input field in scrollview

Unity Engine
1

Hi there :slight_smile:
if i have a input field in a scroll view i can’t scroll the view when over the input field instead it selects the input field is there a way to only select the input field on a release and if sliding finger scroll the view?

same happens with buttons.

Thanks
Mike

2

Selection currently happens OnPointerDown which maybe is not desired at times. As for a solution you’d likely need to derive from the class thats causing you issues and then override OnPointerDown and not call base.OnPointerDown

3

Sorry to dig up an old thread here, but I’ve stumbled across this in looking for a solution to this problem.

I’m having the same problem with an InputField in a ScrollRect control. When a user is scrolling, if they hit the input field first, it selects. I’ve tried doing what was suggested here, but it still triggers the selection.

I’ve created a class as below:

public class CustomInputField : InputField
{
    public override void OnPointerDown(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
        Debug.Log("OnPointerDown");
    }
}

The debug happens, but selection is still happening. Is there something I’ve missed?

4

i got round this problem by covering the input field with a button and telling the button to select the input field.

for example make a function called ActivateInputField that the button can trigger, worked well for me

public void ActivateInputField ()
{
inputField.ActivateInputField ();
}

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5

This is still the case and its completely undesirable. Why do we do this for TMP_InputField? This is totally a problem when you have a sign up form.