From f4354301ecb0cbb0d6386d4f32c2641845cfc8fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Ra=C3=BAl=20G=C3=B3mez=20Morales?= <raul00gm@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 10:48:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(editor): Fix editor pan / zoom when inserting nodes
 (#22401)

---
 .../editor-ui/src/app/views/NodeView.vue      |  9 +-
 .../canvas/components/WorkflowCanvas.vue      | 85 ++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/app/views/NodeView.vue b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/app/views/NodeView.vue
index 0619d000121..3fe87877844 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/app/views/NodeView.vue
+++ b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/app/views/NodeView.vue
@@ -727,7 +727,9 @@ async function onClipboardPaste(plainTextData: string): Promise<void> {
 		importTags: false,
 		viewport: viewportBoundaries.value,
 	});
-	selectNodes(result.nodes?.map((node) => node.id) ?? []);
+	const ids = result.nodes?.map((node) => node.id) ?? [];
+
+	canvasRef.value?.ensureNodesAreVisible(ids);
 }
 
 async function onCutNodes(ids: string[]) {
@@ -747,7 +749,7 @@ async function onDuplicateNodes(ids: string[]) {
 		viewport: viewportBoundaries.value,
 	});
 
-	selectNodes(newIds);
+	canvasRef.value?.ensureNodesAreVisible(newIds);
 }
 
 function onPinNodes(ids: string[], source: PinDataSource) {
@@ -1042,8 +1044,7 @@ async function onImportWorkflowUrlEvent(data: IDataObject) {
 		viewport: viewportBoundaries.value,
 	});
 
-	fitView();
-	selectNodes(workflowData.nodes?.map((node) => node.id) ?? []);
+	canvasRef.value?.ensureNodesAreVisible(workflowData.nodes?.map((node) => node.id) ?? []);
 }
 
 function addImportEventBindings() {
diff --git a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/workflows/canvas/components/WorkflowCanvas.vue b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/workflows/canvas/components/WorkflowCanvas.vue
index 8e90ecbd74a..725ac5d1439 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/workflows/canvas/components/WorkflowCanvas.vue
+++ b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/workflows/canvas/components/WorkflowCanvas.vue
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
-import Canvas from './Canvas.vue';
-import { computed, ref, toRef, useCssModule, useTemplateRef } from 'vue';
-import type { Workflow } from 'n8n-workflow';
+import type { ContextMenuAction } from '@/features/shared/contextMenu/composables/useContextMenuItems';
 import type { IWorkflowDb } from '@/Interface';
-import { useCanvasMapping } from '../composables/useCanvasMapping';
 import type { EventBus } from '@n8n/utils/event-bus';
 import { createEventBus } from '@n8n/utils/event-bus';
-import type { CanvasEventBusEvents } from '../canvas.types';
-import { useVueFlow } from '@vue-flow/core';
+import { getRectOfNodes, useVueFlow } from '@vue-flow/core';
 import { throttledRef } from '@vueuse/core';
-import type { ContextMenuAction } from '@/features/shared/contextMenu/composables/useContextMenuItems';
+import type { Workflow } from 'n8n-workflow';
+import { computed, ref, toRef, useCssModule, useTemplateRef } from 'vue';
+import type { CanvasEventBusEvents } from '../canvas.types';
+import { useCanvasMapping } from '../composables/useCanvasMapping';
+import Canvas from './Canvas.vue';
 
 defineOptions({
 	inheritAttrs: false,
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ const props = withDefaults(
 const canvasRef = useTemplateRef('canvas');
 const $style = useCssModule();
 
-const { onNodesInitialized } = useVueFlow(props.id);
+const { onNodesInitialized, viewport, viewportRef, getNodes, fitBounds } = useVueFlow(props.id);
 
 const workflow = toRef(props, 'workflow');
 const workflowObject = toRef(props, 'workflowObject');
@@ -58,10 +58,11 @@ const { nodes: mappedNodes, connections: mappedConnections } = useCanvasMapping(
 });
 
 const initialFitViewDone = ref(false); // Workaround for https://github.com/bcakmakoglu/vue-flow/issues/1636
-onNodesInitialized(() => {
-	if (!initialFitViewDone.value || props.showFallbackNodes) {
+const { off } = onNodesInitialized(() => {
+	if (!initialFitViewDone.value) {
 		props.eventBus.emit('fitView');
 		initialFitViewDone.value = true;
+		off();
 	}
 });
 
@@ -71,6 +72,70 @@ const mappedConnectionsThrottled = throttledRef(mappedConnections, 200);
 defineExpose({
 	executeContextMenuAction: (action: ContextMenuAction, nodeIds: string[]) =>
 		canvasRef.value?.executeContextMenuAction(action, nodeIds),
+	ensureNodesAreVisible: (ids: string[]) => {
+		const canvasElement = viewportRef.value;
+
+		if (!canvasElement) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// Find nodes by IDs
+		const targetNodes = getNodes.value.filter((node) => ids.includes(node.id));
+
+		if (targetNodes.length === 0) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		const insertionDone = onNodesInitialized(() => {
+			// Get the current viewport after nodes are initialized
+			const vp = viewport.value;
+			const canvasWidth = canvasElement.clientWidth;
+			const canvasHeight = canvasElement.clientHeight;
+
+			// Get the rect of the newly added nodes
+			const nodesRect = getRectOfNodes(targetNodes);
+
+			// Check if nodes are visible in current viewport
+			const screenX = nodesRect.x * vp.zoom + vp.x;
+			const screenY = nodesRect.y * vp.zoom + vp.y;
+			const screenWidth = nodesRect.width * vp.zoom;
+			const screenHeight = nodesRect.height * vp.zoom;
+
+			const isFullyVisible =
+				screenX >= 0 &&
+				screenY >= 0 &&
+				screenX + screenWidth <= canvasWidth &&
+				screenY + screenHeight <= canvasHeight;
+
+			if (!isFullyVisible) {
+				// Calculate viewport bounds in canvas coordinates
+				const viewportRect = {
+					x: -vp.x / vp.zoom,
+					y: -vp.y / vp.zoom,
+					width: canvasWidth / vp.zoom,
+					height: canvasHeight / vp.zoom,
+				};
+
+				// Combine current viewport with nodes rect
+				const minX = Math.min(viewportRect.x, nodesRect.x);
+				const minY = Math.min(viewportRect.y, nodesRect.y);
+				const maxX = Math.max(viewportRect.x + viewportRect.width, nodesRect.x + nodesRect.width);
+				const maxY = Math.max(viewportRect.y + viewportRect.height, nodesRect.y + nodesRect.height);
+
+				const combinedRect = {
+					x: minX,
+					y: minY,
+					width: maxX - minX,
+					height: maxY - minY,
+				};
+
+				void fitBounds(combinedRect, { padding: 0.15, duration: 100 });
+			}
+
+			props.eventBus.emit('nodes:select', { ids });
+			insertionDone.off();
+		});
+	},
 });
 </script>