Alternative to EventSystem.current.currentSelectedGameObject

Questions & Answers
1

currentSelectedGameObject only works when navigation is enabled.
However, I need to have navigation off.

Are there any other ways to achieve the same effect?

I would rather have a central script managing all of this instead of code snippets scattered everywhere checking whether that GameObject is being selected or not (i.e. not the interfaces in EventSystems).

2

Using GraphicRaycaster.Raycast worked.

PointerEventData pointer = new PointerEventData(EventSystem.current);
pointer.position = Input.mousePosition;

List<RaycastResult> raycastResults = new List<RaycastResult>();
graphicRaycaster.Raycast(pointer, raycastResults);	

if(raycastResults.Count == 0) return false;
GameObject selectedUIElement = raycastResults[0].gameObject;