--- title: "Container: Phaser 4.1.0 examples" url: https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container site: Phaser - https://phaser.io --- > This page is about the open-source Phaser framework, for writing a game's code by hand. To make a game with AI, use Phaser AE (https://phaser.io/): the desk's tools work with Web MCP, and the CLI works with your own coding agent. See "For AI agents: Phaser AE" at the end of this page. # Container 52 examples of Phaser 4.1.0, in [Game Objects](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects.md). Each example's page runs it in the browser with its code beside it; its Markdown (the links below) has the code. ## Examples - [Add Array of Sprites to Container](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/add-array-of-sprites-to-container.md): Demonstrates how to add multiple Game Objects to a Container simultaneously using an array and shows how transformations applied to the Container affect all its children collectively. - [Add Array of Sprites to Container at Index](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/add-array-of-sprites-at-index.md): Demonstrates how to add multiple Game Objects to a Container simultaneously while specifying their insertion index in the display list. - [Add Emitter to Container](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/add-emitter-to-container.md): Demonstrates how to add a Particle Emitter to a Container and apply transformations like rotation to the entire group. - [Add Sprite To Container](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/add-sprite-to-container.md): Demonstrates how to add multiple sprites as children of a Container, showing how child positions and transformations remain relative to the parent. - [Add TileSprite to Container](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/add-tilesprite-to-container.md): Demonstrates how to add a TileSprite inside a Container and animate its tile position properties while nested. - [Animated Sprites in a Container](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/animation-test.md): Demonstrates playing animations on multiple sprites grouped inside a Container and applying transforms to the container itself. - [Arcade Physics Sprite in Container](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/arcade-physics-sprite-test.md): Demonstrates how Arcade Physics bodies interact when nested inside a Container, featuring collision detection, velocity, and world bounds between standard sprites and containerized ones. - [Arcade Physics with Containers](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/arcade-physics-body-test.md): Demonstrates how to apply an Arcade Physics body to a Container. It highlights the importance of manually setting the container size before enabling physics to ensure the body correctly matches the grouped sprites. - [Camera and Container Transform Test](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/camera-transform-test.md): Demonstrates how nested transformations inside a Container interact with Camera properties like zoom, rotation, and scroll while maintaining accurate input detection. - [Character Assembly with Containers](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/girl-body-sprites.md): Demonstrates how to build a complex character by adding multiple individual sprite parts from a texture atlas into a single Container. - [Container Alpha](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/container-alpha.md): Demonstrates how setting the alpha transparency on a Container affects all of its children simultaneously, even when children have their own individual alpha values. - [Container and Child Input](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/container-and-child-input.md): Demonstrates how to enable input handling for both a Container and its individual child objects simultaneously, including using a custom shape for the container's hit area. - [Container As Mask](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/container-as-mask.md): Demonstrates using a complex, nested Container hierarchy as a dynamic mask for a Sprite, featuring animated transformations of parent and child containers. - [Container Child Blend Modes](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/child-blend-mode.md): This example demonstrates how individual Game Objects inside a Container can maintain their own unique blend modes when rendered. - [Container Child Input](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/container-input-test.md): Demonstrates how to handle input events for sprites contained within a moving, scaled Container. Clicking a sprite changes its tint while the parent container moves across the screen. - [Container Child Order](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/child-order.md): Demonstrates how to manipulate the rendering depth of Game Objects inside a Container using the bringToTop method. - [Container Depth](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/container-depth.md): Demonstrates how a Container and its children interact with the Scene display list depth, showing how multiple sprites can be grouped and transformed as a single unit above a background image. - [Container Hit Area](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/container-hitarea.md): Defines a custom circular hit area for a Container to handle pointer events for a group of Game Objects. - [Container Hit Area from Size](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/container-hitarea-from-size.md): Learn how to make a Container interactive by manually setting its size to match its children. This enables the Container to detect pointer events like hover and click within the defined dimensions. - [Container Inverse Kinematics](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/container-ik.md): Demonstrates nested Containers and how rotation and scale transformations propagate through a multi-jointed parent-child hierarchy to create complex animations. - [Container Mask](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/container-mask.md): Demonstrates how to apply a mask to a Container and its entire hierarchy of nested children, allowing for complex clipped animations. - [Container Placement](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/container-placement.md): Demonstrates how child objects and nested containers are positioned relative to their parent container's origin. - [Container Scroll Factor](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/container-scrollfactor.md): Demonstrates how to set different scroll factors on Containers to create parallax effects as the camera moves. - [Container Trail with Shared Children](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/twirl-1.md): Demonstrates creating a complex twirl effect by disabling container exclusivity, allowing multiple Containers to share and transform the same set of sprites simultaneously. - [Container with Camera Zoom](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/container-and-camera-zoom.md): Demonstrates how Containers interact with camera zoom and movement controls, featuring nested sprites and interactive camera navigation using SmoothedKeyControl. - [Container with Text and Sprite](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/text-and-sprite-test.md): Grouping a Sprite and a Text object within a Container to demonstrate unified scaling and tweening of multiple game objects. - [Container World Transform Matrix](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/parent-matrix.md): Demonstrates how to use a Transform Matrix to calculate the global (world) position, scale, and rotation of a Game Object nested within multiple containers. - [Create Container](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/create-container.md): Demonstrates how to group multiple images into a Container and apply transforms, such as rotation, to the entire group at once. - [Draggable Container](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/draggable-container.md): Demonstrates how to enable drag-and-drop functionality for a Container, allowing multiple game objects to be moved together as one interactive unit. - [Get Bounds of Nested Container Objects](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/get-bounds-test-1.md): Demonstrates how to retrieve the world-space bounding box for Game Objects nested inside a rotated Container, accounting for parent transformations as well as local rotation, scale, and origin. - [Get Child World Position](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/get-child-world-position.md): Demonstrates how to calculate the global world coordinates of a child object inside a moving Container using the local transform matrix. - [Input on Scaled Container Sprites](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/scaled-input-test.md): Demonstrates interactive input detection on a sprite with negative scaling and a custom origin inside a Container. - [Input Overlap in Nested Containers](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/input-overlap-test.md): Demonstrates pointer input detection and hover events for interactive Sprites nested within multiple levels of Containers. - [Inside Container Vs Outside Container](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/inside-container-vs-outside-container.md): A visual comparison of how rotation and scale transformations affect Game Objects when they are placed directly in the Scene versus when they are nested inside single or multiple parent Containers. - [Matter Physics Container](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/matter-physics-body-test.md): Demonstrates how to apply a Matter Physics body to a Container. Note that you must define the container size using setSize before enabling the physics body. - [Matter Physics Container and Camera Follow](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/matter-physics-body-test-camera.md): Demonstrates how to apply a Matter physics body to a Container by setting an explicit size and configuring the camera to follow the container as it moves through the world. - [Matter Physics Sprite in Container](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/matter-physics-sprite-test.md): Demonstrates how to apply Matter.js physics to a specific Game Object that is a child of a Container. - [Multi-Camera Container Input](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/multi-camera-input-test.md): Demonstrates how input events function correctly across multiple cameras with varying zoom, rotation, and scroll settings, specifically focusing on interactive Sprites inside a Container. - [Nested Container Input](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/nested-container-input-test.md): Demonstrates how to handle input events on a Sprite that is nested inside multiple levels of Containers. - [Nested Container Input](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/nested-input-test.md): Demonstrates input event handling for interactive Game Objects nested within multiple layers of parent Containers, showing how hit areas correctly account for nested transformations like rotation and scale. - [Nested Container Transforms](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/multi-container-depth-test.md): Demonstrates how transformations like rotation and position are inherited across single and multiple levels of nested Containers. - [Nested Container Visibility](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/nested-container-visibility.md): Demonstrates how toggling the visibility of a nested container affects all children within it, including images and other nested containers. - [Nested Get Bounds Test](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/nested-get-bounds-test.md): Demonstrates how to accurately calculate the world-space bounds of a sprite nested inside multiple transformed containers using the getBounds method. - [Non-Exclusive Container Children](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/twirl-4.md): Demonstrates how to render the same sprites multiple times by adding them to multiple Containers using the setExclusive(false) property, combined with staggered tweens for a complex visual effect. - [Non-Exclusive Containers](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/multiple-non-exclusive-containers.md): Demonstrates using non-exclusive containers to add the same Game Objects to multiple container parents, allowing a single sprite to be rendered multiple times with different transforms. - [Non-Exclusive Containers](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/non-exclusive-containers.md): Demonstrates how to add the same Game Object to multiple containers simultaneously by disabling exclusivity, allowing a single object to be rendered in multiple locations with different transformations. - [Non-Exclusive Containers with Shared Sprites](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/twirl-3.md): Demonstrates using setExclusive(false) to add the same sprite instances to multiple containers, combined with staggered container tweens to create a complex visual twirl effect. - [Non-Exclusive Shared Container Children](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/twirl-6.md): Demonstrates using the setExclusive(false) method to allow multiple Containers to share and render the same set of Sprites simultaneously, creating complex visual effects with additive blending and staggered tweens. - [Rotated Container Input](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/rotated-input-test.md): Demonstrates how input events function correctly for interactive Game Objects placed inside a rotated Container. - [Rotating a Container](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/rotation.md): This example shows how rotating a Container automatically rotates all of its child Game Objects, such as images and text, as a single group. - [Twirl Effect with Non-Exclusive Containers](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/twirl-2.md): Demonstrates creating a complex visual effect by adding the same sprites to multiple non-exclusive containers and applying staggered tween animations. - [Twirl with Non-Exclusive Containers](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/container/view/twirl-5.md): Demonstrates the use of non-exclusive containers to share the same set of sprites across multiple container instances, creating a complex twirling effect through staggered tweens. --- ## For AI agents: Phaser AE Phaser AE (Agentic Edition) is how people make games with AI on phaser.io. 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