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.. _class_Container:

Container
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**Inherits:** :ref:`Control<class_control>` **<** :ref:`CanvasItem<class_canvasitem>` **<** :ref:`Node<class_node>` **<** :ref:`Object<class_object>`

**Inherited By:** :ref:`PanelContainer<class_panelcontainer>`, :ref:`GridContainer<class_gridcontainer>`, :ref:`ScrollContainer<class_scrollcontainer>`, :ref:`ViewportContainer<class_viewportcontainer>`, :ref:`MarginContainer<class_margincontainer>`, :ref:`CenterContainer<class_centercontainer>`, :ref:`GraphNode<class_graphnode>`, :ref:`SplitContainer<class_splitcontainer>`, :ref:`BoxContainer<class_boxcontainer>`

**Category:** Core

Brief Description
-----------------

Base node for containers.

Member Functions
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+-------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| void  | :ref:`fit_child_in_rect<class_Container_fit_child_in_rect>`  **(** :ref:`Control<class_control>` child, :ref:`Rect2<class_rect2>` rect  **)** |
+-------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| void  | :ref:`queue_sort<class_Container_queue_sort>`  **(** **)**                                                                                    |
+-------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Signals
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-  **sort_children**  **(** **)**
Emitted when sorting the children is needed.


Numeric Constants
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- **NOTIFICATION_SORT_CHILDREN** = **50** --- Notification for when sorting the children, it must be obeyed immediately.

Description
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Base node for containers. A :ref:`Container<class_container>` contains other controls and automatically arranges them in a certain way.

A Control can inherit this to create custom container classes.

Member Function Description
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.. _class_Container_fit_child_in_rect:

- void  **fit_child_in_rect**  **(** :ref:`Control<class_control>` child, :ref:`Rect2<class_rect2>` rect  **)**

Fit a child control in a given rect. This is mainly a helper for creating custom container classes.

.. _class_Container_queue_sort:

- void  **queue_sort**  **(** **)**

Queue resort of the contained children. This is called automatically anyway, but can be called upon request.