From c92791c10661a80fb06ba3c6bb2ee48506f6d054 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MustafaJafar <mustafataherzaky@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 18:24:03 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] hide parameters permanently and move to good possition

---
 client/ayon_houdini/api/workfile_template_builder.py | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client/ayon_houdini/api/workfile_template_builder.py b/client/ayon_houdini/api/workfile_template_builder.py
index d28f200ac2..ff0c52f531 100644
--- a/client/ayon_houdini/api/workfile_template_builder.py
+++ b/client/ayon_houdini/api/workfile_template_builder.py
@@ -182,8 +182,13 @@ def create_placeholder_node(self, node_name=None):
         """
  
         node = hou.node("/out").createNode("null", node_name)
-        node.parm("execute").hide(True)
-        node.parm("renderdialog").hide(True)
+        node.moveToGoodPosition()
+        parms = node.parmTemplateGroup()
+        for parm in {"execute", "renderdialog"}:
+            p = parms.find(parm)
+            p.hide(True)
+            parms.replace(parm, p)
+        node.setParmTemplateGroup(parms) 
         return node
     
     def create_placeholder(self, placeholder_data):