Checking list for active objects

Unity Engine
1

I have 15 game objects that act as text highlights added to a list.

public GameObject[] highlights;

I have a function called Submit() and I want to check to see if any of the game objects in the list are active. If any are active at the time the Submit() function is ran, I want it to set them to inactive.
I have this so far, but I am not sure what to call to set them inactive.

bool allInActive = true;
                for (int i = 0; i < highlights.Length; i++)
                {
                    if (highlights[i].activeInHierarchy)
                    {
                        allInActive = false;
                        break;
                    }
                }
                if (allInActive)
                    print (highlights [0]);
                break;

When it runs, I can get it to print highlights [0], but when I say highlights.setactive, it doesn’t give me the setactive option.
Probably a simple fix, but I can’t get it.

2

highlights is an array, and arrays don’t have SetActive.
hightlights[0] or highlights is a GameObject, which has SetActive.

If you want to set all of them inactive, then in your loop, use highlights.SetActive(false).

3

@StarManta
Since I need to gave the game objects in a array or list to keep track of them, how do I call the highlights.SetActive ( False after putting them in the list?

I understand each part of your comment above, but confused how to do the last part to items in a list.

4

Just loop through them (a second time, if you can’t do this during the first loop for some reason), and SetActive on each item within the loop.

5

if all of them need to be inactive no need to check if they are active.

for (int i=0;i<highlights.Length;++i)
      highlights[i].SetActive(false);