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Wouldn't it be nice if #godot had one single Container node with properties like margin (top, bottom, left, right), orientation (vertical, horizontal), center (boolean), etc., instead of having so many container nodes?
The MarginContainer is probably the biggest hassle. Why do I have to add an extra node every time I want to add padding to an image or text?
You want a centered list? First you need a center container, then a margin container, then a NinePatchRect for the background, then ANOTHER margin container, then a VBox container (which you can't make horizontal on demand), then the label nodes.
@HexagonNico And then you remember - the more nodes are currently in the game , the lower the performance.
@HexagonNico Godot needs its own version of CSS and its box model, or maybe a syntax like QT. It can absolutely be easier than this.
@HexagonNico IDK would it solve it, but there is Stylebox resource you should be able to assin to most gui, it might solve your problem, also you can add theme resource to top level node to auto assign styles for child nodes
@HexagonNico Isn't there a way you can roll your own by creating a parent with a script which has four margin node references? I get what you're saying though. Just thinking about a stop-gap solution. In a similar vein, a handy node type for 2D sprite masks generated a lot of discussion on Godot's github: https://github.com/godotengine/godot-proposals/issues/4282
@HexagonNico I tried to implement the DockPanel from wpf in the past as it is extremely powerful, but ultimately failed.
But yes take the dockpanel and add margin and padding and you can throw away everything else.