MatColeX

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📝 Updated Quick Guide: Instructions displayed when no folders exist are updated to reflect the new, stable workflow using Blender's native Active Slot.

🎯 Active Slot Application Solved: No more Slot 0 limitation! Materials now apply precisely to the Active Material Slot, supporting complex meshes and face assignments in Edit Mode.

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🎯 Active Slot Application Solved ➤ No more Slot 0 limitation! Materials now apply precisely to the Active Material Slot, supporting multi-slotted meshes and Edit Mode assignments.

🛡️ Core Stability & Reliability ➤ Resolved critical execution context errors and standardized operator calls for reliable, crash-free performance.

✨ Clean, Minimalist UI ➤ Implemented standard collapsible headers with subtle visual highlighting, providing a professional and tidy 3D Viewport workspace.

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This version focuses on significant stability improvements and smarter handling of dynamic material setups, ensuring users always see the correct, editable parameters in the N-Panel.

➥ Robust Object Color Detection: Implemented a highly stable logic chain to reliably detect materials using the Object Info Node for color, covering two scenarios:

✓ Node Info located inside a Custom Node Group.

✓ Node Info connected to the input of the primary Node Group (fixing previous display issues with complex group setups).

➥ Clean Parameter Control and Prioritization: When Object Color is detected, the UI now displays the editable Object Color property (bpy.context.object.color) with the highest priority.

➥ Elimination of Redundancy:

The redundant "Viewport Display Color" property (material.diffuse_color) has been removed from the Object Color block.

The "Base Color" input under "Custom Node Group Parameters" is automatically hidden when the Object Color drives the material's color input, preventing conflicting controls.

➥ Enhanced UI Structure: Refactored the core drawing logic of the property panel using independent blocks to guarantee that standard parameters (from Node Groups or Principled BSDF) are always displayed correctly below the Object Color controls (if active).

➥ Minor Fixes: Fixed a TypeError caused by using an invalid icon name in the UI layout.

➥ Localization: Full English localization applied to all panel, property, and operator descriptions.

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• First-Time User Quick Guide: Added an immediate, in-panel guide for new users, so you know exactly how to start collecting materials the moment you install the addon.

• Blender 4.2+ Compatibility: Code has been refined and optimized to ensure stable performance and full compatibility with Blender 4.2 and future versions.

• Improved Documentation: The addon documentation has been updated and clarified for easier understanding and faster troubleshooting.

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One-Click Duplication: A new DUPLICATE button next to the material name. Clone any material and automatically add the copy to the active folder.

Cleaner List UI: The APPLY and DUPLICATE buttons are now integrated for faster, more direct access.

Full Node Group Support: MatColeX now reads and exposes all available inputs from any Node Group. Edit your custom shader parameters directly in the Sidebar.

Tip: For ultimate control and clean access to only necessary settings, wrap your Principled BSDF inside a Node Group (Ctrl+G).