diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a8b996c0..3aa9dd8a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -135,4 +135,4 @@ dmypy.json
 tests/work
 /tests/**/*.png
 /tests/**/*txt
-.vscode
+.vscode/
diff --git a/aiida_workgraph/task.py b/aiida_workgraph/task.py
index cc4e421b..326f2b50 100644
--- a/aiida_workgraph/task.py
+++ b/aiida_workgraph/task.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 from node_graph.node import Node as GraphNode
 from aiida_workgraph import USE_WIDGET
 from aiida_workgraph.properties import property_pool
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ def __init__(
             self._widget = None
         self.state = "PLANNED"
         self.action = ""
+        self.show_socket_depth = 0
 
     def to_dict(self, short: bool = False) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         from aiida.orm.utils.serialize import serialize
@@ -174,18 +177,22 @@ def _repr_mimebundle_(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> any:
             print(WIDGET_INSTALLATION_MESSAGE)
             return
         # if ipywdigets > 8.0.0, use _repr_mimebundle_ instead of _ipython_display_
-        self._widget.from_node(self)
+        self._widget.from_node(self, show_socket_depth=self.show_socket_depth)
         if hasattr(self._widget, "_repr_mimebundle_"):
             return self._widget._repr_mimebundle_(*args, **kwargs)
         else:
             return self._widget._ipython_display_(*args, **kwargs)
 
-    def to_html(self, output: str = None, **kwargs):
+    def to_html(
+        self, output: str = None, show_socket_depth: Optional[int] = None, **kwargs
+    ):
         """Write a standalone html file to visualize the task."""
+        if show_socket_depth is None:
+            show_socket_depth = self.show_socket_depth
         if self._widget is None:
             print(WIDGET_INSTALLATION_MESSAGE)
             return
-        self._widget.from_node(self)
+        self._widget.from_node(node=self, show_socket_depth=show_socket_depth)
         return self._widget.to_html(output=output, **kwargs)
 
 
diff --git a/aiida_workgraph/utils/__init__.py b/aiida_workgraph/utils/__init__.py
index f57d4c2f..bee8cf6a 100644
--- a/aiida_workgraph/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/aiida_workgraph/utils/__init__.py
@@ -651,3 +651,25 @@ def validate_task_inout(inout_list: list[str | dict], list_type: str) -> list[di
             processed_inout_list.append(item)
 
     return processed_inout_list
+
+
+def filter_keys_namespace_depth(
+    dict_: dict[Any, Any], max_depth: int = 0
+) -> dict[Any, Any]:
+    """
+    Filter top-level keys of a dictionary based on the namespace nesting level (number of periods) in the key.
+
+    :param dict dict_: The dictionary to filter.
+    :param int max_depth: Maximum depth of namespaces to retain (number of periods).
+    :return: The filtered dictionary with only keys satisfying the depth condition.
+    :rtype: dict
+    """
+    result: dict[Any, Any] = {}
+
+    for key, value in dict_.items():
+        depth = key.count(".")
+
+        if depth <= max_depth:
+            result[key] = value
+
+    return result
diff --git a/aiida_workgraph/widget/src/widget/__init__.py b/aiida_workgraph/widget/src/widget/__init__.py
index 65a1405b..a5908534 100644
--- a/aiida_workgraph/widget/src/widget/__init__.py
+++ b/aiida_workgraph/widget/src/widget/__init__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import anywidget
 import traitlets
 from .utils import wait_to_link
+from aiida_workgraph.utils import filter_keys_namespace_depth
 
 try:
     __version__ = importlib.metadata.version("widget")
@@ -37,16 +38,22 @@ def from_workgraph(self, workgraph: Any) -> None:
         wgdata = workgraph_to_short_json(wgdata)
         self.value = wgdata
 
-    def from_node(self, node: Any) -> None:
+    def from_node(self, node: Any, show_socket_depth: int = 0) -> None:
+
         tdata = node.to_dict()
-        tdata.pop("properties", None)
-        tdata.pop("executor", None)
-        tdata.pop("node_class", None)
-        tdata.pop("process", None)
-        tdata["label"] = tdata["identifier"]
+
+        # Remove certain elements of the dict-representation of the Node that we don't want to show
+        for key in ("properties", "executor", "node_class", "process"):
+            tdata.pop(key, None)
         for input in tdata["inputs"].values():
             input.pop("property")
-        tdata["inputs"] = list(tdata["inputs"].values())
+
+        tdata["label"] = tdata["identifier"]
+
+        filtered_inputs = filter_keys_namespace_depth(
+            dict_=tdata["inputs"], max_depth=show_socket_depth
+        )
+        tdata["inputs"] = list(filtered_inputs.values())
         tdata["outputs"] = list(tdata["outputs"].values())
         wgdata = {"name": node.name, "nodes": {node.name: tdata}, "links": []}
         self.value = wgdata