Set Text of Input Field?

Tiles · September 23, 2014, 11:54am

I can read the content of an Input Field.

mystring.text=inputfield.text.text;

But i need to change the content of the input field. And this one does not work. It doesn’t give a warning, but simply refuses to set the text:

inputfield.text.text=mystring.text;

Is it even possible to change the text of the input field?

phil-Unity · September 23, 2014, 12:53pm

inputfield.value is what you want to look at. The text.text will not be the full value of the input field but only the visible portion

Tiles · September 23, 2014, 12:56pm

Many thanks, works like charm

Tiles · September 23, 2014, 1:05pm

Hm, nope, I get an error now from time to time:

System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Argument is out of range.
Parameter name: index
  at System.Collections.Generic.List`1[UnityEngine.UICharInfo].get_Item (Int32 index) [0x0000c] in /Users/builduser/buildslave/mono-runtime-and-classlibs/build/mcs/class/corlib/System.Collections.Generic/List.cs:633
  at UnityEngine.UI.InputField.CalculateTextVisibility (UnityEngine.TextGenerator result, System.Int32& newDrawStart, System.Int32& newDrawEnd) [0x001f5] in C:\BuildAgent\work\d63dfc6385190b60\Extensions\guisystem\guisystem\UI\Core\InputField.cs:1261
  at UnityEngine.UI.InputField.UpdateLabel () [0x00121] in C:\BuildAgent\work\d63dfc6385190b60\Extensions\guisystem\guisystem\UI\Core\InputField.cs:1074
  at UnityEngine.UI.InputField.DeactivateInputField () [0x0005f] in C:\BuildAgent\work\d63dfc6385190b60\Extensions\guisystem\guisystem\UI\Core\InputField.cs:1638
  at UnityEngine.UI.InputField.OnDeselect (UnityEngine.EventSystems.BaseEventData eventData) [0x00007] in C:\BuildAgent\work\d63dfc6385190b60\Extensions\guisystem\guisystem\UI\Core\InputField.cs:1650
  at UnityEngine.EventSystems.ExecuteEvents.Execute (IDeselectHandler handler, UnityEngine.EventSystems.BaseEventData eventData) [0x00000] in C:\BuildAgent\work\d63dfc6385190b60\Extensions\guisystem\guisystem\EventSystem\ExecuteEvents.cs:108
  at UnityEngine.EventSystems.ExecuteEvents.Execute[IDeselectHandler] (UnityEngine.GameObject target, UnityEngine.EventSystems.BaseEventData eventData, UnityEngine.EventSystems.EventFunction`1 functor) [0x00087] in C:\BuildAgent\work\d63dfc6385190b60\Extensions\guisystem\guisystem\EventSystem\ExecuteEvents.cs:257
UnityEngine.EventSystems.EventSystem:Update()

phil-Unity · September 23, 2014, 1:12pm

Then thats a bug, could you submit your project that causes this.

Tiles · September 23, 2014, 1:16pm

Yes, looks like a bug. Will have a look to reproduce it in an example file. The current project is already a bit too big to be useful for a bug case.

Please give me a few hours to sort things. I’ll submit it then, and will place the case number in this thread.

Tiles · September 24, 2014, 7:38am

I have reduced the problem to a small example file. The cause seems to be the character limit. I have submitted the problem as a bug report yesterday. But didn’t receive a message from QA yet what bug number it is. So just in case, here comes the dataset as an attachment too. The example project and a screenshot.

Load the project, run the app, in the input field type in a value that is above the character limit of the input field, and you will get a out of range exception when you hit enter.

1785765–113572–ArgumentOutOfRangeException.zip (175 KB)

phil-Unity · September 24, 2014, 1:46pm

perfect that helps alot

Tiles · September 25, 2014, 6:35pm

Hm, seems that the bug didn’t made it into the tracker. Two days gone, no confirmation mail. Should i resubmit the bug report? Or is this thread here enough?

phil-Unity · September 25, 2014, 7:55pm

id like to think this thread is enough, but i have a bad feeling i’ll forget about it in amongst the rest of the work being done.

Tiles · September 26, 2014, 6:40am

Thanks Phil,

I’ll resubmit it

EDIT, done. case number http://fogbugz.unity3d.com/default.asp?635790_l4h5jlf0f0avnt3s

Qwolf · February 1, 2015, 10:54am

I can’t seem to get GetComponent().value to work? Any Ideas?

Shadowing · February 2, 2015, 12:00am

Send me a message if you ever figure this out. Been trying to figure this out for days now

LunaticEdit · February 2, 2015, 12:03am

Wouldn’t it make more sense to hook into the OnValueChange event?

Shadowing · February 2, 2015, 12:32am

isn’t onvaluechange event only when the value is being changed? The problem im having is I can’t even select it to change it

LunaticEdit · February 2, 2015, 12:47am

You mean you can’t even see text? Make sure you add a Layout Element and set a MinHeight to something high enough to prevent the text object from clipping.

Shadowing · February 2, 2015, 1:23am

When I click on user name there is no carrot blinking can’t type in it.
Just keeps the placeholder

LunaticEdit · February 2, 2015, 1:27am

What is that “input manager” component?

Shadowing · February 2, 2015, 1:30am

empty script. I added it cause was trying to activate the text field to make it selectable lol

LunaticEdit · February 2, 2015, 1:32am

I hate to cross-promote, but maybe use some UI wrapper library that handles the crazy for you?

I noticed your Pos Y is -300, is this expected? Also check the design tab and make sure the text field and its children are where you think they are. Sometimes you’ll see they have a height of 0, or are way out in lala land outside the camera.