Question How to get currently focused element?

So, how to get currently focused element?

 

I needed this too recently and couldn't find a simple way, but this seems to work:

Code (CSharp):

1. public static Focusable getFocusedElement()
2. {
3.     EventSystem eventSystem = EventSystem.current;
4.     if (eventSystem == null)
5.     {
6.         return null;
7.     }
8.  
9.     GameObject selectedGameObject = eventSystem.currentSelectedGameObject;
10.     if (selectedGameObject == null)
11.     {
12.         return null;
13.     }
14.    
15.     PanelEventHandler panelEventHandler = selectedGameObject.GetComponent<PanelEventHandler>();
16.     if (panelEventHandler != null)
17.     {
18.         return panelEventHandler.panel.focusController.focusedElement;
19.     }
20.  
21.     return null;
22. }

 

Thanks, that’s neat!

 

Another possibility is to register a callback to the

FocusInEvent

.
(tested with Unity version 2022.3.2f1)

Example for a

Button

:

Code (CSharp):

1. Button aButton = SomeButton
2. aButton.RegisterCallback<FocusInEvent, Button>(OnListElementFocus, button);
3.  
4. void OnListElementFocus(FocusInEvent focusInEvent, Button button)
5. {
6.     Debug.Log($"focused element: {button.text}");
7. }

Here is the Unity manual page that I found helpful in this regard: https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/UIE-Events-Handling.html