Centering an object relatively to its parent

[grinmonk]

Hi! With this code I try to put a text object in the center of a sprite, which is in its turn is centered relatively to the world.

var sprite = game.add.sprite(0, 0, 'phaser');
    
sprite.anchor.set(0.5);
sprite.x = game.world.width * 0.5;
sprite.y = game.world.height * 0.5;
    
var text = game.make.text(sprite.width * 0.5, sprite.height * 0.5, "Yo", {
            font: "10px Arial",
            fill: "#ffffff",
            align: "center"
        });
text.anchor.set(0.5);
sprite.addChild(text);

But what I get is this:

instead of this:

What am I doing wrong and how to achive my goal? Thanks!

[grinmonk]

Solved by setting text position to (0, 0):

var text = game.make.text(0, 0, "Yo", {
    font: "10px Arial",
    fill: "#ffffff",
    align: "center"
});

Am I correct, that children are positioned relatively to parent's anchor?

[blackgames]

var sprite = game.add.sprite(0, 0, 'sprite');
    
sprite.anchor.set(0.5);
sprite.x = game.world.width * 0.5;
sprite.y = game.world.height * 0.5;
    
var text = game.make.text(0, 0, "Yo", {
            font: "$10px Arial",
            fill: "#ffffff",
            align: "center"
        });
text.position.x -= text.width * 0.5;
text.position.y -= text.height * 0.5;
sprite.addChild(text);

You need to set the text position to 0, 0

after text is created i add:

text.position.x -= text.width * 0.5;
text.position.y -= text.height * 0.5;

for the position based on the size of the text

[grinmonk]

@blackgames, thanks for a solution! I think it suits right.

But what if sprite's anchor is changed due to some adaptive positioning (for example)? Then it is going to ruin internal positioning.