how to get the children in an object.

Unity Engine
1

I need to get the children in an object.

the closest I can find is…
GetComponentsInChildren(Transform);

but I need the object, not the component.

2

You can access a transform’s gameObject via myTransform.gameObject.

3

No, I want to collect all the children.
like object.childrenInObject()

4 
    private List<GameObject> GetChildren(GameObject Parent)
    {
        List<GameObject> Children = new List<GameObject>();
        Object[] AllObjects = GameObject.FindObjectsOfType(typeof(GameObject));
        
        foreach (GameObject item in AllObjects)
        {
            if ((item.transform.parent == Parent.transform)  (Children.Contains(item) == false))
            {
                Children.Add(item);
            }
        }
        return Children;
    }

something like that - sorry its kinda messy made the function on the spot…

5

Izitmee’s solutioin is still the correct one.

Transform[] childTransforms = GetComponentsInChildren<Transform>();
foreach (Transform childTran in childTransforms)
{
    childTran.gameObject.... // this is the child GameObject
}
6

Oh ok,
Thanks.

I was getting errors originally suggesting my results were components, not transforms. Rehardless. Thanks!

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9

There’s an example on this page.

http://unity3d.com/support/documentation/ScriptReference/Transform

10

This happens when you use a different overload of GetComponent that returns a Component that you need to cast yourself.

Another option, if you want, is to create an extension method that will give you back a list of GameObjects.

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public static class HelperMethods
{
    public static List<GameObject> GetChildGameObjects(this GameObject g)
    {
        List<GameObject> children = new List<GameObject>();
        Transform[] childTransforms = g.GetComponentsInChildren<Transform>();
        foreach (Transform childTran in childTransforms)
        {
            children.Add(childTran.gameObject);
        }
        return children;
    }
}

And then just call it directly

List<GameObject> myChildren = gameObject.GetChildGameObjects();
11

You can also iterate through a transform directly:

foreach(Transform child in transform)
{
     child.position = pos;
     child.rotation = rot;
}

Cheers