Check, if GameObject is inside UIPanel

[Oinobareion]

Hello everyone,

May be a simple question: Can I somehow check, if a GameObject is inside a UIPanel? I want to do something with the GameObject, as soon as it enters the panel. Is this possible?

Otherwise I would have to make a collider box as trigger and work with onTriggerEnter and onTriggerExit. I am wondering, if there's an easier way to do this.

Thanks for help!

[ArenMook]

NGUIMath.Calculate series of functions can calculate the dimensions of a group of objects with UI elements on them, and you can then check it against the panel's clipping rect. NGUI does it to clip widgets (UIWidget.isVisible).

[Oinobareion]

Thanks for the answer. I simply used the "isVisible" function to check, if a certain GameObject is inside the panel's bounds. I am sure there are more elaborate ways to achieve this, but at least it works :-) Here is my code:

1.         private bool CheckVisibility (Transform t)
2.         {
3.                 if (panel.IsVisible(t.position) == true)
4.                 {
5.                         return true;
6.                        
7.                 }
8.                 else return false;
9.         }
10.