Transition to Menu Switch for Enum Linking

[DaringCuteSeal]

Blender 5.0 introduces a new menu switch node (in shader nodes):

this would be great to replace the enum linking so it won't require drivers anymore.

to prevent files made with older version of Beantextures from breaking, bpy.types.ShaderNodeGroup.beantxs_enum_prop should be kept around.

[DaringCuteSeal]

I just noticed the new node's enum is not animatable (which defeats our entire purpose) 💀 Thus, the property cannot be driven by another node or even with a driver. This node doesn't seem much useful at all, honestly.

Even more outrageous, the index switch node which is animatable (so, exactly what we need) has existed since Blender 4.1, but only for geometry nodes.

It makes me wonder if they genuinely cannot implement this as a shader node due to how shaders are compiled, or if there's something else going on. Maybe I'll look into Blender's source code myself.

[DaringCuteSeal]

Idea of node implementation sent to: https://blender.community/c/rightclickselect/Vlyv/