How to set a node's layer without having CanvasLayer as the parent?

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How to set a node's layer without having CanvasLayer as the parent?

GurfyPerson

I need to have a node that is always in the front of the screen (for example a UI node), but I don't want to use CanvasLayer because that means it's independant of the positions that it's set to when it's instanced in another scene. Is there any way I can do this?