gui button custom skin not applying background

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void OnGUI()
{
if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.UpArrow))
{
GUI.skin = guiSkin;

				float xpos = transform.position.x;
				float ypos = transform.position.y;
				Rect position = new Rect( xpos, 150 + ypos , 53 * 2, 87);
				DrawQuad(position,Color.red);
			GUI.backgroundColor = Color.clear;
			GUI.SetNextControlName("1");
			GUI.Button(new Rect(xpos, 150 + ypos, 53, 87), "", "button1");
			if(Input.GetKey(KeyCode.RightArrow))
			   {
				GUI.FocusControl("1");
				//GUI.Button(new Rect(620 + xpos, 150 + ypos, 53, 87), guiSkin.focused.background);
				//Debug.Log("true");
			   }
		   }

		}

I have a custom gui skin that is hooked up through the inspector with an element named button1 that I am trying to display with the line

GUI.Button(new Rect(xpos, 150 + ypos, 53, 87), “”, “button1”);

but nothing shows up. However if I put “hi” or something as the text the hi shows up so it is being called button1 is just not showing up, I am receiving to errors or warnings so it “sees” button1 but it’s just not showing.

edit: I have played around with colors on the text and I can confirm it’s calling the button1 style but it’s not displaying the background image, any help?

2

For the custom style to show properly without having a reference stored in a variable you need to change the button declaration to include a look up for the style. SO this line:

GUI.Button(new Rect(xpos, 150 + ypos, 53, 87), "", "button1");

Should look like this:

GUI.Button(new Rect(xpos, 150 + ypos, 53, 87), "", guiskin.FindStyle("button1"));
3

Turns out this line was the culprit:

GUI.backgroundColor = Color.clear;

I was turning the background image clear.