How can I set VBoxContainer separation through script?

system · July 10, 2019, 4:15pm


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	Asked By	vgarg

I am working on a 2D game. For my main menu UI, I have a margin container, and inside that I have a VBoxContainer. In my margin container script, I have following line -

$VBoxContainer.separation = 10

However on running game, I get following error -

Invalid set index ‘separation’ (on base: ‘VBoxContainer’) with value of type ‘int’.

Hence my question - how can I set separation on a VBoxContainer using script?

system · July 11, 2019, 1:29pm


	Reply From:	jandrewlong

separation is a theme property, so you need to use add_constant_override(), like this:

$VBoxContainer.add_constant_override("separation", 10)

godotgamedev54 · December 18, 2023, 12:14am

$VBoxContainer.add_constant_override("separation", 10)

is changed to

$VBoxContainer.add_theme_constant_override("separation", 10)

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