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Error attempting to change text on instantiated button
Hi,
I've looked through multiple posts but can't seem to find out what I'm doing wrong. I've Instantiated a button prefab, added it to panel, set its scale, changed its name all fine. But when I attempt to change the text on the button I get the following error:
Assets/Scripts/gameSystem.cs(102,33): error CS0029: Cannot implicitly convert type UnityEngine.UI.Text[]' to UnityEngine.UI.Text'
The error points to the line "buttonText = newButton.GetComponentsInChildren();"
buttonDescription = objectDetail.objectTitle;
GameObject newButton = Instantiate(buttonPrefab) as GameObject;
Text buttonText;
buttonText = newButton.GetComponentsInChildren<Text>();
buttonText.text = buttonDescription;
newButton.transform.parent = buttonParent.transform;
newButton.transform.localScale = Vector3.one;
newButton.name = "objButton" + i;
Thanks
Im not use to that method, this is what I normally do for something like that, assu$$anonymous$$g you dont change the location of the text component added to the instantiated button.
newButton.GetComponent().text = buttonDescription;
Thats really the only method im aware of, and only method if ever used, so that should work for you. If not, the alternative would be:
newButton.transform.GetChild("Text").GetComponent().text = buttonDescription; //or: newButton.transform.FindChild(0).GetComponent().text = buttonDescription;
Instead of create and assigning the text component.
Try to access it directly
newButton.GetComponentsInChildren().text=buttonDescription;
I don't know how many hours I wasted over that "s" in components. Thanks a lot for your help. $$anonymous$$uch appreciated.
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