Viewport layout with 2D(or)3D View side by side with Script panel , possible?

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:bust_in_silhouette: Asked By Stephane
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Hi everyone,

My first question here, so thanks in advance for welcoming me in the community.

I am a new user of Godot, for which I am now very enthusiast! Really !! :slight_smile:

Besides that, In my CG works I mainly use Blender (and a bunch of other opensource softwares you may propablably know).

All the need I’m looking for, for this question is resumed in the title …

Is it possible to organize the layout of the viewport so that I can have a 2DView (or a 3D one) and a Script panel, side by side?

Thanks in advance for your input.

Ps: first I have tried the forum search engine, but I did not get any good result, so I decided to ask a question.
So please forgive me, if it has already been asked and answered and I missed it.

Stéphane, your new enthusiast french Godot user friend! : D

:bust_in_silhouette: Reply From: eons

Is not possible (I think that was mentioned as a feature request).

There are some alternatives:

  • Use an external editor for scripting, like Visual Studio Code, there is a plugin that have many if not all the features of the internal editor, this option is good to edit text resources or even scene files too.
  • Run the project with script sync enabled (the last button on the “run” bar), this way your changes on the script will be updated on the running scene.
  • Run 2 instances of the editor with the same project, not recommended, don’t do it, nonono, but it may work if you open scripts only on one of the instances.

Thank you very much for this helpfull answer! :slight_smile:

Stephane | 2017-08-08 14:49

YW :slight_smile:

I can add that, in my opinion, this kind of engines are made to work code and visual separated, making code for generic behaviour and exporting variables, making tools and extending the engine, all for for the designers to use visually, so having code and editor side by side ends being of little use.

Of course, is something hard to do when working alone but if one manages to work that way the project could end being more clean.

eons | 2017-08-08 21:16

Yes you’re right, I understand your opinion, but/and as you pointed it out there’s the case of alone workers, which is my case and probably the reason why I’d want such a feature…

Anyway, it’s currently not a big deal, I can do without.

Stephane | 2017-08-18 10:45