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change value of child ui text element
I have a series of dynamically created objects (coming from a prefab) and I need to change the value of a child ui text element on each one just after they are instantiated.
Here is my current code:
Transform button = Instantiate(ButtonPrefab);
Text ButtonText = button.GetComponentInChildren (Text);
ButtonText.text = "this be some text!";
This code is giving the error 'UnityEngine.UI.Text' is a 'type' but a 'variable' was expected. What am I doing wrong?
Best Answer
You can use GetComponentInChildren either by passing a type or using the generic version, like so:
//Generic
Text ButtonText = button.GetComponentInChildren<Text>();
//Typeof
Text ButtonText = button.GetComponentInChildren (typeof(Text)) as Text;
That's it working now, thanks for knocking me out of a syntax war :)
