Menu not moving when using arrow keys

SilverPlatinum

Hey Godot Forum!

Just an quick question today, I made a menu that is supposed to move when you press the (left) and (right) arrow keys, but instead only responds to me hovering my mouse over it. I have the Nodes set up like this

Node -margin container --VboxContainer ---HboxContainer ----Texture Button ----Texture Button 2

I don't think this one will be as complicated as the other ones I asked ( at least hopefully not ) Anyway thanks for any help that is given

P.S. I do have a script for it, but I don't know if it is needed for this question, if anyone needs it though, I update the post with it

Megalomaniak

Have you set up the neighbors on each of the menu items? AFAIK the engine won't know what to move the focus onto in correspondence to the arrow keys if the neighbors properties aren't properly set up.

SilverPlatinum

@Megalomaniak said: Have you set up the neighbors on each of the menu items? AFAIK the engine won't know what to move the focus onto in correspondence to the arrow keys if the neighbors properties aren't properly set up.

Okay I will try that

SilverPlatinum

@SilverPlatinum said:

@Megalomaniak said: Have you set up the neighbors on each of the menu items? AFAIK the engine won't know what to move the focus onto in correspondence to the arrow keys if the neighbors properties aren't properly set up.

Okay I will try that

Alright I thought that if you used .grab_focus, it would recognize as a neighbor. However it still isn't properly moving.

this is the code

extends Node


func _ready():
	$MarginContainer/VBoxContainer/HBoxContainer/TextureButton.grab_focus()
	



func _physics_process(delta):
	if $MarginContainer/VBoxContainer/HBoxContainer/TextureButton.is_hovered() == true:
		$MarginContainer/VBoxContainer/HBoxContainer/TextureButton.grab_focus()
	
	if $MarginContainer/VBoxContainer/HBoxContainer/TextureButton2.is_hovered() == true:
		$MarginContainer/VBoxContainer/HBoxContainer/TextureButton2.grab_focus()





func _on_TextureButton_pressed():
	get_tree().change_scene("res://Cave Scenes/LevelA.tscn")




func _on_TextureButton2_pressed():
	get_tree().quit()

SilverPlatinum

Only the mouse makes the menu_ui do anything

SilverPlatinum

Alright I figured out the problem, but I need someone to explain it to me, If I use custom constants and make the number a negative value, it doesn’t recognize the other button anymore Is there a reason for this?

SilverPlatinum

Probably because the horizontal boxes were touching, alright

Megalomaniak

They were overlapping?

SilverPlatinum

@Megalomaniak said: They were overlapping?

Yeah