Reverse order LayoutGroup

Hi there,
I would like to reverse the order of the VerticalLayoutGroup. Normally of course I could just re-order the elements in the hierarchy, but I need the child items to be rendered in a specific order as there is some overlapping between the elements.
So firstly I would suggest being able to specify the order in which the elements are arranged for LayoutGroups.
As a work-around I've overridden VerticalLayoutGroup, reversing the order of the children before the call to CalculateLayoutInputHorizontal then reversing again.

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. public class ReverseVerticalLayoutGroup : VerticalLayoutGroup
3. {
4.    private void ReverseChildren()
5.    {
6.      for (var i = 1; i < transform.childCount; i++)
7.      {
8.        transform.GetChild(0).SetSiblingIndex(transform.childCount - i);
9.      }
10.    }
11.  
12.    public override void CalculateLayoutInputHorizontal()
13.    {
14.      ReverseChildren();
15.      base.CalculateLayoutInputHorizontal();
16.      ReverseChildren();
17.    }
18. }
19.  

A little clugy but it works, for anyone who has the same problem, or is there a better solution? Also not sure why I only need to do this for CalculateLayoutInputHorizontal and not CalculateLayoutInputVertical?
Thanks

 

No clue if it will work for your purposes, but have you tried flipping your VerticalLayoutGroup object 180 degrees around an axis?

 

Ah thanks that's a good idea, of course it does mean I have to rotate all the children but that's no biggy.

 

Yeah, there is that. Did that actually work for the reversed order?

 

Yes like a charm thanks

 

Posted my solution on this more recent thread: https://forum.unity.com/threads/order-of-elements-in-layout-groups.267668/