Image Chooser Classic

A modern re-implementation of the classic cg-image-picker ComfyUI nodes. Keep the workflow-pausing image selection experience while shedding the legacy compatibility shims.

What’s inside

Install either – or both – of the chooser nodes:

| Node | Description | |------|-------------| | Image Chooser | Streamlined overlay picker that appears when a workflow pauses. | | Image Chooser Classic | Inline widget that renders thumbnails inside the node body. |

<p align="center"> <img src="docs/image-chooser-overlay.png" alt="Image Chooser overlay" width="90%" /> <br /> <img src="docs/image-chooser-classic.png" alt="Image Chooser Classic widget" width="50%" /> </p>

Features

• Accept batched images/latents/masks and return only the chosen subset.
• Supports “progress first pick”, queue cancellation, and familiar hotkeys (1–9, 0, Esc).
• Rewritten front-end using modern ComfyUI extension APIs.

Installation

Clone or copy the repository into your ComfyUI/custom_nodes folder:

cd ComfyUI/custom_nodes
git clone https://github.com/heyburns/image-chooser-classic.git

Restart (or hard-refresh) ComfyUI so the new JavaScript files load. The Add Node dialog will list:

• Image Chooser
• Image Chooser Classic

ℹ️ Good news: This implementation now posts to its own /image_chooser_classic_message endpoint, so it can co-exist with the legacy cg-image-picker node. I don't recommend having both (especially since the legacy node no longer works), but if you keep both installed, just make sure each extension is up to date after ComfyUI restarts.

Usage tips

• Overlay node - ideal for large grids or when you want the chooser hovering over the canvas. Plays an optional alert sound when it pauses.
• Classic node - keeps everything in the graph. The widget automatically resizes to show the entire batch.
• Hotkeys - the chooser listens for 1-9 to toggle thumbnails, 0 to progress/cancel, and Esc to cancel.

Modes

| Mode | Behaviour | |------|-----------| | Always pause | The chooser dialog opens on every run, regardless of what changed. This mode will cause all downstream nodes to re-run. | | Repeat last selection | After you pick once, subsequent runs apply the same selection index to whatever images are present, including new images. | | Repeat last cached selection | Like Repeat last selection, but also watches the image content. If the upstream images are identical to the previous run, the selection is repeated; if new images arrive, you can make a fresh choice. | | Only pause if batch | Skips the dialog when there is only a single image and auto-selects it; pauses to ask when there are two or more. | | Progress first pick | Pauses on the very first run; after that the workflow progresses automatically without asking again. | | Pass through | Never pauses — all images in the batch are forwarded downstream unchanged. | | Take First n | Silently selects the first n images (where n is the count widget value) without showing the dialog. | | Take Last n | Silently selects the last n images without showing the dialog. |

Differences from the original project

• No extraneous build metadata or auxiliary nodes – just the two chooser implementations.
• Front-end logic rewritten around the current ComfyUI extension APIs.
• Small, focused code base that’s easy to extend (styling, additional modes, etc.).

Contributing

Fork away and adapt these choosers to your workflow. Pull requests are welcome – whether you add screenshots, alternative layouts, or automated tests.

Enjoy choosing images the way you like! ✨