Allow hiding 2D Node origin gizmo cross

[Drkie]

Describe the project you are working on

A 2D game with very complex scenes.

Describe the problem or limitation you are having in your project

Currently in the editor, it's possible to hide pretty much everything except for the origin cross of a 2D Node.

This makes it impossible to take a clean screenshot of a scene from within the editor. In complex scenes, you can easily have dozens of these crosses making it impractical to Photoshop them out.

Describe the feature / enhancement and how it helps to overcome the problem or limitation

A simple checkbox that makes these crosses invisible would easily solve this problem. It would also be consistent with the current options, since everything else can be hidden.

Describe how your proposal will work, with code, pseudo-code, mock-ups, and/or diagrams

An option under the currently existing ones could be added.

(Although this screenshot is from Godot 3, Godot 4 does not have an option to hide it either.)

If this enhancement will not be used often, can it be worked around with a few lines of script?

As far as I know, there's no way to do so.

Is there a reason why this should be core and not an add-on in the asset library?

As far as I know, there's no way to do so.

[Calinou]

Maybe this option should be grouped with Show Group and Lock Icons?

[Drkie]

For my purposes, that would be OK. It might also help to not clutter that menu with too many options.

I can't think of a situation in which I'd like to see the crosses but not the lock icons.

[J-N-Witch]

I've implemented this proposal in the following manner:

However, one more case should be specified. How do we handle selected nodes? Do we show them regardless of the setting or not?

For the purposes of making a clean screenshot either way is acceptable since the selection can be easily undone.

Furthermore, if we are grouping this with "Show Group and Lock Icons" then a new name is needed. I think that "Show Gizmos" is a reasonable one.

[Drkie]

I believe it makes sense to always show the selected nodes' gizmos regardless of the setting. In fact, it might have the added utility of making it easier to visually track down the selected node, since there are now less crosses on screen.

[J-N-Witch]

It seems that Godot 4 has introduced yet another option in this menu. "Show Transformation Gizmos"

With this in mind, arbitrarily grouping Group, Lock, Position gizmos into one option isn't ideal. Renaming "Show Group And Lock Icons" to "Show Gizmos" won't work either.
It might be better to have a submenu with separate options like this:

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[Drkie]

Personally, I'm really liking the submenu approach. It maximizes both cleanliness and granularity.