[4.6 - UI] Changing the text component via script?

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Hi all, I hope someone in the community can help me on this.

I've been using 4.6 for awhile now, mainly testing out the new UI system. However, I can't seem to find any good documentation on how to change any of the components via script.

Does somebody know how I can change the Text component's text? I've placed it inside the canvas and added a script that has a gameobject variable. Set that in the editor as the Text gameobject but can't seem to see any relative information in VS2013's intellisense.

Many thanks.

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Answer by mlabarca · Aug 24, 2014 at 02:14 PM

Hi, First you would need to add this import: using UnityEngine.UI; Then, you can declare a Text field and later use getComponent to initialize it;

 Text instruction;

 void Start () {
    instruction = GetComponent<Text>();
 }

You would then be able to reference the instruction.text property and change it's string to whatever you like, or any other properties. Of course, this would be a script attached to a gameobject with the text field.

I found this while taking a look at ShowSliderValue.cs which is included with the UI example project provided by Unity this week.

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Flickayy · Aug 24, 2014 at 10:34 PM 1

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Thanks, I know how to access components. Hopefully this question will help others. :)

infinitypbr · Aug 28, 2014 at 07:23 AM 7

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For Javascript:

 GetComponent(UI.Text)

TheDDestroyer12 · Nov 20, 2014 at 07:50 PM 0

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What is the UI Panel's class name?

hendy · Dec 06, 2014 at 09:19 AM 1

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Thank you. Currently the manual has no links to switch from Text's manual to Scripting, and neither is the other way around. Probably a documentation bug/oversight on Unity's part.

skyx26 · Feb 08, 2015 at 07:58 PM 1

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@mlabarca I have 2 questions regarding your awesome answer:

What if you have more than one line of text?, how do you edit one especific line of text?, I.E: $$anonymous$$ENU

CONTINUE NEW OPTIONS QUIT

How do you edit the color of the text?

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Answer by Nick4 · Aug 24, 2014 at 10:02 AM

You'll need to use UnityEngine.UI namespace, so add this on top of your script :

 using UnityEngine.UI

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dude4004 · Apr 14, 2015 at 03:00 PM 1

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Thanks lot!

dasparadoxon · Jun 02, 2015 at 05:50 PM 1

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thanks for this small peace of information ! XD

ocimum · Jul 21, 2015 at 03:32 PM 0

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This is exactly what I was looking for half an hour! There are a lot of tutorials where GUIText is still used. $$anonymous$$ost of the time the snippets you can find for ui elements are also using GUIText. Im wondering, the UI package is not imported automatically if using UnityEngine is already included in the header.

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Answer by HVgame · Aug 24, 2014 at 02:40 PM

first

using UnityEngine.UI;

and

public Text Bro;

void Update () { Bro.text = "Get Back!"; }

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Answer by 0mr_ashutosh0 · Nov 14, 2014 at 12:33 PM

IMPORTANT: This is attached to the text component of my button in UI canvas

 using UnityEngine;
 using UnityEngine.UI;
 using System.Collections;
 
 public class DisplayScore : MonoBehaviour {
 
     Text txt;
     private int currentscore=0;
 
     // Use this for initialization
     void Start () {
         txt = gameObject.GetComponent<Text>(); 
         txt.text="Score : " + currentscore;
     }
     
     // Update is called once per frame
     void Update () {
         txt.text="Score : " + currentscore;  
         currentscore = PlayerPrefs.GetInt("TOTALSCORE"); 
         PlayerPrefs.SetInt("SHOWSTARTSCORE",currentscore); 
     }
 }

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alsharefeeee · Mar 09, 2016 at 10:39 AM 0

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Thanks $$anonymous$$y friend

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Answer by tvranjith · Mar 13, 2015 at 06:23 PM

How unity implements the UI is just like any other unity components. You add GameObject and attach UI components to it. Once you have the game object you can get the UI components from it and change the properties.

API reference for UI can be found under UnityEngine.UI namespace, API reference for BUtton is http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/UI.Button.html

See the post http://chikkooos.blogspot.jp/2015/03/new-ui-implementation-using-c-scripts.html for more information on accessing UI from C# scripts

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ocimum · Jul 21, 2015 at 03:35 PM 0

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Correct. But even you are answering the question, the problem is, the Text object could not be accessed as long as using UnityEngine.UI; was not included in the header. Think most of the problem is solved by including the UI package.

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