diff --git a/editor/plugins/canvas_item_editor_plugin.cpp b/editor/plugins/canvas_item_editor_plugin.cpp
index 64428e95060..7f1f8df11e5 100644
--- a/editor/plugins/canvas_item_editor_plugin.cpp
+++ b/editor/plugins/canvas_item_editor_plugin.cpp
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ float CanvasItemEditor::_anchor_snap(float p_anchor, bool *p_snapped, float p_op
 	bool snapped = false;
 	float dist, dist_min = 0.0;
 	float radius = 0.05 / zoom;
-	float basic_anchors[3] = { ANCHOR_BEGIN, ANCHOR_CENTER, ANCHOR_END };
+	float basic_anchors[3] = { 0.0, 0.5, 1.0 };
 	for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
 		if ((dist = fabs(p_anchor - basic_anchors[i])) < radius) {
 			if (!snapped || dist <= dist_min) {
diff --git a/scene/gui/control.cpp b/scene/gui/control.cpp
index f68132f4ff3..c97426ad427 100644
--- a/scene/gui/control.cpp
+++ b/scene/gui/control.cpp
@@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@ void Control::set_anchors_preset(LayoutPreset p_preset, bool p_keep_margin) {
 		case PRESET_CENTER_BOTTOM:
 		case PRESET_CENTER:
 		case PRESET_VCENTER_WIDE:
-			set_anchor(MARGIN_LEFT, ANCHOR_CENTER, p_keep_margin);
+			set_anchor(MARGIN_LEFT, 0.5, p_keep_margin);
 			break;
 
 		case PRESET_TOP_RIGHT:
@@ -1391,7 +1391,7 @@ void Control::set_anchors_preset(LayoutPreset p_preset, bool p_keep_margin) {
 		case PRESET_CENTER_RIGHT:
 		case PRESET_CENTER:
 		case PRESET_HCENTER_WIDE:
-			set_anchor(MARGIN_TOP, ANCHOR_CENTER, p_keep_margin);
+			set_anchor(MARGIN_TOP, 0.5, p_keep_margin);
 			break;
 
 		case PRESET_BOTTOM_LEFT:
@@ -1415,7 +1415,7 @@ void Control::set_anchors_preset(LayoutPreset p_preset, bool p_keep_margin) {
 		case PRESET_CENTER_BOTTOM:
 		case PRESET_CENTER:
 		case PRESET_VCENTER_WIDE:
-			set_anchor(MARGIN_RIGHT, ANCHOR_CENTER, p_keep_margin);
+			set_anchor(MARGIN_RIGHT, 0.5, p_keep_margin);
 			break;
 
 		case PRESET_TOP_RIGHT:
@@ -1443,7 +1443,7 @@ void Control::set_anchors_preset(LayoutPreset p_preset, bool p_keep_margin) {
 		case PRESET_CENTER_RIGHT:
 		case PRESET_CENTER:
 		case PRESET_HCENTER_WIDE:
-			set_anchor(MARGIN_BOTTOM, ANCHOR_CENTER, p_keep_margin);
+			set_anchor(MARGIN_BOTTOM, 0.5, p_keep_margin);
 			break;
 
 		case PRESET_BOTTOM_LEFT:
@@ -2694,6 +2694,9 @@ void Control::_bind_methods() {
 	BIND_CONSTANT(GROW_DIRECTION_BEGIN);
 	BIND_CONSTANT(GROW_DIRECTION_END);
 
+	BIND_CONSTANT(ANCHOR_BEGIN);
+	BIND_CONSTANT(ANCHOR_END);
+
 	ADD_SIGNAL(MethodInfo("resized"));
 	ADD_SIGNAL(MethodInfo("gui_input", PropertyInfo(Variant::OBJECT, "ev", PROPERTY_HINT_RESOURCE_TYPE, "InputEvent")));
 	ADD_SIGNAL(MethodInfo("mouse_entered"));
diff --git a/scene/gui/control.h b/scene/gui/control.h
index 60d835044a5..d73ca3f7c9c 100644
--- a/scene/gui/control.h
+++ b/scene/gui/control.h
@@ -51,9 +51,11 @@ class Control : public CanvasItem {
 	OBJ_CATEGORY("GUI Nodes");
 
 public:
-	static const float ANCHOR_BEGIN = 0.0f;
-	static const float ANCHOR_CENTER = 0.5f;
-	static const float ANCHOR_END = 1.0f;
+	enum Anchor {
+
+		ANCHOR_BEGIN = 0,
+		ANCHOR_END = 1
+	};
 
 	enum GrowDirection {
 		GROW_DIRECTION_BEGIN,
@@ -449,5 +451,6 @@ VARIANT_ENUM_CAST(Control::CursorShape);
 VARIANT_ENUM_CAST(Control::LayoutPreset);
 VARIANT_ENUM_CAST(Control::MouseFilter);
 VARIANT_ENUM_CAST(Control::GrowDirection);
+VARIANT_ENUM_CAST(Control::Anchor);
 
 #endif