How To Inactivate Childs of a GameObject (GUI)

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1

Hi,
I’m new to Unity and i try to create a menu by using the new GUI (4.6).
I want a menu looking like the KeyNote menu, with a panel to the right of the scene which changes when we click one of the buttons.

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All my panels are in a EmptyGameObject.
If i inactivate this GameObject i can’t activate a specific panel after.
My idea was :

  1. Inactivate all the panels to make sure any pre-existent panels are deactivated
  2. Activate the panel linked to the button (with SetActive)

I do not managed to inactivate all the children of the GameObject, any solutions ?
If u have a better idea on how to make this kind of menu, feel free to contribute.

Thanks.
Please excuse my poor English

2

You can get the children of your EmptyGameObject and deactivate them one by one.
After that you can activate the one you like to have active.

		for (int i = 0; i < transform.childCount; i ++)
		{
			transform.GetChild(i).gameObject.SetActive(false);
		}
3

Thanks !
I did something similar and it’s working fine.

public void ActivatePanel(string panelId)
    	{
    		foreach(Transform child in transform)
    		{
    			if(child.name == panelId)
    			{
    				child.gameObject.SetActive(true);
    			}
    			
    			else{
    				child.gameObject.SetActive(false);
    			}
    		}
    		
    	}