bevy/crates/bevy_ui/src/update.rs

use super::Node;
use bevy_ecs::{Entity, Query, With, Without};
use bevy_transform::{
    hierarchy,
    prelude::{Children, Parent, Transform},
};

pub const UI_Z_STEP: f32 = 0.001;

pub fn ui_z_system(
    root_node_query: Query<Entity, (With<Node>, Without<Parent>)>,
    mut node_query: Query<(Entity, &mut Transform), With<Node>>,
    children_query: Query<&Children>,
) {
    let mut current_global_z = 0.0;

    for entity in root_node_query.iter() {
        if let Some(result) = hierarchy::run_on_hierarchy(
            &children_query,
            &mut node_query,
            entity,
            Some(current_global_z),
            Some(current_global_z),
            &mut update_node_entity,
        ) {
            current_global_z = result;
        }
    }
}

fn update_node_entity(
    node_query: &mut Query<(Entity, &mut Transform), With<Node>>,
    entity: Entity,
    parent_result: Option<f32>,
    previous_result: Option<f32>,
) -> Option<f32> {
    let mut z = UI_Z_STEP;
    let parent_global_z = parent_result.unwrap();
    if let Some(previous_global_z) = previous_result {
        z += previous_global_z - parent_global_z;
    };
    let global_z = z + parent_global_z;

    if let Ok(mut transform) = node_query.get_component_mut::<Transform>(entity) {
        transform.translation.set_z(z);
    }

    Some(global_z)
}