Is there a way to trigger a GUI.Button without clicking on it?

Questions & Answers
1

I am trying to use a gamepad with a scrollable list of GUI.Buttons and I am looking for a way to attivate a button in the list without having to use the mouse and clicking on the buttons. Any ideas? I’d be happy to clarify something if anyone needs more information.

2

Have the button trigger a function when clicked then you can call that function from elsewhere in the code.

function OnGUI(){

    if (GUI.Button(Rect(10,10,50,50),"button 1")){
       ButtonClicked(0);
    }

    if (GUI.Button(Rect(10,10,50,50),"button 2")){
       ButtonClicked(1);
    }

}

function ButtonClicked(id:int){

   if(id==0){
      //do button 1 stuff
   }

   if(id==1){
      //do button 2 stuff
   }
}
3

You can have the GUI.Button call a new function when clicked. Then its very easy to call this from other locations as well.

function Update(){
     if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Alpha1)){ //the user presses "1" on their keyboard
           DoMyThing();
}

function OnGUI(){
    if(GUI.Button(Rect(10,10,100,100),"Click Me Or Press 1")){
        DoMyThing();
    }
}

function DoMyThing(){
 //Do stuff
}

This could even be called from a different script altogether if you make it a static or a public function.