Scroll View as Chat window?

Unity Engine
1

Would you use Scroll views as a chat window or would you use something else? Also is there a way to only limit it to scroll up and down?

2

You can limit a ScrollView to scroll only up and down by limiting the view rectangle so that it is never wider than the ScrollView rectangle.

This might make a good chat window, but it would depend on exactly how you want the chat to work. Have a look at this post for a suggestion about how to scroll the text.

3

I was gonna try to use a TextArea to but theres realy no way to scroll it. Heres what i got so far if you wana take a look at it. Im gonna look at the stuff within it to see if theres any way to scroll it.

		Vector2 Cpos = Vector2.zero;
		Cpos = GUI.BeginScrollView(new Rect(6,20,285,150),Cpos,new Rect(6,20,275,250));
		MsgString = GUI.TextArea(new Rect(6,20,260,300),MsgString);
		GUI.EndScrollView();
4

well if i use scrollto function before the endscrollview then it scrolls to the buttom but for some reason i can use the scroll bars its not letting me move them.

5

I know this is a little off topic but for some reason i cant edit a password field nor a text field im gonna assume. I am puting the chat in 1 window and the password ffield in another. I followed the script reference. Is anyone else having these problems?

6

Do you mean that when you try to edit the text, nothing happens? If so, check that you are assigning the string returned by the GUI function to a variable and also passing that same variable into the function:-

var text: String;

function OnGUI() {
    text = GUI.TextField(textRect, text);
}

You also need to feed the return value back like this when using scrollviews, sliders, etc.

7

i had the string in the actual function instead of outside thats why it wouldnt let me edit it.