From 4b130b4319acd952e4030a43a853f87cdd595a45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dennis Kobert <dennis@kobert.dev>
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 11:48:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Map element-typed wires to their list forms' defaults and
 widgets

---
 .../portfolio/document/node_graph/node_properties.rs     | 4 ++++
 node-graph/graph-craft/src/document/value.rs             | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/editor/src/messages/portfolio/document/node_graph/node_properties.rs b/editor/src/messages/portfolio/document/node_graph/node_properties.rs
index ecf9adf933..be62ab3e70 100644
--- a/editor/src/messages/portfolio/document/node_graph/node_properties.rs
+++ b/editor/src/messages/portfolio/document/node_graph/node_properties.rs
@@ -252,6 +252,10 @@ pub(crate) fn property_from_type(
 						Some(x) if x == TypeId::of::<List<Color>>() => color_widget(default_info, ColorInput::default().allow_none(true)),
 						Some(x) if x == TypeId::of::<List<GradientStops>>() => color_widget(default_info, ColorInput::default().allow_none(false)),
 						Some(x) if x == TypeId::of::<List<BrushStroke>>() => brush_strokes_widget(default_info).into(),
+						// Leveled wires type by their element; each element keeps its list form's widget.
+						Some(x) if x == TypeId::of::<Color>() => color_widget(default_info, ColorInput::default().allow_none(true)),
+						Some(x) if x == TypeId::of::<GradientStops>() => color_widget(default_info, ColorInput::default().allow_none(false)),
+						Some(x) if x == TypeId::of::<BrushStroke>() => brush_strokes_widget(default_info).into(),
 						// ============
 						// STRUCT TYPES
 						// ============
diff --git a/node-graph/graph-craft/src/document/value.rs b/node-graph/graph-craft/src/document/value.rs
index 6b6b59de8a..c63822646a 100644
--- a/node-graph/graph-craft/src/document/value.rs
+++ b/node-graph/graph-craft/src/document/value.rs
@@ -453,6 +453,15 @@ macro_rules! tagged_value {
 						$( if name == std::any::type_name::<$ty>() { return Some(TaggedValue::$identifier(Default::default())) } )*
 						if name == std::any::type_name::<List<f64>>() { return Some(TaggedValue::F64Array(Vec::new())) }
 						if name == std::any::type_name::<List<BrushStroke>>() { return Some(TaggedValue::BrushStrokes(Vec::new())) }
+						// Leveled wires type by their element; each element name maps to the
+						// same tagged default as its legacy list form.
+						if name == std::any::type_name::<Color>() { return Some(TaggedValue::Color(Some(Color::default()))) }
+						if name == std::any::type_name::<GradientStops>() { return Some(TaggedValue::Gradient(GradientStops::default())) }
+						if name == std::any::type_name::<BrushStroke>() { return Some(TaggedValue::BrushStrokes(Vec::new())) }
+						if name == std::any::type_name::<Graphic>() { return Some(TaggedValue::TypeDefault(core_types::descriptor!(List<Graphic>))) }
+						if name == std::any::type_name::<Artboard>() { return Some(TaggedValue::TypeDefault(core_types::descriptor!(List<Artboard>))) }
+						if name == std::any::type_name::<Raster<CPU>>() { return Some(TaggedValue::TypeDefault(core_types::descriptor!(List<Raster<CPU>>))) }
+						if name == std::any::type_name::<Vector>() { return Some(TaggedValue::TypeDefault(core_types::descriptor!(List<Vector>))) }
 						// Types whose `TaggedValue` variant has been removed. They route through `TypeDefault` instead, with `to_dynany`/`to_any` constructing the actual default at execution time.
 						macro_rules! check {
 							($type_default:ty) => {