UIInput for TextArea

[kenshin]

Hi,

I need a textarea that allow the user to add many lines of thext in the single text input area.
Is there a way to extend UIInput widget to accept new-line/breack-line character fron the user input?

I am pretty sure that this is a usefull improvement for our beauty NGUI!

Thanks
Kenshin

[ArenMook]

The submit key is specified on the UICamera, you can change it if you want.

[kenshin]

I have tried replacing "return" in "Submit key 0" but nothing change... if I beat on return key I haven't any new line in the text area.

I am doing something wrong or is just a little bug?

[ArenMook]

I will release 2.1.3 shortly, and it should work there.

[kenshin]

I have update and is a little bit better: now submit key works but I can't find any way to write some text on multi-line (for example clocking shift+return to break current line).
What I need is a real multiline textarea in which the user can break the line every where.

Any suggestion about this?

[ArenMook]

Does Unity actually send new line characters in the Input.inputString?

[kenshin]

Absolutely yes!

I have tested with this piece of code:

1.        
2. foreach (char c in Input.inputString) {
3.    if (c == "\n"[0] || c == "\r"[0])
4.              Debug.Log("Input string NEW LINE");
5.            
6.    if (c == '\n' || c == '\r')
7.              Debug.Log("Input string NEW LINE2");
8. }
9.  

UILabel support '\n' too to add new line inside the text, then I think is easy extend UIInput to support multiline.

Any idea?

[ArenMook]

Looks like Unity sends \r, not but \n, and the string needs \n. Modify UIInput, line 352:

1. mText += c;

to:

1. if (c == '\n' || c == '\r') mText += "\n";
2. else mText += c;

[ArenMook]

Better yet, replace that entire section with this:

1.                                 else if (c == '\r' || c == '\n')
2.                                 {
3.                                         if (UICamera.current.submitKey0 == KeyCode.Return || UICamera.current.submitKey1 == KeyCode.Return)
4.                                         {
5.                                                 // Not multi-line input, or control isn't held
6.                                                 if (!label.multiLine || (!Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftControl) && !Input.GetKey(KeyCode.RightControl)))
7.                                                 {
8.                                                         // Enter
9.                                                         current = this;
10.                                                         if (onSubmit != null) onSubmit(mText);
11.                                                         if (eventReceiver == null) eventReceiver = gameObject;
12.                                                         eventReceiver.SendMessage(functionName, mText, SendMessageOptions.DontRequireReceiver);
13.                                                         current = null;
14.                                                         selected = false;
15.                                                         return;
16.                                                 }
17.                                         }
18.  
19.                                         // If we have an input validator, validate the input first
20.                                         if (validator != null) c = validator(mText, c);
21.  
22.                                         // If the input is invalid, skip it
23.                                         if (c == 0) continue;
24.  
25.                                         // Append the character
26.                                         if (c == '\n' || c == '\r')
27.                                         {
28.                                                 if (label.multiLine) mText += "\n";
29.                                         }
30.                                         else mText += c;
31.  
32.                                         // Notify the listeners
33.                                         SendMessage("OnInputChanged", this, SendMessageOptions.DontRequireReceiver);
34.                                 }

[kenshin]

Thanks for add this to the new release! 

Kenshin

[alph]

I also need a "HTML TextArea" box and played around with input w/multiple lines activated. The problem is that when the user writes more than there is room for, then things turns ugly.

Some solutions to tackle this problem:

1. Some hacking of UITextList so it would work on an input field. I tried this without success.
2. Some hacking of UIDraggablePanel & UIScrollBar to make some kind of scroll view. I tried something, but quickly found out this was hard.
3. Limit the input to x characters. This is the only solution I found so far. It sux, but at least it doesn't look ugly.

So I guess this is kind of a request, or a cry for help if you see a way for me to make a proper TextArea box.