Hovered-Over Object

Unity Engine
1

Anyone know if there’s an equivalent in Unity UI to NGUI’s:

UICamera.hoveredObject

Basically return whichever UI element the mouse is currently hovering over?

2

Yes, sort of.

/// <summary>
    /// Gets the list of items clicked.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>The list of items clicked.</returns>
    private List<RaycastResult> GetItemsClicked()
    {
        PointerEventData pointerData = new PointerEventData(EventSystem.current);
        pointerData.Reset();
        pointerData.position = Input.mousePosition;
        List<RaycastResult> Result = new List<RaycastResult>();
        EventSystem.current.RaycastAll(pointerData, Result);
       
        return Result;
    }

This will give you any “event system” object including UI that is under the mouse.

3

Not quite what I meant - was curious if there’s a built-in method?

4

Yeah, that’s why I said “sort of”. The built in method is EventSystem.current.RaycastAll… It takes a little setup to tell Unity where your mouse is at and it returns a list of UI components under the mouse (in the new UI you’re likely to have several UI components layered).

5

Can’t you use an Event Trigger with Pointer Enter?