Enable and disable a button selection

[mmangual_83]

I have a GUI window rigged with buttons, that, when I play it they are shown already selected and I want them to remain unselected until the user selects them. Also, I want to know how to make a button remain disabled until all the fields in the GUI are filled up. I have the code here and hopefully you can help me.

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class myTestGUI: MonoBehaviour {
    enum Windows { window1, window2, window3 };
    Windows currentWindow = Windows.window1;

    string txtAge;

    int genderSelectIndex;

    string[] genderOptions          = { "Male", "Female" };

    void Awake()
    {
        InitializeMainWindowVariables();
    }
    /// <summary>
    /// Main function where the GUI windows are created
    /// </summary>
    /// 
    void OnGUI()
    {
        switch (currentWindow)
        {
            case Windows.window1:
                SurveyWindow();
                break;
            case Windows.window2:
                //set the next window
                break;
        }
               
    }
    
    /// <summary>
    /// Displays the background survey that the user will fill out
    /// </summary>
    void SurveyWindow()
    {
        int windowWidth  = 800;
        int windowHeight = 600;

        //// Make a background box
        GUI.Box(new Rect((Screen.width  / 2) - (windowWidth  / 2),
                         (Screen.height / 2) - (windowHeight / 2),
                          windowWidth, windowHeight), 
                          "My GUI");
        GUI.Label(new Rect(600, 250, 150, 100), "Are you male or Female?");
        genderSelectIndex = GUI.SelectionGrid(new Rect(600, 280, 150, 30), genderSelectIndex, genderOptions, 2);
        GUI.Label(new Rect(600, 330, 100, 100), "How old are you?");
        txtAge = GUI.TextField(new Rect(600, 355, 50, 40), txtAge, 2);

        if (GUI.Button(new Rect(1250, 690, 100, 50), "Continue"))
        {
            //SendMessage("Background Survey Button Pressed");
            currentWindow = Windows.window2;
        }
    }
    void InitializeMainWindowVariables()
    {
        txtAge = string.Empty;

        genderSelectIndex = 0;
    }
}

[lokindia]

Use GUI.Toggle instead of GUI.Button. Toggle is like an ON | OFF switch, which remains in its state of ON or OFF unless not clicked or tapped again. Please try it yourself, and if you need a sample code then lemme know.

Good luck!

[Spinnernicholas]

Like lokindia use Toggles and just make sure the toggle values are initialized to false.

Also for a button to be disabled until all fields are filled, and maybe valid you could have an if-else block. It displays a box styled to look like a disabled button if the form is not filled and a function button if the form is filled.

bool formFilled = false;

void Update()
{
  validateForm();
}

void ValidateForm()
{
  if(filled() && valid())
  {
    formFilled = true;
  }
  else
  {
    formFilled = false;
  }
}

void OnGUI()
{
  if(formFilled)
  {
    if (GUI.Button(new Rect(1250, 690, 100, 50), "Continue"))
    {
      //SendMessage("Background Survey Button Pressed");
      currentWindow = Windows.window2;
    }
  }
  else
  {
    GUI.BOX(new Rect(1250, 690, 100, 50), "Continue");
  }
}

[mmangual_83]

I figured out the issue. At least for my scenario.

Problem 1:
I was suing a selection grid which requires an index to pass in what the current value of it is. Even if I passed a 0 it would still highlight the first item in the grid since 0 refers to the first value of that items list.

The solution to problem 1:
I just initialize the index values to -1 and it fixes my issue.

Problem 2:
I wanted to disable a button that later becomes enabled after the user fills out the required items presented in the GUI form.

Solution to problem 2:
I had to create a method called validate and use it like so

bool validate()
    {
        if (foodIndex > -1 && satisfactionIndex > -1)
            return true;
        return false;
    }

and within the GUI window you write in the following:

public void myTestGUI()
{
   //...GUI logic here
   GUI.enabled = validate();
   //..GUI button logic
   GUI.enabled = true;
}