Is there a way to reliably compare the screenspace positions of two widgets that don't have their anchors set in the same position?

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Hi,

as you and the description of the ‘get geometry cache’ node mentioned, it is not recommended because this data can easily be outdated from the latest frame rendered. :wink:

I tested around and I think that you need to feed the geometry cache of the widgets parent into the ‘Local to Absolute’ node to get the correct value. So for example

image widget → Get Parent → Get Cached Geometry → (geometry input) Local to Absolute

and

image widget → Get Cached Geometry → Get Local Top Left → (Local Coordinate input) Local to Absolute

Widget Absolute Position Distance
Widget Absolute Position Distance1174×378 115 KB

I tested it by setting the position of one image on top of the other with a few cascading Canvas Panels and Overlays.

Widget Absolute Position Set B on A
Widget Absolute Position Set B on A1531×413 115 KB

Also there seems to be a function for that in C++ Widget->GetCachedGeometry().GetAbsolutePosition()