Alternative for Note2D for using "tool" with exported properties

Pfoto

Hi,
I would like to set the view direction of a character (as scene) in the editor using a select choice (up, right, bottom, left).
The character is built on top of a Node2D class, then below a sprite, a tween, an AnimationPlayer Node.

Unfortunately, the "Node2D" class does not allow to use the keyword "tool" for my exported "direction" property, so I can't execute the code for sprite rotation etc.
Currently the Characters Note2D class has a script that inherits from a base character class.
It feels strange to now derive the base class from a node like "sprite" just to be able to use "tool".

Question: How do you solve such a problem, i.e. which root node class would still be useful here for general purposes? Or are there better ways to solve my initial problem?

Thanks! Juergen

cybereality

You can add tool to any node type, I just tried it and it works. You might have to reload the scene for it to take effect. Just save everything and then click Project -> Reload Current Project. That should work.

TwistedTwigleg

Also - Once you reload the project, the console and open the scene with the tool script, the console will show any errors if they occurred when you load the scene. This can be helpful since sometimes a syntax error or similar might be in the code and make it seem like nothing is happening.

Pfoto

This is really strange... I had also tried it before. The "set" method was never called when I changed something in the editor - not even after a reload. Later there was suddenly this error message that "tool" was not compatible.
I have now started a new test project and rebuilt some things - here it works!