can't cast GameObject to Text

Unity Engine
1

this should be easy but why can’t i do this?

public GameObject _EditModePanel;
    Text _NameText;

    private void Start()
    {
        GameObject go = Helpers.GetChildGameObject(_EditModePanel, "NameText");
        _NameText = (Text)go;

    }

_NameText = (Text)go; says cannot convert type unityengine.gameobject to unityengine.ui.text
thanks

2

What are you trying to do? Get the gameobject name? Or do you want a Text component off the gameobject?

_NameText.text = go.name;

_NameText = go.GetComponent<Text>();

You can’t cast a GameObject to a Text. Text is a component on a GameObject. Not the GameObject itself.

3

oops, my bad, Text is a component of game object so changed GetChildGameObject to transform and did this
_NameText = Helpers.GetChildGameObject(_EditModePanel, “NameText”).GetComponent();