Container

Inherits: Control < CanvasItem < Node < Object

Inherited By: AspectRatioContainer, BoxContainer, CenterContainer, EditorProperty, FlowContainer, GraphNode, GridContainer, MarginContainer, PanelContainer, ScrollContainer, SplitContainer, TabContainer, ViewportContainer

Base node for containers.

Description

Base node for containers. A Container contains other controls and automatically arranges them in a certain way.

A Control can inherit this to create custom container classes.

Tutorials

• GUI containers

Methods

void	fit_child_in_rect ( Control child, Rect2 rect )
void	queue_sort ( )

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Signals

sort_children ( )

Emitted when sorting the children is needed.

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Constants

NOTIFICATION_SORT_CHILDREN = 50

Notification for when sorting the children, it must be obeyed immediately.

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Method Descriptions

void fit_child_in_rect ( Control child, Rect2 rect )

Fit a child control in a given rect. This is mainly a helper for creating custom container classes.

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void queue_sort ( )

Queue resort of the contained children. This is called automatically anyway, but can be called upon request.