TextMesh Pro From unity UI to TextMeshPro

Hi!

I would like to use TextMeshPro with the space shooter tutorial from unity (

)
but I can't seem to make it work.
I've created a UI Textmesh pro text and change my script:

using TMPro;

public class GameController : MonoBehaviour
{
public TextMeshPro scoreText;
void Start ()
{
scoreText = GetComponent<TextMeshPro>();
}
}

I can't seem to be able to drag the Text from the hierarchy to the script inside the inspector.
Any idea why? Am I missing a bigger piece of the puzzle?

Thank you

 

You want to use a TextMeshProUGUI object, like so:

Code (CSharp):

1. using TMPro;
2.  
3. public class GameController : MonoBehaviour
4. {
5.     public TextMeshProUGUI scoreText;
6.     void Start ()
7.     {
8.         scoreText = GetComponent<TextMeshProUGUI>();
9.     }
10. }

 

Thank you so much!

 

There are (2) TextMesh Pro components.

The first is designed to replace the TextMesh component which works with the Mesh Renderer and located in "Create - 3D Object - TextMeshPro - Text". This component is of type <TextMeshPro>. This component is great for world space use.

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. using TMPro;
3.  
4. public class Example : MonoBehaviour
5. {
6.      public TextMeshPro TextComponent;
7.  
8.      void Start()
9.      {
10.           TextComponent = GetComponent<TextMeshPro>();
11.      }
12. }

The second TextMesh Pro component is designed to replace UI.Text which works with the CanvasRenderer and Canvas system and located in "Create - UI - TextMeshPro - Text". This component is of type <TextMeshProUGUI>.

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. using TMPro;
3.  
4. public class Example : MonoBehaviour
5. {
6.      public TextMeshProUGUI TextComponent;
7.  
8.      void Start()
9.      {
10.           TextComponent = GetComponent<TextMeshProUGUI>();
11.      }
12. }

Please note that both TextMesh Pro text components inherit from <TMP_Text> which can conveniently be used when using GetComponent<TMP_Text>();

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. using TMPro;
3.  
4. public class Example : MonoBehaviour
5. {
6.      public TMP_Text TextComponent;
7.  
8.      void Start()
9.      {
10.           TextComponent = GetComponent<TMP_Text>();
11.      }
12. }

 

Any and all of these changes create the console error:

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

I have been struggling to fix this for a day now, anyone have a solution?

 

FYI:

It seems you have to have this line in the code in order to avoid the error:

scoreText = GetComponent<TextMeshProUGUI>() ?? gameObject.AddComponent<TextMeshProUGUI>();

 

If you already have a TextMesh Pro component on the object the contains the script you are using then you only need to get the component.

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. textComponent = GetComponent<TMP_Text>();
3.  

Note that both TMP text components (TextMeshPro and TextMeshProUGUI) inherit from TMP_Text so when using GetComponent, you can refer to the base type which is TMP_Text.

However, when you need to add a component, you need to specify the type which is either the <TextMeshPro> type or the <TextMeshProUGUI> depending on whether you are working with the canvas or mesh renderer.

 

Thanks, you have already answered this for me in another thread.

I removed the bellow line completely and it worked as expected:

scoreText = GetComponent<TextMeshProUGUI>() ?? gameObject.AddComponent<TextMeshProUGUI>();