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UI Elements at Runtime for Game UI?

Discussion in 'UI Toolkit' started by Claytonious, Nov 2, 2018.

  1. Claytonious

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    Is the plan to offer UI Elements as an option for in-game UI instead of only for editor tooling? If so, what is the roadmap for that and when/how might we be able to start playing with it so we can do some benchmarking, planning, and assessment to decide if we might want to start migrating away from the (painfully slow) uGUI/Canvas stuff in the future?

    Thanks!
     
    Claytonious, Nov 2, 2018
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  2. uDamian

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    There is indeed a plan to have UIElements running in-game. We'll have a preview of that sometime in 2019. However, the focus right now (for 2019.1) is running UIE in the Editor only.
     
    uDamian, Nov 5, 2018
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  3. TJHeuvel-net

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    @uDamian Is it the aim that UIElements supersedes the current UI system, e.g. the one on bitbucket? Will that be eventually deprecated in favour of this system, or do they co-exist like OnGUI and UGUI right now.
     
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    TJHeuvel-net, Nov 6, 2018
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  4. uDamian

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    Not sure which UI system you're referring to here.

    Eventually, when we're ready and it makes sense, UIElements will indeed replace IMGUI and uGui. But that won't happen for a long time. Until then, UIElements will co-exist with the existing frameworks.
     
    uDamian, Nov 6, 2018
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    TJHeuvel-net, Nov 6, 2018
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  6. uDamian

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    uDamian, Nov 7, 2018
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  7. Baste

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    Nope, it's got the entire source for uGUI. For example, here's Button.

    Sadly, it's pretty outdated, as it's not been updated since February this year.
     
    Baste, Nov 9, 2018
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  8. benoitd_unity

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    Yes but pretty soon, uGUI will ship as a Core Package with Unity. This means you'll be able to embed it in your project and override if needed.
     
    benoitd_unity, Nov 12, 2018
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  9. Danarchy

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    Bump? Unity Docs have little to no info about getting started w/ UIElements in runtime... Is there a window object we can get a reference to and treat as 'panel' (or root element)?
     
    Danarchy, Sep 29, 2019
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  10. Danarchy

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    Oops; just answered my own question. GameObject > UI > Panel
     
    Danarchy, Sep 29, 2019
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  11. Mauri

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    See the roadmap .pdf file from this thread: https://forum.unity.com/threads/ui-roadmap.735338/

    An "early preview of using UIElements to create simple UI for games and applications" is planned for 2019.3, with an out-of-preview/verified package being slated for 2020.3. Right now, UIElements are Editor-only for creating Editor windows and custom inspectors.
     
    Mauri, Sep 29, 2019
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