koobas.hobune.stream
Accessing children UI elements of the canvas
I want to access the children of a particular canvas in order to later manipulate them (e.g. change their position, etc.). How can I do it?
Well the canvas has transform too, doesn't GetChild(index) do what you need?
just like any regular game object. to reference a parent's child use gameObject.transform.FindChild ("ChildName").gameObject if the script is on the parent of the child you are trying to reference.
Text text = can.GetComponent<Transform>().Find("InputField").GetComponent<InputField>().GetComponent<Transform>().Find("Text").GetComponent<Text>();
//where can = a reference to your canvas component
Debug.Log("text: " + text.text);
go through the transforms and use .Find() to insert the string name of the component THEN GETCOMPONENT< INPUTFIELD> (.Find() returns a transform so you're doing Transform.GetComponent< InputField>) It's long and ugly but maybe this will help you.
var canvas = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("s2_canvas");
var carSelectionBtns = canvas.transform.GetChild(0).GetChild(0).GetChild(0).GetComponentsInChildren();
try like this
Text textget = can.transform.Find("Canvas").transform.Find("TextGameObject").GetComponent<Text>();
