So some UX comments.

dotted

At this moment I am adding nodes to a new scene (built in and instancing child nodes) and am constantly annoyed that the editor switches from scripting tab to the scene view tab.

It is immensely annoying because I am trying to add scene components for scripting, not manipulating them visually. It's the same thing with scenes that have an animation player. The lower tray is constantly being expanded in my face when I am only tabbing to a different scene of the set I am editing and have ZERO interest at the moment in editing an animation.

cybereality

There are some options in the Editor Settings, but I just checked and I don't see anything about what you are asking for. In any case, I find this functionality useful, but I can understand at times it can be distracting.

Calinou

If you hold Alt and select a node in the scene tree dock, the editor's tab will not change automatically.

dotted

@Calinou said: If you hold Alt and select a node in the scene tree dock, the editor's tab will not change automatically.

ah, thank you.

dotted

Um, holding alt while clicking on a scene tree node doesn't prevent the editor switching to scene tree view from scripting view.

Calinou

@dotted said: Um, holding alt while clicking on a scene tree node doesn't prevent the editor switching to scene tree view from scripting view.

Which Godot version are you using? This is a relatively recent feature – I think it's only in 3.4 and later, maybe even 3.5beta only.

Also, if you're on Linux, your window manager may be intercepting the <kbd>Alt</kbd> key modifer. You'll have to adjust your window manager settings to use another manipulation key such as <kbd>Meta</kbd>.

dotted

@Calinou I am working off of Mac (Mojave)

I've made a custom build off 3.4.3 but it is not updated to the release and is at least a month (?) old.

To say the least, I eagerly await such a feature!

some_lame_kid

Ah yeah. I don't get to use Alt because openbox uses that key to resize and move windows. Damn shame.