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 == Accessing the Canvas Desktop ==
+Sometimes you may want to render to the main screen, without creating a separate Canvas window - this can be accomplished by using the Canvas desktop:
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+var myNode = canvas.getDesktop().createChild("text")
+      .setText("Hello FlightGear Desktop")
+      .setFontSize(25, 1.0)          # font size (in texels) and font aspect ratio
+      .setColor(1,0,0,1)             # red, fully opaque
+      .setAlignment("center-center") # how the text is aligned to where you place it
+      .setTranslation(160, 80);     # where to place the text
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 |}