Godot: Problems in User Interface (HBoxContainer/VBoxContainer)

[git2013vb]

OS/gpu not related

These container are not working properly.
I tried a structure like this:

And I have difficulty to set-up all these. When I use menu "Layout->Full Rect", for example, In some containers it don't work.

To reproduce it is enough to have the tree as in picture and to try to apply "Full Rect" in all child.
When you try to apply "Full Rect" in some leaf you understand what i mean.
ps.: I tried other options from "Layout" menu and several of them show same problem.

Thank you.

[akien-mga]

It would be nice if you could describe what the actual issue is. Or at least provide a ready-to-test example with the above structure. Asking devs to reproduce exactly the node structure you post from a screenshot to maybe see if they notice a problem is not very efficient.

[volzhs]

I guess what @git2013vb tried to do.
I think we need tutorials about the Container nodes.

we do have one but outdated.
http://docs.godotengine.org/en/3.0/tutorials/gui/size_and_anchors.html

Tutorial of containers should describe anchor, margin, size flags and auto size and alignment with some of containers.

[Geequlim]

We can disable or hide the anchor, size, and margin after refact the PropertyEditor in the roadmap.

Put real controls in the property editor, instead of actual Tree. Convert most editors to that format

[git2013vb]

@volzhs Is a problem not a lack of documentation :) Even because If I apply "Full Rect" I expect same behavior in any node. Now his behavior ["Full Rect" and other commands from same menu] is erratic

here the tree:
HUD.zip

to try it is simple. Try to apply "Full Rect" to any node from the root until last leaf.

@akien-mga ps.: its more difficult to copy-paste here that make a new one in godot ;)

Thank you.

[volzhs]

@git2013vb I did what you did before with my personal project.
and I realized that some of containers (like HBox/VBoxContainer) resize children controls automatically.
so, I solved this with Size flags.

[Zylann]

Containers are often designed to layout (aka resize and position) their child nodes automatically, so you must never count on anchors or fixed size for controls directly withing them, except maybe with minimum_size and size_flags like volzhs said.

[groud]

The layout menu impacts the anchors and margins values, which are not taken into account by a control node if it's a child of a container. You have to use the size flags instead.

[git2013vb]

@groud thank you.
1 Question: is this behavior related with this bug? https://godotdevelopers.org/forum/discussion/19090/inner-container-more-big-than-outer-one?new=1

[groud]

Well, it's not really a bug, you can resize a control however you want in the editor, if it's a child of a container, this size will be overriden at runtime. Please read this to understand: http://docs.godotengine.org/en/3.0/getting_started/step_by_step/ui_introduction_to_the_ui_system.html#there-are-two-workflows-to-build-responsive-uis

The enhancement would be to disable margin & anchors edition when the node is a child of a container.

[git2013vb]

Thank you for your answer.
I read the documentation and I tried to use only Inspector to define size and position.
However for some reasons I cannot set any value in the Inspector. Seem that me parent container don't allow me to change the child dimension's item. I don't know how to make a video to explain my steps.
I try to describe here:
I start with this :

In current selection we have 1 HBox selected and inside a VBox and so on as u can see in picture...
if I select the child VBox I have this:

Now.. If I try to change x value from rect->size it don't accept my entry - like it is stuck.

... Same result if I do this first:

It is a normal behavior and I miss something?

Thank you.

[groud]

Yes it's normal, size and position are helpers for anchors and margins.
You should set the minimum size parameter in the "size flags" category.

[groud]

Sorry the "Rect" category, just under the "Size" parameter in fact.