Unity UI TextMeshProUGUI updates outside of play mode instead of during play mode

Hi

I am having trouble with Unity's UI input field script and having my function update the text of my UI during play mode.

- In the input field I have set a call to my function (checkInput) to trigger upon the user changing the value of the input field. In that function there is a check to see if the user inputted a value outside of the specified range. If the value is outside the range, its supposed to send a message in my UI so the user can see.

The problem is the change occurs AFTER I exit play mode, not during. I'm not sure why I'm getting this behavior. Any insight would be really appreciated.



Here is a snippet of my function.

- the "public TextMeshProUGUI errorMsg;" has a reference to a Text UI prefab that has been placed in my hierarchy view.

- when the user enters a bad value it should change my Text UI to say BAD ARM. However this occurs after I exit out of play mode.

>> is there some interaction with the input-field's "on value changed" and setting the value of a text element that I'm not doing correctly?

Code (CSharp):

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2.  
3.  
4. public TextMeshProUGUI errorMsg;
5.  
6.     public void checkInput()
7.     {
8.         if (GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("inputArm"))
9.         {
10.             Debug.Log("INPUT ARM");
11.             InputField val = GetComponent<InputField>();
12.             int a = int.Parse(val.text);
13.  
14.             if(a > Max || a < Min)
15.             {
16.                 Debug.Log("Value must between -10 and 10");
17.                 errorMsg.text = "BAD ARM";
18.  
19.             }
20.         }
21. }

 

Never mind I figured out my issue. It has to do with how prefabs are updated in the project view vs the hierarchy view nothing to do with the code.