ui_manage
Build UI layouts, set anchor presets, text, and vector drawings for HUDs, menus, and vector decorations in Godot.
Instructions
UI / Control authoring (HUD, menus, layouts, vector decoration).
Ops:
• set_anchor_preset(path, preset, resize_mode="minsize", margin=0)
Apply a Control layout preset. preset: top_left | top_right |
bottom_left | bottom_right | center_left | center_top | center_right |
center_bottom | center | left_wide | top_wide | right_wide |
bottom_wide | vcenter_wide | hcenter_wide | full_rect.
resize_mode: minsize | keep_width | keep_height | keep_size.
Target must be a Control. CanvasLayer is the canonical HUD parent
but is not a Control — put a Control child under the CanvasLayer and
apply the preset to that overlay.
• set_text(path, text)
Set text on a Label/Button/LineEdit/TextEdit/RichTextLabel.
• build_layout(tree, parent_path="")
Atomically build a UI subtree from a nested spec
({type, name?, properties?, anchor_preset?, anchor_margin?, theme?,
children?}). Validates everything before mutating.
properties is direct node properties only. Theme constants like
container spacing live under theme_override_constants/<name> —
e.g. {"theme_override_constants/separation": 8} on a
VBoxContainer, not {"separation": 8} (which errors).
theme and anchor_preset require a Control / Window — for a HUD,
nest a Control under a CanvasLayer and apply them to the Control
child, not the layer itself.
• draw_recipe(path, ops, clear_existing=True)
Attach a declarative list of vector _draw() ops to a Control —
radar sweeps, gauges, corner brackets, crosshairs, waveforms.
Op kinds: line | rect | arc | circle | polyline | polygon | string.
Canonical call shape: {"op": "<verb>", "params": {...}}. Flat op parameters are accepted as a compatibility alias when the client transmits them; op and session_id remain top-level.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| op | Yes | ||
| params | No | ||
| session_id | No |
Output Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
No arguments | |||