# Bug: "patch-nodes/x" names and code generation **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [December 10, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.xod.io/t/bug-patch-nodes-x-names-and-code-generation/239 "2017-12-10T22:49:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![awgrover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/74df32/32.png) [@awgrover](https://forum.xod.io/u/awgrover)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.xod.io/t/bug-patch-nodes-x-names-and-code-generation/239/7 "2017-12-24T19:59:23Z")
> [@nkrkv](#): > > I often see “short labels” on consoles of professional and soho equipment. On synthesizers, for example. VOL, PWR, PROG, AUX… all these are abbrevs. Do they really make interaction harder? Or is it not a problem because these letter combinations are widespread in a given domain/context? Well, dox suggested a change to short names (now in `awgrover/midi`)! He’s more familiar with the MIDI world. > [@nkrkv](#): > > Maybe you have an idea how to keep the labels long and allow them not to overlap? Nope! Vertical stacking gives more room, but is that the best for graph-style programming? We just have to try variations till we get it right, I guess. > [@nkrkv](#): > > some kind of tooltips that would show the full name (and a bound value) on pin hover, but in the regular mode, they are kept short. Do you think it could work? Seems promising. I think rhino/grasshopper does something like that (their labels are very terse!). Thanks for the constructive discussion. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.xod.io/t/bug-patch-nodes-x-names-and-code-generation/239)._