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NGUI for Unity

You're reading from   NGUI for Unity The NGUI plugin for Unity makes user interfaces so much more efficient and attractive. Learn all about it in this step-by-step tutorial that includes lots of practical exercises, including creating a fun 2D game.

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Published in Jan 2014
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ISBN-13 9781783558667
Length 182 pages
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Popup list


We will now learn how to create the popup list, see its parameters, and create a difficulty selector for our game.

  1. Select the Panel GameObject and create a new child with Alt + Shift + N.

  2. Rename that new child as Difficulty. It's our difficulty box container.

  3. Navigate to NGUI | Open | Widget Wizard and perform the following steps:

    1. Select Popup List as Template

    2. Select Dark as Foreground.

    3. Select Dark as Background.

    4. Select the Highlight sprite as Highlight.

  4. With our Difficulty GameObject selected, click on the Add To button.

Parameters

A Popup List GameObject has just been created. Let's look at its parameters:

  • Atlas: This is the atlas used for the popup list's sprites.

  • Font: This is the font used for the popup list's options.

  • Text Label: This is the label to update when Popup List changes selection.

  • Options: This is the list of options that will pop up—one per line.

  • Default: This is the option selected at start.

  • Position: You may force the list of options to appear Above or Below the Popup...

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