Question How to Ignore a TextField an allow input through to TextField behind.

Hello, please don't ask me why, but I have several TextFields stacked exactly on top of each other. I want to control which TextField the user can interact with via script. I don't want to reorder them in the hierarchy. (Note: there is a separate controller that will allow the user to select which TextField is currently editable.)

Currently I'm having not luck as the top-most TextField blocks being able to interact with the below TextField.

Here is some code that I have tried:

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. if (count > 1 && elementPosition < count)
3.             {
4.  
5.                 empty.Children().ToList().ForEach(element =>
6.                     {
7.                         element.Q<TextField>("TextBoxTextField").pickingMode = PickingMode.Ignore;
8.                         element.Q<TextField>("TextBoxTextField").focusable = false;
9.                         element.Q<TextField>("TextBoxTextField").SetEnabled(false);
10.                      }
11.  
12.                 empty.ElementAt(elementPosition).Q<TextField>("TextBoxTextField").pickingMode = PickingMode.Position;
13.                 empty.ElementAt(elementPosition).Q<TextField>("TextBoxTextField").focusable = true;
14.                 empty.ElementAt(elementPosition).Q<TextField>("TextBoxTextField").SetEnabled(true);
15.                 empty.ElementAt(elementPosition).Q<TextField>("TextBoxTextField").Focus();
16.             }
17.  

Any help is appreciated!

 

Nevermind. I realized I had a parent of each TextField with picking mode set to position. With that said, to disable each of my TextFields and allow passing through of a mouse click, this is the code:

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. empty.Children().ToList().ForEach(element =>
3.                     {
4.                         if (element.Q<TextField>(name: "TextBoxTextField") is { } textBoxField)
5.                         {
6.                             textBoxField.pickingMode = PickingMode.Ignore;
7.  
8.                             if (textBoxField.Q(name: "unity-text-input") is { } element1)
9.                             {
10.                                 element1.pickingMode = PickingMode.Ignore;
11.                                 if (element1.Q().ElementAt(0) is { } element2)
12.                                 {
13.                                     element2.pickingMode = PickingMode.Ignore;
14.                                     if (element2.Q().ElementAt(0) is { } element3)
15.                                     {
16.                                         element3.pickingMode = PickingMode.Ignore;
17.                                     }
18.                                 }
19.                             }
20.  
21.                         }
22.                     });
23.  

As you can see, it is still necessary for change picking mode to ignore for the TextField and each of 3 children below it. Then I enable it back for the TextField that I want the user to be able to interact with.