Is there a better way?

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There’s a few parts here… I do that red “inset a little bit” on almost 100% of my games. It’s super easy.

Instead of this:

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Do this:

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And for that inset:

  • use the preset fullscreen size, but hold down SHIFT and ALT to also set pivot and position and anchors all at once.

  • now key in the “insets”… like this:

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Then just position and anchor entirely within your little “inset.”

You can put insets in your insets, or mix insets with AspectRatioFitters with “Fit Inside”

Here’s more random reading:

Here are some notes on UI Anchoring, Scaling, CanvasScaler, etc:

Usually you need to choose a suitable ScaleMode and MatchMode in the Canvas Scaler and stick with it 100%. Generally if you change those settings you will often need to redo your UI entirely.

I also use this CanvasScalerOrientationDriver utility to make sharing UI for Landscape / Portrait easier. Read what it does carefully.

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