Godot UI — Control Nodes, Themes & Layout

All examples target Godot 4.3+ with no deprecated APIs. GDScript is shown first, then C#.

Related skills: responsive-ui for multi-resolution scaling, hud-system for in-game HUD patterns, dialogue-system for dialogue UI presentation, tween-animation for UI transition and animation effects.

1. Control Node Hierarchy

How Control Differs from Node2D

Control is the base class for all UI nodes. It lives in a separate branch of the scene tree from Node2D/Node3D and has a fundamentally different layout model.