Can you declare static bool UICamera:Raycast() public?

[Asse]

Hey Michael,

can you declare the UICameras method static bool Raycast() as public? It'd be helpful to check for ui elements under the cursor/touch to invalided own clicks.

[ArenMook]

UICamera.currentTouch.current gives you the game object under the mouse.

UICamera.lastHit gives you the result of the last raycast hit.

[Asse]

Great, thanks man. Next time I'll have a closer look!

[Asse]

.currentTouch is always null when I check it
.lastHit is of course always a valid object.

[ArenMook]

currentTouch is valid while you are inside UI callback such as OnDrag, OnPress, etc.

[Asse]

Exactly, during the callbacks. But I need to check in my own raycasting code if the user is above an UI element (I'm working on a 2d game so conceptionally everything is 2d).

[rgonzalezVW]

I also would love some methods defined as public (Raycast, GetTouch, RemoveTouch, ProcessTouch) and a SendMessage added in the Update method so we can "extend" the inputs accepted by NGUI (Windows 7 multitouch, by example).
I've attached a patch with the changes, if you apply it, I'll be very happy

[riffraff]

I'm using something like this:

1. void Update()
2. {
3.         GameObject hovered_object = UICamera.hoveredObject;
4.         if( null == hovered_object )
5.         {
6.                 m_mouse_over_ui = false;
7.         }
8.         else
9.         {
10.                 m_mouse_over_ui = true;
11.         }
12. }
13.  

And it works fine for me.

[ArenMook]

Just a note about:

1. SendMessage("ProcessInput", null, SendMessageOptions.DontRequireReceiver);

Unity will treat this as if ProcessInput function should have no parameters. It's identical to:

1. SendMessage("ProcessInput", SendMessageOptions.DontRequireReceiver);

[ArenMook]

Exactly, during the callbacks. But I need to check in my own raycasting code if the user is above an UI element (I'm working on a 2d game so conceptionally everything is 2d).

Why? UICamera.hoveredObject tells you whether the mouse is over a UI element, and UICamera.inputHasFocus tells you whether an input field currently has focus (user is typing).

[Asse]

Now we are talking!  This works!

[Asse]

Hmm.. while this works great for clicks, I UICamera.hoveredObject is always null on mobile/touch. In both ways I check inside MonoBehaviour.Update() 

Edit: NGUIs UpdateManager has script order -5, my scripts use the default order, so this shouldn't be the problem.

Ah yes, hovered Now I see Too bad, I thought it will be set at least for one frame for touches..