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Topic: Blue event tab, *left* side of element.

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EMebane Joined: Apr 15, 2019 Posts: 108	Posted: May 23, 2019 1:39 AM    Post subject: Blue event tab, *left* side of element. Some elements have a blue event square/pointer on the *left* side of the element, pointing inwards (to the right) into the element. What are these used for? I thought elements emitted events from the square/pointer on the right side of elements, and received events from the rectangle tabs on the bottom. Is there a key to identify the shapes, colors and intents of all the connection input/outputs?
jarek Joined: Oct 22, 2007 Posts: 1073	Posted: May 23, 2019 2:26 AM    Post subject: The blue pins are for many purposes, not just events. They are called event pins because that is how they started. But in reality they are for all kinds of special tasks (everything except raw data exchange). They are also much slower than other types of connections, so should be used only when absolutely needed (if you care about performance). The blue pins on the left or right side connect directly to the bottom events. You can technically connect left blue pin to right blue pin, or bottom left pin to bottom right pin, but that will serve no purpose in practice.
EMebane Joined: Apr 15, 2019 Posts: 108	Posted: May 23, 2019 4:47 PM    Post subject: OK. To confirm: the blue pins on the left side indicate values coming *into* the element, correct?
jarek Joined: Oct 22, 2007 Posts: 1073	Posted: May 23, 2019 5:38 PM    Post subject: Yes, although this input is not like other inputs (on the left side of an element). So sometimes there may be no value coming in at all. For example GainInteractor uses event input only for control of its amplitude range.