Godot: Ability to visually parent Controls to a 3D node

[Calinou]

The ability to visually parent Controls to a 3D (Spatial) node, that is, moving a Control automatically to "follow" a 3D node would be very useful. It surely can be done by code currently, but having it in core would make it easier (and likely faster when there's lots of Controls to move).

This would be useful for player name tags or other kinds of visual information that are "attached" to an object in a 3D world, without requiring a depth-scaled rendered viewport containing the Control.

[eon-s]

Something that works like Sprite3D but for controls

[ghost]

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[Calinou]

This is still relevant as of https://github.com/godotengine/godot/commit/3ad9e4740c35ec20fdd6942f13047ebd53ea203e (no built-in way to have Control nodes "attached" to a 3D node), but it's likely possible to manually implement this by using Camera.unproject_position(Vector3 world_point). Should this be closed then?

[eon-s]

I would like a Panel3D that simplifies the setup of 3D UI.

[akien-mga]

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