[feat] carve out path to call asset browser in combo widget (#5464)

* [ci] ignore local browser tests files

this is where i have claude put its one off playwright scripts

* [feat] carve out path to call asset browser in combo widget

* [feat] use buttons on Model Loaders when Asset API setting is on

src/locales/en/main.json

@@ -1757,6 +1757,9 @@
     "copiedTooltip": "Copied",
     "copyTooltip": "Copy message to clipboard"
   },
+  "widgets": {
+    "selectModel": "Select model"
+  },
   "nodeHelpPage": {
     "inputs": "Inputs",
     "outputs": "Outputs",

src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/widgets/composables/useComboWidget.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 import { ref } from 'vue'
 
 import MultiSelectWidget from '@/components/graph/widgets/MultiSelectWidget.vue'
+import { t } from '@/i18n'
 import type { LGraphNode } from '@/lib/litegraph/src/litegraph'
-import type { IComboWidget } from '@/lib/litegraph/src/types/widgets'
+import type {
+  IBaseWidget,
+  IComboWidget
+} from '@/lib/litegraph/src/types/widgets'
 import { transformInputSpecV2ToV1 } from '@/schemas/nodeDef/migration'
 import {
   ComboInputSpec,
@@ -18,6 +22,8 @@ import {
   type ComfyWidgetConstructorV2,
   addValueControlWidgets
 } from '@/scripts/widgets'
+import { assetService } from '@/services/assetService'
+import { useSettingStore } from '@/stores/settingStore'
 
 import { useRemoteWidget } from './useRemoteWidget'
 
@@ -28,7 +34,10 @@ const getDefaultValue = (inputSpec: ComboInputSpec) => {
   return undefined
 }
 
-const addMultiSelectWidget = (node: LGraphNode, inputSpec: ComboInputSpec) => {
+const addMultiSelectWidget = (
+  node: LGraphNode,
+  inputSpec: ComboInputSpec
+): IBaseWidget => {
   const widgetValue = ref<string[]>([])
   const widget = new ComponentWidgetImpl({
     node,
@@ -48,7 +57,36 @@ const addMultiSelectWidget = (node: LGraphNode, inputSpec: ComboInputSpec) => {
   return widget
 }
 
-const addComboWidget = (node: LGraphNode, inputSpec: ComboInputSpec) => {
+const addComboWidget = (
+  node: LGraphNode,
+  inputSpec: ComboInputSpec
+): IBaseWidget => {
+  const settingStore = useSettingStore()
+  const isUsingAssetAPI = settingStore.get('Comfy.Assets.UseAssetAPI')
+  const isEligible = assetService.isAssetBrowserEligible(
+    inputSpec.name,
+    node.comfyClass || ''
+  )
+
+  if (isUsingAssetAPI && isEligible) {
+    // Create button widget for Asset Browser
+    const currentValue = getDefaultValue(inputSpec)
+
+    const widget = node.addWidget(
+      'button',
+      inputSpec.name,
+      t('widgets.selectModel'),
+      () => {
+        console.log(
+          `Asset Browser would open here for:\nNode: ${node.type}\nWidget: ${inputSpec.name}\nCurrent Value:${currentValue}`
+        )
+      }
+    )
+
+    return widget
+  }
+
+  // Create normal combo widget
   const defaultValue = getDefaultValue(inputSpec)
   const comboOptions = inputSpec.options ?? []
   const widget = node.addWidget(
@@ -59,14 +97,14 @@ const addComboWidget = (node: LGraphNode, inputSpec: ComboInputSpec) => {
     {
       values: comboOptions
     }
-  ) as IComboWidget
+  )
 
   if (inputSpec.remote) {
     const remoteWidget = useRemoteWidget({
       remoteConfig: inputSpec.remote,
       defaultValue,
       node,
-      widget
+      widget: widget as IComboWidget
     })
     if (inputSpec.remote.refresh_button) remoteWidget.addRefreshButton()
 
@@ -84,7 +122,7 @@ const addComboWidget = (node: LGraphNode, inputSpec: ComboInputSpec) => {
   if (inputSpec.control_after_generate) {
     widget.linkedWidgets = addValueControlWidgets(
       node,
-      widget,
+      widget as IComboWidget,
       undefined,
       undefined,
       transformInputSpecV2ToV1(inputSpec)

src/services/assetService.ts

@@ -7,11 +7,17 @@ import {
   assetResponseSchema
 } from '@/schemas/assetSchema'
 import { api } from '@/scripts/api'
+import { useModelToNodeStore } from '@/stores/modelToNodeStore'
 
 const ASSETS_ENDPOINT = '/assets'
 const MODELS_TAG = 'models'
 const MISSING_TAG = 'missing'
 
+/**
+ * Input names that are eligible for asset browser
+ */
+const WHITELISTED_INPUTS = new Set(['ckpt_name', 'lora_name', 'vae_name'])
+
 /**
  * Validates asset response data using Zod schema
  */
@@ -102,9 +108,29 @@ function createAssetService() {
     )
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Checks if a widget input should use the asset browser based on both input name and node comfyClass
+   *
+   * @param inputName - The input name (e.g., 'ckpt_name', 'lora_name')
+   * @param nodeType - The ComfyUI node comfyClass (e.g., 'CheckpointLoaderSimple', 'LoraLoader')
+   * @returns true if this input should use asset browser
+   */
+  function isAssetBrowserEligible(
+    inputName: string,
+    nodeType: string
+  ): boolean {
+    return (
+      // Must be an approved input name
+      WHITELISTED_INPUTS.has(inputName) &&
+      // Must be a registered node type
+      useModelToNodeStore().getRegisteredNodeTypes().has(nodeType)
+    )
+  }
+
   return {
     getAssetModelFolders,
-    getAssetModels
+    getAssetModels,
+    isAssetBrowserEligible
   }
 }
 

src/services/litegraphService.ts

@@ -484,7 +484,18 @@ export const useLitegraphService = () => {
         ) ?? {}
 
         if (widget) {
-          widget.label = st(nameKey, widget.label ?? inputName)
+          // Check if this is an Asset Browser button widget
+          const isAssetBrowserButton =
+            widget.type === 'button' && widget.value === 'Select model'
+
+          if (isAssetBrowserButton) {
+            // Preserve Asset Browser button label (don't translate)
+            widget.label = String(widget.value)
+          } else {
+            // Apply normal translation for other widgets
+            widget.label = st(nameKey, widget.label ?? inputName)
+          }
+
           widget.options ??= {}
           Object.assign(widget.options, {
             advanced: inputSpec.advanced,

src/stores/modelToNodeStore.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { defineStore } from 'pinia'
-import { ref } from 'vue'
+import { computed, ref } from 'vue'
 
 import { ComfyNodeDefImpl, useNodeDefStore } from '@/stores/nodeDefStore'
 
@@ -22,6 +22,22 @@ export const useModelToNodeStore = defineStore('modelToNode', () => {
   const modelToNodeMap = ref<Record<string, ModelNodeProvider[]>>({})
   const nodeDefStore = useNodeDefStore()
   const haveDefaultsLoaded = ref(false)
+
+  /** Internal computed for reactive caching of registered node types */
+  const registeredNodeTypes = computed(() => {
+    return new Set(
+      Object.values(modelToNodeMap.value)
+        .flat()
+        .map((provider) => provider.nodeDef.name)
+    )
+  })
+
+  /** Get set of all registered node types for efficient lookup */
+  function getRegisteredNodeTypes(): Set<string> {
+    registerDefaults()
+    return registeredNodeTypes.value
+  }
+
   /**
    * Get the node provider for the given model type name.
    * @param modelType The name of the model type to get the node provider for.
@@ -91,6 +107,7 @@ export const useModelToNodeStore = defineStore('modelToNode', () => {
 
   return {
     modelToNodeMap,
+    getRegisteredNodeTypes,
     getNodeProvider,
     getAllNodeProviders,
     registerNodeProvider,