godot - GUI elements won't keep size and position

Question

I am trying to create a simple UI, but my elements won't keep their position and size. Every time I run the app, I see something different from what I can see in the editor.

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question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65903039/gui-elements-wont-keep-size-and-position

Answer 1

This is likely because you're transforming controls placed inside Containers. You should never move nodes placed in containers manually, except for animation purposes at run-time.

To place nodes correctly when using containers, look into setting the size flags (fill, expand, or both) and perhaps use more nested containers.

This pull request will make this limitation more clear once it's merged.