Question Button text size in % doesn't work

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+1 Any update?

 

Why do many Unity features have a gotcha. Is there no QA process at Unity at the moment?

 

+1 any update?

 

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This actually works really well. Thanks.

 

I also set the Match field to 0.5.

 

+1 This is the #1 biggest issue for me with UITK!

 

So, after seeing this thread and another about maintaining Aspect Ratio, I experimented with both and came up with a fairly solid solution - AspectRatioPanel.cs:

• Can maintain aspect ratio or allow for resizing with parent or setting the width/height as you normally would
• Let's you add a Label object
• Resizes font with parent based on Font Scale setting
• Attempts to scale border radius with the scale of the panel

I would love some feedback and improvements on the code. This was my first attempt at extending a VisualElement to this extent and learned a ton.

AspectRatioPanel.cs GitHub

[UPDATE 7/12/2023]
Added the ability to set an aspect ratio, and tie it to the parent's width or height if need be. It will resize with the parent's height or width and maintain the aspect ratio

[UPDATE 7/12/2023]
Fixed horizontal sizing with parent.

[UPDATE 7/13/2023]
I just realized I hard-coded Position properties to be "Relative". Removed.
Also, as a tip - if you want button functionality and resizable text using this:
1. Add Button component
2. Set it's text to "" (blank)
3. Add AspectRatioPanel as a child to the button
4. Uncheck "Maintain Aspect Ratio"
5. Tick "Add Label"
6. Set your text and font Scale

Done.

[UPDATE 7/16/2023]
- Fixed recursion error / warning about redrawing the component.
- Fixed widht/height settings when selecting to MaintainAspectRatio



Have a bandit day!

 

UNITY, FOR CHRIST'S SAKE, ADD THIS IN ALREADY, HOW DOES YOUR UI SYSTEM SUCK WORSE THAN ROBLOX

 

+1 for % text size support.

I found UI Toolkit was super intuitive and thought it was going to save me a lot of time, but now I have to find a workaround for text size...

 

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Can you not just like.... force the UGUI/TMP logic for it to have min max? This would seem like a mere oversight if we were still in 2021. But it's closer to 2024 and I don't know how to explain UI tools not being able to handle text.

Mainly I'm just salty that the new and better way is not necessarily better.

 

I don't know why everyone wants this? Am I missing something? All you do is set your reference resolution in the panel settings and you done.

 

You want this if you want a responsive display.

 

Like I mentioned, reference resolution is exactly the solution for a responsive display. I have my UI setup that way and it works perfectly fine.

 

It does not make sense if you want landscape and portrait orientation.

 

Fair point.

 

So, we're two years later, and this still doesn't work (among a whole other bunch of basic features)

I tried using it on a new project and love a lot about it, but I fail to see how UI Toolkit and UI Builder are anywhere but in the bare minimum alpha stage at this point (a tech demo of an idea might be a nice way of putting it), and at the snail pace Unity these days works, I'm guessing UI Toolkit won't be production ready for at least another 5 years.

 

Just one maybe relevant info regarding (rather unbelievable) fact that setting button text size in %, while promised and essential, *still* does not work:
This message seems to reveal that in Unity 2023.2-3 a substantial change in UI text "engine" is under way, what may explain why Unity has not bothered with this feature so far, and what may provide some hope for the future...well, years perhaps

 

+1 bump

 

I have a compilation error:

'StyleLength' does not contain a definition for 'Scale' and no accessible extension method 'Scale' accepting a first argument of type 'StyleLength' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

 

Love that UI Toolkit is now the default recommended UI, but still doesn't have feature parity with Canvas YEARS LATER