Return Object to Original Position after it's Disabled

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I have a parent object (Extras Container) with multiple child objects:
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Whenever I press a button, one of the objects is enabled. Only one object can be visible at the same time. Whenever an object is enabled, I can select it and move it around with my mouse.

What I want is whenever I switch between objects, the new object takes the place of the former object (which is currently how it works). But also, when there are NO objects enabled, and I enable an object again, I want it’s position to return to it’s original position where it started.

So, when I switch between “currentObject,” the position stays the same between them. But when no objects are enabled, and I enable the object again through button press, the “currentObject” returns to its “originalPosition.”

Thanks to @unity_ek98vnTRplGj8Q who helped me with this code, which is how things are set up:

	public GameObject extrasContainer;
	private GameObject currentObject;
	private GameObject[] childrenObjects;
	public Vector3 originalPos;

	public void Start()
	{
		foreach (Transform t in extrasContainer.GetComponentsInChildren<Transform>(true))
		{
			if (t.gameObject.activeSelf && t.parent == extrasContainer.transform) currentObject = t.gameObject; //Save whichever one you have activated at the start
			t.gameObject.SetActive(true);
		}

		childrenObjects = new GameObject[extrasContainer.transform.childCount];
		foreach (Transform t in extrasContainer.GetComponentsInChildren<Transform>(true))
		{
			if (t.parent == extrasContainer.transform) childrenObjects[t.GetSiblingIndex()] = t.gameObject;
		}

		foreach (Transform t in extrasContainer.GetComponentsInChildren<Transform>(true))
		{
			if (t.gameObject != currentObject)
			{
				if (t.parent == extrasContainer.transform) t.gameObject.SetActive(false);
			}
		}
	}


//HOOKED UP TO BUTTON
	public void ChooseObject(int index)
	{
		if (index < extrasContainer.transform.childCount)
		{
			GameObject newObject = childrenObjects[index].gameObject;
			if (newObject != currentObject)
			{
				if (currentObject != null) currentObject.SetActive(false);
				newObject.SetActive(true);
				currentObject = newObject;
				currentText.text = currentObject.name;
			}
			else
			{
				currentObject.SetActive(false);
				currentObject = null;
			}
		}
	}

I tried using:

currentObject.transform.position = originalPos;

In the else statement before the currentObject is disabled, but it doesn’t work correctly.

2

Instead of doing it on disable, try doing all the logic explicitly when you enable.

if (newObject != currentObject) {
    
    newObject.SetActive(true);

    if (currentObject != null) {
        newObject.transform.position = currentObject.transform.position;
        currentObject.SetActive (false);
    }
    else{
        newObject.transform.position = originalPos;
    }

    currentObject = newObject;
    currentText.text = currentObject.name;
}