Referencing a prefab button

I am passing a prefab of a button in my script, but I cant reference the button. I am getting the

I tried to use goButton.GetComponent<Button>() but it gives me the same error.

Code (CSharp):

1. public class GameManager : MonoBehaviour
2. {
3.  
4.     public int numberOfLetters;
5.     public GameObject buttonPrefab;
6.     // Start is called before the first frame update
7.     void Start()
8.     {
9.         GameObject.Find("GameCanvas").GetComponent<UnityEngine.Canvas>();
10.         GameObject panel = GameObject.Find("Panel").gameObject;
11.  
12.         GameObject goButton = Instantiate(buttonPrefab, panel.transform) as GameObject;//, new Vector3 (0,0,0), Quaternion.identity) as GameObject;
13.  
14.         TMPro.TextMeshProUGUI tmptxt = goButton.GetComponentInChildren<TMPro.TextMeshProUGUI>();
15.  
16.      
17.         Transform t = panel.transform.Find("btnLetters(Clone)").GetComponentInChildren<Transform>();
18.    
19.         tmptxt.text = "B";
20.  
21.  
22.         goButton.transform.localPosition = new Vector3(-50, -200, 0);
23.  
24.         t.GetComponent<Button>().clicked += () => PressButton(tmptxt.text);
25.      
26.  
27.     }

 

Sounds like you have your own class called Button.

Fix it by either renaming your class, or putting something like this at the top of the file:

using Button = UnityEngine.UI.Button;

 

Thanks for the reply. I have only one script and do not have any Button class defined. Adding the line you suggested did not fix it, and now i have more errors besides the first one.

 

Huh, I changed the

to

So if i never created a Button class, how is it that it is there?

 

isn't PraetorBlue want you to do this?

Code (CSharp):

1. t.GetComponent<UnityEngine.UI.Button>().onClick.AddListener(delegate { PressButton(str);});

 

Yeah Putcho, I figured it out as well, but I am confused as to why is there two Button classes in my project? I am using the TMP button, could that be causing issues?

 

TMP using unity's standard Button with TMP text as a child.

it can be some assets from assets store or 3. party plugins, you didn't show using at the top of your class so I can't tell, but there are 4 namespaces from UnityEngine that has it own Button Class

using static UnityEngine.InputSystem.HID.HID;
using static UnityEngine.Rendering.DebugUI;
using UnityEngine.UI;
using UnityEngine.UIElements; <------ I think your class using this one by default