Using GUIToggle to on/off buttons!

Thanks for the reply but this is still tough for me to grasp hold of. I will probably start off by reading through tutorials to define what a class is. But really, thanks for taking time off to answer this question!

No problem. I just pasted it from another answer.

It basically does the same thing as the other answers.

Using classes is a great way to organize and re-use your code. Using classes as public variables in your script allows you to edit their properties in the Inspector, which can be very handy.

For example, using the code above you could position each ActionButton by changing the value of its position in the Inspector. You could tweak these values while playing your game to get your button exactly where you want it.

The other key concept is the use of arrays. To create 7 buttons using the code above you can expand the variable named "Button List" in the Inspector and set its size to 7. Then you'll see seven different elements whose values you can adjust.

For a more simple approach you could just declare 7 different ActionButtons and forget about arrays for now:

var b1 : ActionButton;

var b2 : ActionButton;

var b3 : ActionButton;

var b4 : ActionButton;

b1.isSelected = GUI.Toggle(b1.position, b1.isSelected, b1.label);

if ( b1.isSelected ) {

performButtonOneAction();

}

if ( b2.isSelected ) {

performButtonTwoAction();

}

. . .

. . .

Okay. I've tried using your code and here's what I've done.

class ActionButton { var toggle: String; //Name of custom style in GUI Skin var isSelected: boolean; //Is the toggle button on or off var label: String; var position:Rect; //Where to draw this button on the screen }

/ An array of butons that you can populate in the inspector /

var buttonList : ActionButton []; var b1: ActionButton; var b2: ActionButton; var b3: ActionButton; var b4: ActionButton; var b5: ActionButton; var b6: ActionButton; var b7: ActionButton; var toolSkin: GUISkin;

function OnGUI () {

 GUI.skin = toolSkin;
 
 for (var i = 0; i < buttonList.length; i ++) {
     
 var b1 = buttonList[i];
 
 b1.isSelected = GUI.Toggle(b1.position, b1.isSelected, b1.label,b1.toggle);
 if (b1.isSelected) 
 {print("This butt is turned on: " + b1.label);
 resetOtherButtons(i); }
 
 var b2 = buttonList[i];
 
 b2.isSelected = GUI.Toggle(b2.position, b2.isSelected, b2.label, b2.toggle);
 if (b2.isSelected) 
 {print("This butt is turned on: " + b2.label);
 resetOtherButtons(i); }
 
 var b3 = buttonList[i];
 
 b3.isSelected = GUI.Toggle(b3.position, b3.isSelected, b3.label, b3.toggle);
 if (b3.isSelected) 
 {print("This butt is turned on: " + b3.label);
 resetOtherButtons(i); }
 
 var b4 = buttonList[i];
 
 b4.isSelected = GUI.Toggle(b4.position, b4.isSelected, b4.label, b4.toggle);
 if (b1.isSelected) 
 {print("This butt is turned on: " + b4.label);
 resetOtherButtons(i); }
 
 var b5 = buttonList[i];
 
 b5.isSelected = GUI.Toggle(b5.position, b5.isSelected, b5.label, b5.toggle);
 if (b5.isSelected) 
 {print("This butt is turned on: " + b5.label);
 resetOtherButtons(i); }
 
 var b6 = buttonList[i];
 
 b6.isSelected = GUI.Toggle(b6.position, b6.isSelected, b6.label, b6.toggle);
 if (b6.isSelected) 
 {print("This butt is turned on: " + b6.label);
 resetOtherButtons(i); }
 
 var b7 = buttonList[i];
 
 b7.isSelected = GUI.Toggle(b7.position, b7.isSelected, b7.label, b7.toggle);
 if (b7.isSelected) 
 {print("This butt is turned on: " + b7.label);
 resetOtherButtons(i); }
 }

}
function resetOtherButtons ( ignoreThisNumber ) { for ( var i = 0; i < buttonList.length; i ++ ) {

  if ( i != ignoreThisNumber ) {
    buttonList[i].isSelected = false;
  }

}

}

However, the problem I had was that my buttons don't appear when I click play on the game screen. Was it something that I've failed to link?

You're drawing 7 buttons on top of each other every time you go through the for loop. So you're drawing 49 buttons in the same rectangle.

Also, if you didn't set the position property of each button in the inspector they will be drawn using an un-initialized Rectangle as their position. In other words you'd be drawing 49 buttons that start at screen coordinates (0,0) with a width and height of zero.

Replace everything inside the body of your for loop with this:

var b = buttonList[i];

b.isSelected = GUI.Toggle(b.position, b.isSelected, b.label);

if ( b.isSelected ) {

print("This butt is turned on: " + b.label);

resetOtherButtons(i);

}

$$anonymous$$ake sure you go to the Inspector and set the size of the array of ActionButton objects to 7. Otherwise you're code won't get executed because buttonList.length will equal zero.

I'm trying your answer at the moment, and see if it works out for $$anonymous$$e! fingers crossed

P.S: I used the "Your answer" box below. I typed my comments in there, then copy and paste and brought it over.

Edit: Ooh, it worked! Thank you very much as well. I would actually have chosen your answer and Aldonaletto's answer as the correct answers but I could only choose one. So I chose Aldonaletto's answer as the correct option since it was easier to me at first, and I thought it would help if beginners attempt this type of coding as well. Then they could use yours once they've familiarized themselves with the basics. Hope you don't $$anonymous$$d!

Double Edit: Oh, you can put > in front of your comments before you post it so that it looks formatted. If it doesn't, just use the above solution. :)

Great solution, thanks for sharing!