Official UI Roadmap - Q3 2020

>What about DOTS?
>You can use UI Toolkit if you're using DOTS but targeting the Unity Player.

Can I use IComponentData with UI Toolkit without going through GameObjects?

 

Hi,

Thanks for the update! I am just curious about a few items that aren't on the roadmap.

1. Particles that are attached to game objects (see #2) and also particles sorted in the UI. So attaching a particle system to a specific position on a UI Image that can move with that image if that image is animated and also be maskable in a scrollview.

2. Using 2D/3D GameObjects inside the UI that is maskable. (So you can show stuff like 3D models or 2D sprites in a store to purchase and use in-game)

Thanks!

 

Could you go into detail about the planned difference between "asset based authoring" and "component-based authoring"?

 

Hi @benoitd_unity
Thanks for the updated roadmap.
So new manual and samples are expected in mid of 2021? right

 

@benoitd_unity there is no mention of Particle System or (better) Visual Effect Graph to be integrated with UI Toolkit.
Is it far in the future?

At the moment we are sequencing visual effect graphs in empty scene to generate sprite aliases and offset then at runtime. Is this the only way to have additional effects on top of UI Toolkit?

Thank you

 

Will UI Toolkit still be semi-frequently updated with new preview fixes/features until 2021.1? I personally don't want another release of UI Toolkit and then wait for multiple months for the next version.

 

So text effects and workflows are delayed? I thought some of these will land in september or october but now i'm not sure.

 

So if I understood correctly, you'll freeze the 1.0 development when 2021.1 beta comes out but then release 1.1 preview for 2021.1? So development never really freezes and we get continuous releases? If that's the case, that sounds great! If not, well it's not too much of a bother. I'm just happy to be able to use UI toolkit for runtime now and I look forward to every little patch release! Just wish I could use it for 2020.2b3+ as that is what I'm currently using

 

Thanks for sharing this! Love love love what y'all are building.

The lack of mobile support has been crushing (i.e. total blocker). I appreciate that being a high priority. Any chance that iOS support lands earlier than full-fledged mobile?

 

1.0 && integrated into core == preview? Why must ya'll be this way? XD

 

Are you planning on moving the current 2020.2 ReorderableList from IMGUI to UI Toolkit? Can we mix this reorderable list with custom inspectors made with UI Toolkit?

Thank you!

 

As you can see in this image, the UI made with the UI toolkit lookes aliased. Is there a way to get it to look sharper before 2021.2? Also, with larger border radiuses, you can clearly see the edges/vertices of the underlying mesh; will this be fixed at some point?

 

Use an svg as mask.

I talk about it at the end of this question: https://forum.unity.com/threads/how-to-show-a-renderer-texture.832402/

 

Interesting take on it, although I will not be able to use that solution as these are procedural elements:/

 

Are TMP autosize font feature or regular best fit, text targeted for 2021.1 or are those additional text formatting properties coming in 2021.2?

 

I'm quite excited about UI Toolkit and have been using it for my Editor tools with great joy. I'm just sad & disappointed to see that world space UI is being pushed back in time so far away. I understand that you want to have a solid solution for overlay first, but isn't this something that could be done along side developing overlay UI?
If I'm not mistaken the old roadmap was to have worldspace UI available near the end of this year. But I'm just sad to see it pushed back all the way till 2022.
I don't want to be a naggy person, I mean UI Toolkit is a huge improvement on UGUI where huge is even an understatement. It is a great job so far, maybe I'm just impatient

The project I am mostly working on is 99% UI and is in VR so no overlay UI for me. It is quite a complex project too, something that could've been a lot easier if we could've used UI Toolkit. So I have been trying to replicate the behaviour of UI Toolkit using UGUI and Monobehaviours. The project demands ain't making it any easier due to lots of 'asynchronous' cancellable operations, conditions and states.

 

Second VR developer here. Also pretty sad to hear world space UI is delayed. :\

Is there a way you'd be able to get it to a rough preview state? We're very happy to use experimental and changing tech (InputSystem user since 2018). UGUI is just not performant enough for mobile VR, so we'd really like to use something better.

 

Probably been answered hundreds of times, but when's the release of 1.0?

 

I am also curious about this.

 

Will it be possible in the future to use GraphView in game view with UIDocument?
It is possible to use the system in the game view, but due to the UnityEditor namespace it isn't possible to create builds.

 

What is meant under localization package support? Is it gonna be something without async callbacks per string table every time I need to display content?

 

Unless something is "feature complete" or at least has "feature parity" please do not label it 1.0. Extremely misleading.

 

I see that the plan is to release version 1.0 with 2021.1. What is the plan for 1.0 compatibility with 2020 (LTS)? I will likely upgrade to the LTS when available and I'm wondering if I'd be able to start using the runtime UI at that time.

 

Would be nice to have a component like the canvas that does not add another drawcall that could change the render order but get affected by masks.

 

I'm not sure I understand. If I am using 2020 LTS, and I use the package manager, will I be able to use 1.0?

 

So we won't be seeing this for another year.

 

Thanks for the follow up.

 

Hi @benoitd_unity. Does DOTS Runtime support coming soon?

 

I've installed 2021.1.b2 but can't find how to create the UIDocument GameObject. The UI Toolkit seems to be embedded in this version (without the need of packages) but it doesn't work. Is this supposed to be the case or I am missing something obvious?

 

UITK runtime is not built into 2021.1b2, UIBuilder is. UITK runtime is currently not compatible with 2021, it throws a few errors when you install it or upgrade a project with it installed. I've tried it with preview 11, 12 and 13 and they all don't work. So you can only make editor stuff with it until they get it all compatible.

@benoitd_unity, @uMathieu or @JuliaP_Unity can you tell us when it will be compatible?

 

I cannot install com.unity.ui 1.0.0.-preview.10, on 2020.2f .9 and .11 are here but .10 does not exist.
Can you restore it?

 

Hey, sorry if this was asked somewhere else, I didn't see it anywhere.

Are there any plans for running UI on a separate thread(s)? e.g. if I were loading a scene and I wanted to avoid the hiccups affecting my loading screen UI (async scene load still hiccups when the scene is activated)

 

Hi, are there any plans to migrate ColorField from UnityEditor.UIElements to UnityEngine.UIElements?
It would be very helpful if the ColorPicker logic would be available per default at runtime, too.