To change position of a Node2d does not change the position of its childs?

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:bust_in_silhouette: Asked By albertosanchezm

Hello,

I have a simple question but it is getting me a little mad. I have a Area2D node and as a child a Collision2D and a Sprite2D. Now the question is, if I change the position of the Area2D this should affect also to the position of the child nodes? If not, which is the way to do this properly?

My problem is, I don’t know why, that setting position in the Area2D (parent tree) it is not changing the position of all its childs.

Thanks in advanced.

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:bust_in_silhouette: Reply From: AlexSand

well, it should affect the position at which the children are displayed, which is
“child.global_position”
But “child.position” is relative to the parent, so this will not change if you change the parent position.
(does it answer your question? If not, maybe you could make a minimal project with the issue to get a more focus answer? )

Thanks a lot. With global_position instead of position it works. And even better, I understand why.

Regards

albertosanchezm | 2023-04-09 18:04