Author Topic: New Anchor System: empty parent anchor possible?  (Read 3110 times)

mcarriere

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New Anchor System: empty parent anchor possible?
« on: December 23, 2013, 10:10:04 AM »
I'm curious if there is some easier way to handle this that I'm not considering --

I sometimes have sets of buttons, like this: http://d.pr/i/jNia

They need to be specifically placed to achieve the look that the artist is going for, but if we want that "set" of images to all be anchored to the bottom right area of the screen despite resolution, I need to anchor each individual widget. In the prior system, I could have had a parent anchor itself to the bottom right, and simply have all these images just hand placed within the editor.

Is there a way to handle this that doesn't require me anchoring four separate widgets? UIGrid wouldn't work, as we need the actual images to overlap a little bit.

I've watched both of your videos on the anchoring system, and messed around a bit with the new anchoring system to no avail.

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Re: New Anchor System: empty parent anchor possible?
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2013, 01:19:18 PM »
Anchor an invisible widget to the bottom-right (ALT+SHIFT+W). This will be your container. Then make your buttons children, and place them as you like. You don't even need to anchor them since they will be children of an anchored rectangle already.