Modify Built-In Class Variables Get/Set functions

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1

Hello,

I was wondering whether it might be possible to change the Get/Set functions of variables of built-in unity classes. More precisely I want to change the get/set properties of Text components to easily implement language localisation.

If I go to the declaration of the Text component I get the following:

using System;

namespace UnityEngine.UI
{
	[AddComponentMenu ("UI/Text", 10)]
	public class Text : MaskableGraphic, ILayoutElement
	{
		public virtual string text {
			get;
			set;
		}

So the way I see it, I should be able to modify the get part to smth like this:

get{LocalizationScript.Localize(value)}

But practically Visual Studio does not let me edit those variables. Therefore I was wondering if someone has any suggestions on how to do that (I would like to avoid Extension Methods).

Thanks, Fred

2

Since the property is virtual, you can override it in a class that derives Text:

using UnityEngine.UI;
    
public class LocalizedText : Text {
    public override string text {
        get { return LocalizationScript.Localize(base.text); }
        set { base.text = value; }
}