Help w/GUILayout Please

Questions & Answers
1

Hi,

I have a dictionary like this: Dictionary<string,string> UsersInMatch

I need to display the data as:

Match#1

User_A

User_B

Match#2

User_C

User_D

Match#3

User_E

User_F

Like that, so here is what I Have tried, but I cannot seem to put two and two together.

Code:
int matchNumber = 1;

GUILayout.BeginArea(new Rect(Screen.width-220,300,220,100));
GUILayout.BeginVertical("",s);

foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string[]> Entry in UsersInMatch)
{
    GUILayout.Label("Match #" + matchNumber.ToString(), s);
    GUILayout.Space(10);
    matchNumber++;
}

GUILayout.EndVertical();
GUILayout.EndArea();

The vertical space works. I see the following:

Match #1

Match #2

Match #3

So here is what I would write as the inner iteration scheme to iterate through the values of the string:

Code:

GUILayout.BeginArea(new Rect(Screen.width-220, 330, 220, 100));
GUILayout.BeginVertical("", s);
foreach (string name in Entry.Value)
{ 
    GUILayout.Label(name, s);
    GUILayout.Space(10);
}
GUILayout.EndVertical();
GUILayout.EndArea();

Finally, putting two and two together we have:

Code:

private void displayUsersInMatch() {
    int matchNumber = 1;
	
    GUILayout.BeginArea(new Rect(Screen.width-220, 300, 220, 100));
    GUILayout.BeginVertical("", s);
    foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string[]> Entry in UsersInMatch)
    {
	    GUILayout.Label("Match #" + matchNumber.ToString(), s);
	    GUILayout.Space(10);
	    GUILayout.BeginArea(new Rect(Screen.width-220,330,220,100));
	    GUILayout.BeginVertical("", s);
	    foreach (string name in Entry.Value)
	    {
		    GUILayout.Label(name, s);
	    }
	    GUILayout.EndVertical();
	    GUILayout.EndArea();
	    matchNumber++;
     }
     GUILayout.EndVertical();
     GUILayout.EndArea();
 }

And I don’t see anything in between the Match# headings. If someone could shine some light on this it would really make my day!

2

Basically, GUILayout.BeginArea cannot be nested. You should get rid of the second one, since it’s screwing everything up. You need to use combinations of BeginHorizontal, BeginVertical, and Space(some disntace) to emulate the same behaviour.