Getting KB focus off the GUI TextField...

I looked around for this, and I mentioned it here: http://forum.unity3d.com/viewtopic.php?t=7618

I thought I'd better start this on its own thread and ask properly.

I have code which uses a TextField and a confirmation button to enter data.

The thing is, players enter that right in the main gameplay window, and I need the wasd keys to control the game after confirmation without also printing "aaassddd" in the TextField as it does now.

My solution was to turn the TextField into a Label after the data was entered, which is fine, but for the future I'd like to know how to properly switch focus off the GUI.

I found the options for setting some focus behaviour, but not for specifically taking KB focus off the GUI. I might be missing something dumb... That usually seems to be the case. ;-)

If someone could tell me the proper way to do this that would be great, and if there is no way, consider it a request!

Thanks,
-Jeremy

 

hey man, this is totally untested, but how about calling this after you're done?

Code (csharp):

1. GUI.FocusControl("");

Or, failing that, using

Code (csharp):

1. GUI.enabled = false;
2. //annoying textfield here
3. GUI.enabled = true;

as the manual says re GUI.Enabled:

Any good?

 

Hey Shaun, thanks. I missed this when they moved it to the GUI section. ;-)

I will try the focus control trick, but I don't want to be disabling the GUI as I need other controls to respond at runtime. My fix was to just flip a label in it's place, which works fine.

Wanted to make sure I wan't missing something. Thanks a lot Shaun. ;-)

-Jeremy

 

You'll just be disabling that control, not the whole GUI

Give it a go and see if it works out your problem. HTH