Unity UI components

Before we begin with the creation of our own main menu, we have to get in shape and learn all about the UI components that Unity3D provides.

We will learn how to use the following components:

• The Canvas
• Image
• Text
• Button
• Slider

Canvas

The Canvas is the most important object of the UI because it is the GameObject in charge of showing the UI. Every UI object that we want to show has to be a child of the Canvas object. We can have more than one canvas per scene.

If you want to follow the chapter with the editor, we will find the options menu canvas on the following:

• The MenuCanvases in the Hierarchy of the Level 1 or Level 2 scene, on the 3D Game Kit
• The OptionsCanvas in the Hierarchy of the UIMenus scene...