From fc9e69a7a7ed2aadf8f1f9823a47ac3b77b17dde Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dennis Kobert <dennis@kobert.dev>
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2026 15:48:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Spell the elided Graphic and Artboard lifetimes in return
 paths

---
 .../messages/tool/tool_messages/artboard_tool.rs   |  2 +-
 node-graph/libraries/graphic-types/src/artboard.rs |  2 +-
 .../libraries/graphic-types/src/graphic/mod.rs     | 14 +++++++-------
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/editor/src/messages/tool/tool_messages/artboard_tool.rs b/editor/src/messages/tool/tool_messages/artboard_tool.rs
index 6eefe47e64..bc063ac28e 100644
--- a/editor/src/messages/tool/tool_messages/artboard_tool.rs
+++ b/editor/src/messages/tool/tool_messages/artboard_tool.rs
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ mod test_artboard {
 
 	/// A leveled wire introspects as its whole legacy list, so each `extend`
 	/// occurrence yields one list rather than one element.
-	async fn get_artboards(editor: &mut EditorTestUtils) -> List<Artboard> {
+	async fn get_artboards(editor: &mut EditorTestUtils) -> List<Artboard<'_>> {
 		let instrumented = match editor.eval_graph().await {
 			Ok(instrumented) => instrumented,
 			Err(e) => panic!("Failed to evaluate graph: {e}"),
diff --git a/node-graph/libraries/graphic-types/src/artboard.rs b/node-graph/libraries/graphic-types/src/artboard.rs
index afd2c9dd20..5992a18ad5 100644
--- a/node-graph/libraries/graphic-types/src/artboard.rs
+++ b/node-graph/libraries/graphic-types/src/artboard.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ impl<'e> Artboard<'e> {
 		Self(content)
 	}
 
-	pub fn as_graphic_list(&self) -> &List<Graphic> {
+	pub fn as_graphic_list(&self) -> &List<Graphic<'_>> {
 		&self.0
 	}
 
diff --git a/node-graph/libraries/graphic-types/src/graphic/mod.rs b/node-graph/libraries/graphic-types/src/graphic/mod.rs
index 69b36a5706..9dc1b79a65 100644
--- a/node-graph/libraries/graphic-types/src/graphic/mod.rs
+++ b/node-graph/libraries/graphic-types/src/graphic/mod.rs
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ pub(in crate::graphic) fn detable_items<'e, T: Clone + Send + Sync + 'static>(li
 /// never constructs a legacy interior.
 pub trait IntoGraphicElement: Clone + Send + Sync + CacheHash + 'static {
 	/// `None` reports arena exhaustion.
-	fn into_graphic_element(self, arena: &core_types::arena::Arena) -> Option<Graphic>;
+	fn into_graphic_element(self, arena: &core_types::arena::Arena) -> Option<Graphic<'_>>;
 }
 
-fn list_group<T: Clone + Send + Sync + CacheHash + PartialEq + dyn_any::StaticTypeSized>(list: List<T>, arena: &core_types::arena::Arena) -> Option<Graphic>
+fn list_group<T: Clone + Send + Sync + CacheHash + PartialEq + dyn_any::StaticTypeSized>(list: List<T>, arena: &core_types::arena::Arena) -> Option<Graphic<'_>>
 where
 	T::Static: Clone + Send + Sync,
 {
@@ -82,13 +82,13 @@ macro_rules! into_graphic_element {
 	($($leaf:ident: $element:ty;)*) => {
 		$(
 			impl IntoGraphicElement for $element {
-				fn into_graphic_element(self, _arena: &core_types::arena::Arena) -> Option<Graphic> {
+				fn into_graphic_element(self, _arena: &core_types::arena::Arena) -> Option<Graphic<'_>> {
 					Some(Graphic::$leaf(self))
 				}
 			}
 
 			impl IntoGraphicElement for List<$element> {
-				fn into_graphic_element(self, arena: &core_types::arena::Arena) -> Option<Graphic> {
+				fn into_graphic_element(self, arena: &core_types::arena::Arena) -> Option<Graphic<'_>> {
 					list_group(self, arena)
 				}
 			}
@@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ into_graphic_element! {
 }
 
 impl IntoGraphicElement for Graphic<'static> {
-	fn into_graphic_element(self, _arena: &core_types::arena::Arena) -> Option<Graphic> {
+	fn into_graphic_element(self, _arena: &core_types::arena::Arena) -> Option<Graphic<'_>> {
 		Some(self)
 	}
 }
 
 impl IntoGraphicElement for List<Graphic<'static>> {
-	fn into_graphic_element(self, arena: &core_types::arena::Arena) -> Option<Graphic> {
+	fn into_graphic_element(self, arena: &core_types::arena::Arena) -> Option<Graphic<'_>> {
 		list_group(self, arena)
 	}
 }
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ impl From<DVec2> for Graphic<'_> {
 // Note: List conversions handled by blanket impl in gcore
 
 impl<'e> Graphic<'e> {
-	pub fn as_graphic(&self) -> Option<&List<Graphic>> {
+	pub fn as_graphic(&self) -> Option<&List<Graphic<'_>>> {
 		match self {
 			Graphic::Graphic(graphic) => Some(graphic),
 			_ => None,