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How to show bindings in button text?

Discussion in 'Input System' started by canberk07, Nov 22, 2019.

  1. canberk07

    canberk07

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    Hello everyone,

    I was looking for a way to read binding paths in script so I can show them as string in a button text (later I will try to make it controls rebinding menu). Sorry if what I say doesn't make sense, .I am a beginner in game development still trying to learn lots of things. I looked through the documentation for new input system but couldn't quite understand :) Thanks.
     
    canberk07, Nov 22, 2019
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  2. joeconstable97

    joeconstable97

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    I too am looking for a way to do this.
     
    joeconstable97, Nov 26, 2019
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  3. Rene-Damm

    Rene-Damm

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    Stay tuned. We should have an improvement here shortly. Many users have struggled with this and rather than trying to explain at length how to do this with the current API and how to avoid the many pitfalls, I figured it's a hole that better be plugged now by just providing a simple wrapper API that requires little explanation.
     
    Rene-Damm, Nov 27, 2019
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  4. robinfischerinnogames

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    robinfischerinnogames, Apr 9, 2021
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  5. canberk07

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    Thank you.
     
    canberk07, Apr 23, 2021
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  6. tobias_froihofer

    tobias_froihofer

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    I have created an asset (available in the asset store) which provides button prefabs for easy rebinding behaviour: https://forum.unity.com/threads/rel...meshpro-easily-display-your-bindings.1253292/

    The tool also allows you to display input bindings in textmesh pro texts by using the TMPro style tag. You can display a sprite for an action of an action map by typing <style=NameOfActionMap/NameOfAction> into a text field. This way you can have your bindings displayed in the same line as other text and don't have to mess around with positioning of text and sprites in your UI. Whenever the PlayerInput component detects a change to the active device (via the controls changed event), the displayed sprites will get updated to show sprites for keyboard or gamepads (XBox, PS or NS Pro)
     
    tobias_froihofer, Apr 14, 2022
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