Trying to set a bool variable on a prefab button

Unity Engine
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EDIT: I solved it! Feel free to ignore. Solution in replies if you’re curious.

Guys, I’m so close. I’m SO close. All I want to do is set a toggle to true when a button is clicked without using on the button’s native OnClick() method.

  1. The standard TMP buttons don’t work for what I need so I’m trying to control them via script.
  2. I have a prefab button that I instantiate two dozen times for the scene.
  3. I can’t for reasons rely on the standard TMP button “selected” status or other related code.

On the prefab, I’ve linked a very simple script just to store the toggle variable that seems like it’s copying onto the cloned buttons correctly:

public class ButtonToggle : MonoBehaviour
{
    public bool isSelected;
   
    private void Start()
    {
        isSelected = false;
          
    }
}

In my game management script, I apply a listener when each button is instantiated (the method is called in a for loop with some other things going on):

public void InstantiateRightsButton()
    {
        //Create a button
        instantiatedRightsButton = Instantiate(rightsButton, new Vector3(0, 0, 0), rightsButton.transform.rotation);

        //Put it in the Canvas object as a child
        instantiatedRightsButton.transform.SetParent(GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("Canvas").transform, false);
 
        //Store the button in a list so you can reference it later
        rightsButtonList.Add(instantiatedRightsButton);

        //Give it a listener
        instantiatedRightsButton.GetComponent<Button>().onClick.AddListener(ToggleButtonStatus);

The listener points to a simple ToggleButtonStatus method that half works. The Debug.Log shows as expected on button click. The toggle stays false.

public GameObject buttonToggleManager; //linked in the inspector to my Button Toggle Manager GO and Button Toggle script.

public void ToggleButtonStatus()
    {
        buttonToggleManager.GetComponent<ButtonToggle>().isSelected = true;
        Debug.Log("I have clicked you.");

    }

I’m pretty sure I’m missing something stupid.

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I was missing something stupid. I wasn’t being specific enough about which button needed to have isSelected updated. This code fixed it:

public void ToggleButtonStatus()
    {
        UnityEngine.EventSystems.EventSystem.current.currentSelectedGameObject.GetComponent<ButtonToggle>().isSelected = true;


    }