Possible to create new GUILayout elements?

Unity Engine
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I was wondering if it was possible to create new UI elements which could be used with GUILayout and if so, is there any resource/guideline for doing so?

There are a few elements I want to create with varying complexity. One of the simple examples would be popups. I want to create a custom UI element for a popup that can be used with automatic layouts. Something like

GUILayout.BeginArea(the area I want my popups confined to)
foreach popup I am displaying at the moment
GUILayout.PopUp(“Title string”, “ContentString”);
GUILayout.EndArea()

The popup itself is a glorified box with some custom controls (a close button in the upper-left, and various option buttons depending on what type of popup it is along the bottom).

Is this possible? Or should I just do the math manually and use GUI. instead of GUILayout. ?

Thanks in advance for any input/advice!

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Just bumping the thread, I’m very curious about this as well.

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After digging through the docs, EventType.Layout and GUILayoutUtility.GetLastRect look promising.

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There isn’t any “user area” type of control available for you to implement your own GUI elements. However, you can sometimes do things like this by drawing a texture and getting clicks in the control rectangle with the help of GUILayoutUtility.GetLastRect.