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.. _class_VisualShaderNodeInput:

VisualShaderNodeInput
=====================

**Inherits:** :ref:`VisualShaderNode<class_VisualShaderNode>` **<** :ref:`Resource<class_Resource>` **<** :ref:`Reference<class_Reference>` **<** :ref:`Object<class_Object>`



Description
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Gives access to input variables (built-ins) available for the shader. See the shading reference for the list of available built-ins for each shader type (check ``Tutorials`` section for link).

Tutorials
---------

- :doc:`../tutorials/shading/shading_reference/index`

Properties
----------

+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+
| :ref:`String<class_String>` | :ref:`input_name<class_VisualShaderNodeInput_property_input_name>` | ``"[None]"`` |
+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+

Methods
-------

+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| :ref:`String<class_String>` | :ref:`get_input_real_name<class_VisualShaderNodeInput_method_get_input_real_name>` **(** **)** |const| |
+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Signals
-------

.. _class_VisualShaderNodeInput_signal_input_type_changed:

- **input_type_changed** **(** **)**

Property Descriptions
---------------------

.. _class_VisualShaderNodeInput_property_input_name:

- :ref:`String<class_String>` **input_name**

+-----------+-----------------------+
| *Default* | ``"[None]"``          |
+-----------+-----------------------+
| *Setter*  | set_input_name(value) |
+-----------+-----------------------+
| *Getter*  | get_input_name()      |
+-----------+-----------------------+

One of the several input constants in lower-case style like: "vertex"(``VERTEX``) or "point_size"(``POINT_SIZE``).

Method Descriptions
-------------------

.. _class_VisualShaderNodeInput_method_get_input_real_name:

- :ref:`String<class_String>` **get_input_real_name** **(** **)** |const|

.. |virtual| replace:: :abbr:`virtual (This method should typically be overridden by the user to have any effect.)`
.. |const| replace:: :abbr:`const (This method has no side effects. It doesn't modify any of the instance's member variables.)`
.. |vararg| replace:: :abbr:`vararg (This method accepts any number of arguments after the ones described here.)`