how to subclass uipanel?

[cyx]

sometimes i'm feeling pretty stupid... i managed it to subclass uilabel with the follwing code:

1. [ExecuteInEditMode]
2. [AddComponentMenu("NGUI/UI/NGUI Label")]
3. public class MyUILabel : UILabel
4. {
5. //
6. }
7.  

Perhaps this is the wrong way because it's not working the same with UIPanel. How can I subclass UIPanel without loosing the possibility to work with your property checkboxes.

Thanks in advance.

cyx

[cyx]

I still need support to understand how to create a subclass of UIPanel, I know I can add another component and copy the script, but how would it work to subclass it and see all the properties in the unity inspector? Thanks guys

[ArenMook]

Why are you trying to do this? A panel is what collects and draws widgets. It's not meant to be derived from.

And neither is the UILabel, actually. The label is a widget that prints text. Why are you deriving from it? What are you trying to change that you can't do in a stand-alone script?

[cyx]

I just wanna add the possibility to set and get x and y coordinates as a property like panel.x = 100 instead of writing .transform.localPosition = new Vector.... because I'm moving alot stuff around and I try to make my code as short as possible. So what would you do to add this behaviour? Thanks Aren.

[N3uRo]

I just wanna add the possibility to set and get x and y coordinates as a property like panel.x = 100 instead of writing .transform.localPosition = new Vector.... because I'm moving alot stuff around and I try to make my code as short as possible. So what would you do to add this behaviour? Thanks Aren.

Extension methods...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb383977.aspx

In our team we have a method for each Axis for position, rotation and scale (world and local), it keeps our code cleaner and smaller.

Here you have:

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3.  
4. public static class TransformExtensions {
5.  
6.     public static void SetPositionX(this Transform transform, float x) {
7.         transform.position = new Vector3(x, transform.position.y, transform.position.z);
8.     }
9.  
10.     public static void SetPositionY(this Transform transform, float y) {
11.         transform.position = new Vector3(transform.position.x, y, transform.position.z);
12.     }
13.  
14.     public static void SetPositionZ(this Transform transform, float z) {
15.         transform.position = new Vector3(transform.position.x, transform.position.y, z);
16.     }
17.  
18.     public static void SetLocalPositionX(this Transform transform, float x) {
19.         transform.localPosition = new Vector3(x, transform.localPosition.y, transform.localPosition.z);
20.     }
21.  
22.     public static void SetLocalPositionY(this Transform transform, float y) {
23.         transform.localPosition = new Vector3(transform.localPosition.x, y, transform.localPosition.z);
24.     }
25.  
26.     public static void SetLocalPositionZ(this Transform transform, float z) {
27.         transform.localPosition = new Vector3(transform.localPosition.x, transform.localPosition.y, z);
28.     }
29.  
30.     public static void SetRotationX(this Transform transform, float x) {
31.         transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(new Vector3(x, transform.rotation.eulerAngles.y, transform.rotation.eulerAngles.z));
32.     }
33.  
34.     public static void SetRotationY(this Transform transform, float y) {
35.         transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(new Vector3(transform.rotation.eulerAngles.x, y, transform.rotation.eulerAngles.z));
36.     }
37.  
38.     public static void SetRotationZ(this Transform transform, float z) {
39.         transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(new Vector3(transform.rotation.eulerAngles.x, transform.rotation.eulerAngles.y, z));
40.     }
41.  
42.     public static void SetLocalRotationX(this Transform transform, float x) {
43.         transform.localRotation = Quaternion.Euler(new Vector3(x, transform.localRotation.eulerAngles.y, transform.localRotation.eulerAngles.z));
44.     }
45.  
46.     public static void SetLocalRotationY(this Transform transform, float y) {
47.         transform.localRotation = Quaternion.Euler(new Vector3(transform.localRotation.eulerAngles.x, y, transform.localRotation.eulerAngles.z));
48.     }
49.  
50.     public static void SetLocalRotationZ(this Transform transform, float z) {
51.         transform.localRotation = Quaternion.Euler(new Vector3(transform.localRotation.eulerAngles.x, transform.localRotation.eulerAngles.y, z));
52.     }
53.  
54.     public static void SetLocalScaleX(this Transform transform, float x) {
55.         transform.localScale = new Vector3(x, transform.localScale.y, transform.localScale.z);
56.     }
57.  
58.     public static void SetLocalScaleY(this Transform transform, float y) {
59.         transform.localScale = new Vector3(transform.localScale.x, y, transform.localScale.z);
60.     }
61.  
62.     public static void SetLocalScaleZ(this Transform transform, float z) {
63.         transform.localScale = new Vector3(transform.localScale.x, transform.localScale.y, z);
64.     }
65. }
66.  

Then you can do:

1. transform.SetLocalPositionX(5.5f);
2.