Eventsystem.current.currentlyselectedobject Not Working For Image

Hey all,

I seem to have a problem trying to detect a click on a UI image.

On the image itself, I added an 'EventTigger', added the 'PointerClick' event type, attached my script but I keep getting "NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object"

I took a look on Google before coming to make a post and everything I found didn't work. It seems no matter what I try, I keep getting null.

Am I missing something super obvious? Below is the code I am using to detect the click.

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. public void ToggleOption()
3.     {
4.         Debug.Log(EventSystem.current.currentSelectedGameObject.name);
5.     }
6.  

As you can see, its very basic. I've also attached a screenshot of the image and the canvas so you can see the settings.

 

NullReferenceException means you are trying to use a variable that doesn't have a valid value. In this case, I would guess that currentSelectedGameObject is probably null.

I'm not sure if EventTrigger is considered selectable. You might consider using a Button instead.

You should definitely add some code that checks whether currentSelectedGameObject is null before you try to access its name.

 

The ui object needs to be interactable like a button what @Antistone said. Only raycasting options on the image wont make them selectable, only blocking raycasts.

 

Ah, no worries. Guess that's what I'll have to do!

Thanks for the answers!

 

https://stackoverflow.com/a/39150616
I found this on stack overflow, by using this we can get the gameobject the mouse is currently pointing