Bring back 'View Offset' toggle in node editors for Blender 4.0+

view_offset_toggle.py

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bl_info = {
    "name" : "View Offset Toggle",
    "author" : "None",
    "description" : "Restore 'View Offset' toggle in view menu for node editors",
    "blender" : (4, 0, 0),
    "version" : (0, 1, 0),
    "location" : "Node Editor > View",
    "warning" : "",
    "doc_url": "", 
    "tracker_url": "", 
    "category" : "Node" 
}

import bpy
from bpy.app.handlers import persistent

def sna_update_sna_view_offset(self, context):
    bpy.context.preferences.edit.node_use_insert_offset = self.sna_view_offset
    bpy.ops.wm.save_userpref()


def sna_add_to_node_mt_view(self, context):
    layout = self.layout
    layout.prop(bpy.context.scene, 'sna_view_offset', text='View Offset')


@persistent
def load_post_handler(dummy):
    bpy.context.scene.sna_view_offset = bpy.context.preferences.edit.node_use_insert_offset

def register():
    bpy.types.Scene.sna_view_offset = bpy.props.BoolProperty(
        name='View Offset',
        description='Automatically offset the following or previous nodes in a chain when inserting a new node',
        default=False,
        update=sna_update_sna_view_offset)
    bpy.types.NODE_MT_view.prepend(sna_add_to_node_mt_view)
    bpy.app.handlers.load_post.append(load_post_handler)


def unregister():
    del bpy.types.Scene.sna_view_offset
    bpy.types.NODE_MT_view.remove(sna_add_to_node_mt_view)
    bpy.app.handlers.load_post.remove(load_post_handler)