using UnityEngine.UI not working

So recently I've had this problem where I enter using UnityEngine.UI, VS doesn't recognize it. It doesn't spark an error for unity, so I've ignored it and all my scripts have worked fine. But now everything is getting cluttered up and it's hard to see the actual errors. Does anyone know how to fix this?

 

This may help you with intellisense and possibly other Visual Studio integration problems:

Sometimes the fix is as simple as doing Assets -> Open C# Project from Unity. Other times it requires more.

https://forum.unity.com/threads/intellisense-not-working-with-visual-studio-fix.836599/

Also, try update the VSCode package inside of Unity: Window -> Package Manager -> Search for Visual Studio Code Editor -> Press the Update button

Also, this: https://forum.unity.com/threads/no-suggestions-in-vscode.955197/#post-6227874

(Edited 7/24/2021 with my latest blurb)

 

@Kurt-Dekker , I have seen that post before. In fact, I had actually used it to fix my Intellisense a while back when it gave me suggestions for weird things like Cryptography. It still won't work.

 

Sorry to hear that. Well, if you find a link that works, please come back here and update this post... I'll grab it because I see this question about twice a week. Perhaps someone from Unity can chime in here with additional guidance?

Another thing to try is from Unity, Assets -> Open C# Project, as that retriggers fresh .csproj cruft file generation. Close VS first though.

 

That didn't work either :/ Hopefully someone else has a solution.

 

I know this is an older forum but I finally figured this out myself. I was using VS Code, as had the same issue where UnityEngine.UI wasn't working. This is what fixed it for me:
1) Switch from VS Code to VS Community as script editor
2) Regenerate .csproj files
3) Open a script to see if the issues are fixed. You can keep using Community or to switch back to VS Code do as follows
4) If the scripts work, repeat the process of switching editor and regenerating .csproj files but with VS Code
5) Should now be fine
When I reopened my scripts in VS Code, the errors reappeared but the scripts still worked fine. The number of errors actually doubled. However, it worked, so I'm not to fussed. Hope this works for you.

 

I actually uninstalled unity and visual studio and unity hub (basically everything related to unity) and now my game is working just fine with the UI

 

Logged in merely to say thank you. This worked perfectly!

 

This worked for me. Huge thanks!!!

 

This worked for me too, thanks m8.

 

hmmm it came back

 

Unity / VS may do this every time you add a new file.

Or maybe just because it's time to flake out again.

But all the steps above should still fix. If they don't, I got nothing more; maybe someone else does?

(See my updated post refreshed today)

 

I have the same problem

 

Insted of:

using Unity.UI; try this: using UnityEngine.UI;

 

Literally no one in this thread was using Unity.UI

 

If all else failed, try this.

1) Switch to VS Community under External Script Editor.
2) Regenerate project files
3) Switch back to VS Code.
4) DON'T regenerate project files.
5) Restart everything.

 

Many thanks to you, After I tried all those replies in "unity forum" and "stackoverflow", Only you helped me!

 

Yup, this also worked for me!
You must have gone real desperate to find this out yourself. Thanks man

 

Thank you very much, it still works!

 

Thank you Sir, It's Helped to me