Why doesn't deactivate and activate work, is this because of Canvas

Unity Engine
1

I’ll explaine my problem:
I’f got an object on a plane and an object in a canvas. It should be that when I press a key on the keyboard that the object A is going to be deactivated and the object B be activated, this works fine, but when I wan’t to change it back to object A to be activated and object B to be deactivated this doesn’t work?
It should be so simple but it seams that it doesn’t, is this because of the canvas?

Object A is on the plane and object B is on the Canvas.

This is my script:

if (Input.GetKeyDown (KeyCode.A) && A == true)
        {
            A.SetActive (false);
            B.SetActive (true);
        }
        if (Input.GetKeyDown (KeyCode.A) && A != true) // or A == false, even tried B == true
        {
            A.SetActive (true);
            B.SetActive (false);
        }
2

A == true does not mean A is active, rather A exists and has not been destroyed.
You’re looking for A.activeSelf or A.activeInHierarchy.

3

Tried both of them but seams to be the same problem.

4

You probably want an else if statement in there or otherwise rearrange your logic to not run both cases in one go.

5

You’re checking to see if A is active, turning it off, and then immediately checking if it’s inactive and turning it back on again.

6

I tried an else if statement, but then when pressing the key on the keyboard the object gets back.

maybe that should be the problem, how can I fix this. I do need to use the same key A to switch back.

7

Stop doing it :slight_smile:

If it’s just a toggle:

if (Input.GetKey(....))
{
    A.SetActive(!A.activeSelf);
    B.SetActive(!B.activeSelf);
}
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8

No way…
Couldn’t found out that one.
This really works, thanks a lot KelsoMRK, you are awsome. :slight_smile: