node. means the draft was not accepted. Keep the popup open, check the more specific message if one appears, and retry. The people in this node could not be loaded., The linked nodes could not be loaded. and The assets could not be loaded. each concern that particular list. Close and reopen the popup after checking your connection.

If you can read the node but cannot manage it, the window explains that you can inspect its people, links and placed items. It shows Close instead of the editing Save and Cancel controls.