Gui create node from template at runtime (SOLVED)

Questions
#1

Hi everyone,

Something is eluding me.

Can you create a node based on a template at runtime?

Thanks in advance!

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#2

You add it to your GUI scene, disable it with gui.set_enabled() on init(), then when you need to create a new instance of it, use gui.clone_tree() and then enable the cloned node.

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Instantiate a gui template? (SOLVED)
#3

Felt “hacky” to me, so i was wondering if there was a way of maintaining a library of template to create from.

But it works of course :slight_smile:

Thank you!

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#4

Yeah, the process could perhaps be improved, but for now this is the recommended solution, and to be honest, it is unlikely that it will change anytime soon.

#5

Count me in to see this become a useful feature in some future version. I was just learning about them and the first thing I thought of was build library of these and then call them dynamically from code. Will look into this workaround. Is there any side-effect danger of this approach (memory, etc.?) to keep in mind?

#6

Nothing besides the fact that you have one instance hidden in your GUI scene that you use when you create new instances.

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