How would I set an InputField's value from OnValueChanged in Slider?

Unity Engine
1

Hi, I just was curious if this was even possible?

2

You can read data from a slider, either directly or via the OnValueChanged.

You can assign data to an InputField, as documented.

What part are you having difficulty with?

3

I don’t see a way to drag the inputfield into the sliders onvaluechanged, and then set the inputfield to equal the slider value.

I want the field to show what the slider value is.
I wasn’t sure if I needed an extra script for this, or if I could set it up through the slider’s onvaluechanged section. I expected to see like a dynamic string when I dragged in the field, but there isn’t anything there. I’m sorry if this is confusing, I wasn’t sure if it could be done or not.

Edit: I see the text parameter for the input field is static. I assume this means it can’t be done by simply dragging it in, I’ll need to write a function for it.

4

I found a way. I wrote this script that derives from InputField and has a function I can use in the slider as a dynamic string.

using UnityEngine.UI;

public class InputFieldExtension : InputField {
    public void Text(string s) {
        text = s;
    }
    public void Text(int i) {
        text = i.ToString();
    }
    public void Text(float f) {
        text = f.ToString();
    }
}
5

That is pretty clever!

I would have just done the gather-slider value, shovel it to input field… but hey, if that works, more power to you.