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27 changes: 19 additions & 8 deletions getting_started/step_by_step/nodes_and_scenes.rst
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.. image:: img/nodes_and_scenes_05_editor_with_label.webp

A lot happens when you add a scene's first node. The scene changes to the 2D
workspace because Label is a 2D node type. The Label appears, selected, in the
top-left corner of the viewport. The node appears in the Scene dock on the left,
and the node's properties appear in the Inspector dock on the right.
A lot happens when you add a scene's first node:

- The scene changes to the 2D workspace because Label is a 2D node type.
- The Label appears, selected, in the top-left corner of the viewport.
- The Label is also in the top-left corner of a larger indigo-colored rectangle
that represents the game's default window dimensions.
- The node appears in the Scene dock on the left.
- The node's properties appear in the Inspector dock on the right.

If the default-dimensions rectangle appears small relative to the full 2D
viewport, then scroll around the viewport and use its zoom controls—located in
the top-left corner of the viewport—so that the rectangle fills most of the
viewport.

Changing a node's properties
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the Text. For a complete reference of the Inspector dock, see
:ref:`doc_editor_inspector_dock`.

You can move your Label node in the viewport by selecting the move tool in the
toolbar.
Move the Label to the center of the indigo default-dimensions rectangle. Follow
these steps:

1. In the toolbar, select the move tool.

.. image:: img/nodes_and_scenes_07_move_tool.webp

With the Label selected, click and drag anywhere in the viewport to
move it to the center of the view delimited by the rectangle.
2. In the Scene dock, select the Label.
3. Click and drag anywhere in the viewport.

.. image:: img/nodes_and_scenes_08_hello_world_text.webp

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