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Bug Layout not updating when TMP Input Field under a layout group is modified

Discussion in 'UGUI & TextMesh Pro' started by ville-ps, May 31, 2021.

  1. ville-ps

    ville-ps

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    Unity 2021.1.7f1, TMP 3.0.6
    Should be reproable in other Unity versions too

    Repro:
    1. Add a TMP Input Field to a scene
    2. Move it under a parent object that has a HorizontalLayoutGroup
    3. Enable only the "Control Child Size: Width" option
    4. Edit the text in the input field
    What I expect: The width of the input field rect transform increases to match the preferred width driven by the parent layout group
    What happened: The width stays the same and only updates if the parent layout group is updated by e.g. deactivating and activating it

    I investigated the source code of TMP_InputField and found the cause to be a failure to call LayoutRebuilder.MarkLayoutForRebuild in Scripts\Runtime\TMP_InputField.cs:3253 if the game object does not have a ILayoutController component attached. In reality the parent controller should also be taken into account. m_IsDrivenByLayoutComponents seems like an unnecessary optimization that causes this bug as MarkLayoutForRebuild is already optimized internally.
     
    ville-ps, May 31, 2021
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