Control actions

11 actions in the Control category. Each block mirrors how the action appears in the editor's sidebar.

Fill Text

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Fill Text Control

Target not set | Template '{0}' | Value 1 '' | Value 2 '' | Value 3 '' | Value 4 ''

Sets a Control text from a template, replacing {0}, {1} and so on with the value slots. This is the HUD label without joining strings by hand.

Input	Type	Default	Description
Target	`Control`	-	The node to write text to, such as a Label or Button. Leave it empty to write to this node.
Template	`String`	`'{0}'`	The text, with {0}, {1}, {2}, {3} where the value slots go.
Value 1	`Variant`	`''`	Fills {0} in the template.
Value 2	`Variant`	`''`	Fills {1} in the template.
Value 3	`Variant`	`''`	Fills {2} in the template.
Value 4	`Variant`	`''`	Fills {3} in the template.

Phases StartEvery FramePhysicsEnd

Focus Control

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Focus Control Control

not set

Moves keyboard and gamepad focus to a Control node, such as a Button or a LineEdit. Use it to guide input to the right field.

Input	Type	Default	Description
Target	`Control`	-	The node to give keyboard focus to. Leave it empty to focus this node.

Phases StartEvery FramePhysicsEnd

Get Text

Every Frame

Get Text Control

not set

Reads the text of a Control node such as a LineEdit or Label and stores it. Use it to pick up what was typed into a field.

Input	Type	Default	Description
Target	`Control`	-	The node to read the text from. Leave it empty to read this node.

Output	Type	Description
Text	`String`	Where to store the text read from the node.

Phases StartEvery FramePhysicsEnd

Set Control Value

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Set Control Value Control

Target not set | Value 0.0

Sets the value of a Range node such as a ProgressBar, Slider or SpinBox.

Input	Type	Default	Description
Target	`Range`	-	The slider or bar to change. Leave it empty to change this node.
Value	`float`	`0.0`	The value to set, within the node min and max.

Phases StartEvery FramePhysicsEnd

Set Disabled

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Set Disabled Control

Target not set | Disabled true

Enables or disables a Control node such as a Button or Slider.

Input	Type	Default	Description
Target	`BaseButton`	-	The button to enable or disable. Leave it empty to change this node.
Disabled	`bool`	`true`	True to disable the node, false to enable it.

Phases StartEvery FramePhysicsEnd

Set Image

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Set Image Control

Target not set | Texture not set

Swaps the image shown by a node such as a TextureRect or a TextureButton. Bind Texture to an image loaded into a variable.

Input	Type	Default	Description
Target	`Control`	-	The node to change the image of. Leave it empty to change this node.
Texture	`Texture2D`	-	The image to show, bound from a variable or resource.

Phases StartEvery FramePhysicsEnd

Set Placeholder

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Set Placeholder Control

Target not set | Text ''

Sets the hint text shown inside a LineEdit or TextEdit while it is empty.

Input	Type	Default	Description
Target	`LineEdit`	-	The text field to change. Leave it empty to change this node.
Text	`String`	`''`	The hint text shown while the field is empty.

Phases StartEvery FramePhysicsEnd

Set Text

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Set Text Control

Target not set | Text ''

Sets the text shown by a Control node such as a Label or Button.

Input	Type	Default	Description
Target	`Control`	-	The node to write text to, such as a Label or Button. Leave it empty to write to this node.
Text	`String`	`''`	The text to display.

Phases StartEvery FramePhysicsEnd

Set Toggled

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Set Toggled Control

Target not set | On true

Turns a toggle button on or off, such as a CheckBox or a CheckButton. Setting it here does not emit the toggled signal.

Input	Type	Default	Description
Target	`BaseButton`	-	The button to press or release. Leave it empty to change this node.
On	`bool`	`true`	True to turn the button on, false to turn it off.

Phases StartEvery FramePhysicsEnd

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Set Tooltip Control

Target not set | Text ''

Sets the tooltip a Control node shows when the mouse rests on it.

Input	Type	Default	Description
Target	`Control`	-	The node to give the tooltip to. Leave it empty to change this node.
Text	`String`	`''`	The tooltip text to show on hover.

Phases StartEvery FramePhysicsEnd

Type Text

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Type Text Control

Label not set | Text 'Hello' | Speed 30.0 | → Finished

Reveals the text of a label one character at a time, the typewriter effect used in dialogue. Wire Finished and the flow moves on by itself when it ends, with no timer of your own. On enter it plays once; on update or physics it starts again as soon as the last one ended, so it keeps repeating while the state runs. Leaving the state before it ends reveals the rest at once, the way skipping a line of dialogue does.

Input	Type	Default	Description
Label	`Control`	-	The Label or RichTextLabel that shows the text. Leave it empty to type into this node.
Text	`String`	`'Hello'`	The full text to reveal.
Speed	`float`	`30.0`	How many characters appear per second.

Branch	Goes to
Finished	Where to go when the animation ends. Leaving the state first cancels it, so it never fires late.

Phases StartEvery FramePhysics