Is it possible to re-parent a node without removing it from the scene tree?

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4.3.beta-1

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In my game I’d like to change a node’s parent. Right now I’m using remove_child, and add_child on the next code line, but some functionalities break when this node is freed and waiting to be added.

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There is reparent().
But I’m not sure if it won’t break things for you.

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reparent() shouldn’t break anything. I use it extensively.

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It’s worth noting that (under the hood) reparent is just doing remove_child and add_child as well. So if @AndrewGrimm had “some functionalities break” before, using this function likely won’t fix any of that.

That being said, remove_child will also not free the node (as Andrew claimed) and if you call add_child immediately after there should be no “waiting to be added” either. Bottom line: It would really help to know what exactly your code is doing!

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