Interaction Between UIButton and stored data

hello.

i'm creating an inventory system for my game.

i have a Slot Class that is a class where every single slot information are stored.

as follow

Code (CSharp):

1. public class Slots
2. {
3.     public string ItemID  {get; private set;}
4.  
5.     public EBagCategory Category { get; private set;}
6.  
7.     public Sprite Icon { get; private set;}
8.    
9.  
10.     public GameObject ItemModel { get; private set;}
11.  
12.     public string ItemDescription {get; private set;}
13.  
14.     public Slots(
15.         string in_itemID,
16.         EBagCategory in_bagCategory,
17.         Sprite in_sprite,
18.         GameObject in_modelObject,
19.         string in_description
20.     )
21.     {
22.         ItemID = in_itemID;
23.         Category = in_bagCategory;
24.         Icon = in_sprite;
25.         ItemModel = in_modelObject;
26.         ItemDescription = in_description;
27.     }
28.  
29. }

what i'm wondering is... when for example slot one is highlighted, i need to get the item description to show on the item description box, i'm wondering on which is the best way to achieve this.

i'm doing this because if i create a List<Slot> i can also sort by category, name.. etc... but i'm wondering in which way is the better way to create the interaction with the UIButton.

any advice?

 

Create a function with and

int

parameter, then attach this function to every button in the inventory.
make an array to collect the items description.
when you attach the function to a button, an integer parameter will appear, type the number that represents the array index.
your fuction should be like this:

Code (CSharp):

1. public string[] itemDescription;
2. public text descriptionBox;
3.  
4. public void showDescription(int index) {
5. //write your function here, maybe something like this
6. descriptionBox.text = itemDescription[index];
7. }

*I assumed that your description is a text.

 

thank's you for your reply!

is similar to something that i saw in some tutorial...
i should create an Monobehaviour script to attach to every single Slot then call a function from there when a button is trigged, is this the best way?

and in the Event System input module there is only "Submit" and "Cancel" but on my inventory i need also that when a (for Example) Y button on the xbox controller is pressed, the item detail popup will showed,.

i thought that to achieve this i should get if a button is trigget, then check which button is selected (Event system will help on it with the focused object ) and get the Item from there, is this the only waiy?