Make text appear and stay when clicking.

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1

Hi,

I have a script which makes a custom text appear when hovering over an object using OnMouseOver and it disappears when I move the mouse away. Which is what I want.

But I also would like the text to stay visible if I click on the object. How would I do that?

This is my code for now to just show the text while the mouse is over the object…

{
	public string myString;
	public Text myText;
	public float fadeTime;
	public bool displayInfo;
	bool mouseOver;
	Color grey = new Color (0.65f, 0.65f, 0.65f, 1.0f);


	void Start () 
	{
		myText.color = Color.clear;
	}


	void OnMouseOver()
	{ 
		mouseOver = true;
	}

	void OnMouseExit()
	{
		mouseOver = false;
	}
		

	public void Update()
	{
		FadeText ();

		if (mouseOver) {
			displayInfo = true;
		} 

		else {
			displayInfo = false;
		}
	}
		

	void FadeText ()
	{
		if(displayInfo)
		{
			myText.text = myString;
			myText.color = Color.Lerp (myText.color, grey, fadeTime * Time.deltaTime);
		}

		else
		{
			myText.color = Color.Lerp (myText.color, Color.clear, fadeTime * Time.deltaTime);
		}
	}
}

Thanks in advance :slight_smile:

2

private bool selected;

 void OnMouseDown()
 {
       selected = !selected;
 }

 public void Update()
 {
     displayInfo = mouseOver || selected;
     FadeText ();
 }