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Can we have the standard material behavior in UI componets? [suggestion]

Discussion in 'UGUI & TextMesh Pro' started by IntDev, Aug 31, 2014.

  1. IntDev

    IntDev

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    With 3d objects and 2d sprites we just drag/drop the material in the Inspector and it is applied to the object:

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    But in UI components we have to apply it to a property in the Image component. Why can't we just apply it to the entire object even if it's not a Image?

    Why we don't have the same standard to UI components?

    Also would be nice access it material via .renderer.sharedMaterial.

    This sounds more flexibe and unity-standardized (I may be wrong). Well, just a suggestion.
     
    IntDev, Aug 31, 2014
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  2. Tim-C

    Tim-C

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    It's something that would be nice to add (we already have a feature request for it) but right now it's lower priority then fixing bugs :)
     
    Tim-C, Sep 2, 2014
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  3. IntDev

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    Good! :D
     
    IntDev, Sep 2, 2014
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