How to Drag/Flick scroll the play area?

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Godot Version: 4

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  • So far, the answers have been off topic.
  • This probably has nothing to do with ScrollContainer, which only work for Control nodes.

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Seems like a basic functionality, especially in many mobile games.
It needs to use InputEventScreenTouch…

I want to be able to scroll everything inside the Map node by touch+dragging and flicking.

Flicking is essentially when you drag quickly and let go, and the thing keeps scrolling, with a gradually decreasing velocity, for a while.

Basically, the same functionality as a ScrollContainer, but in the game.

I was surprised to not find anything about this.

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There is an open proposal for this functionality: Add smooth scrolling option to all scrollable controls · Issue #5386 · godotengine/godot-proposals · GitHub

There have been attempts to implement this (you will find them linked in the proposal), but it seems to be not trivial.

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Thank you for your answer.
However… I’m asking about scrolling in the main game view, without any control nodes.

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I solved it similar to this. But here’s the solution for those who are looking for the answer without reinventing such a fundamental functionality:
https://godotengine.org/asset-library/asset/2825

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