Use a SubViewport for CanvasItem inspector preview

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/editor/plugins/material_editor_plugin.cpp b/editor/plugins/material_editor_plugin.cpp
index 2fdebc7c7f..404711e074 100644
--- a/editor/plugins/material_editor_plugin.cpp
+++ b/editor/plugins/material_editor_plugin.cpp
@@ -164,9 +164,19 @@ void MaterialEditor::_button_pressed(Node *p_button) {
 MaterialEditor::MaterialEditor() {
 	// canvas item
 
+	vc_2d = memnew(SubViewportContainer);
+	vc_2d->set_stretch(true);
+	add_child(vc_2d);
+	vc_2d->set_anchors_and_offsets_preset(PRESET_FULL_RECT);
+
+	viewport_2d = memnew(SubViewport);
+	vc_2d->add_child(viewport_2d);
+	viewport_2d->set_disable_input(true);
+	viewport_2d->set_transparent_background(true);
+
 	layout_2d = memnew(HBoxContainer);
 	layout_2d->set_alignment(BoxContainer::ALIGNMENT_CENTER);
-	add_child(layout_2d);
+	viewport_2d->add_child(layout_2d);
 	layout_2d->set_anchors_and_offsets_preset(PRESET_FULL_RECT);
 
 	rect_instance = memnew(ColorRect);
diff --git a/editor/plugins/material_editor_plugin.h b/editor/plugins/material_editor_plugin.h
index deb1211c54..ac81bdc7c7 100644
--- a/editor/plugins/material_editor_plugin.h
+++ b/editor/plugins/material_editor_plugin.h
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ class MaterialEditor : public Control {
 
 	Vector2 rot;
 
+	SubViewportContainer *vc_2d = nullptr;
+	SubViewport *viewport_2d = nullptr;
 	HBoxContainer *layout_2d = nullptr;
 	ColorRect *rect_instance = nullptr;