Unity Script Reference – GUIContent.GUIContent

GUIContent.GUIContent

static function GUIContent () : GUIContent

Description

Constructor for GUIContent in all shapes and sizes

Build an empty GUIContent.

static function GUIContent (text : String) : GUIContent

Description

Build a GUIContent object containing only text.

When using the GUI, you don't need to create GUIContents for simple text strings - these two lines of code are functionally equivalent:

JavaScript

function OnGUI () {
    GUI.Button (Rect (0, 0, 100, 20), "Click Me");
    GUI.Button (Rect (0, 30, 100, 20), GUIContent ("Click Me"));
}

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class example : MonoBehaviour {
    void OnGUI() {
        GUI.Button(new Rect(0, 0, 100, 20), "Click Me");
        GUI.Button(new Rect(0, 30, 100, 20), new GUIContent("Click Me"));
    }
}

import UnityEngine
import System.Collections

class example(MonoBehaviour):

    def OnGUI():
        GUI.Button(Rect(0, 0, 100, 20), 'Click Me')
        GUI.Button(Rect(0, 30, 100, 20), GUIContent('Click Me'))

static function GUIContent (image : Texture) : GUIContent

Description

Build a GUIContent object containing only an image.

JavaScript

var icon : Texture;

function OnGUI () {
    GUI.Button (Rect (0, 0, 100, 20), GUIContent (icon));
}

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class example : MonoBehaviour {
    public Texture icon;
    void OnGUI() {
        GUI.Button(new Rect(0, 0, 100, 20), new GUIContent(icon));
    }
}

import UnityEngine
import System.Collections

class example(MonoBehaviour):

    public icon as Texture

    def OnGUI():
        GUI.Button(Rect(0, 0, 100, 20), GUIContent(icon))

static function GUIContent (text : String, image : Texture) : GUIContent

Description

Build a GUIContent object containing both text and an image.

JavaScript

var icon : Texture;

function OnGUI () {
    GUI.Button (Rect (0,0,100,20), GUIContent ("Click me", icon));
}

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class example : MonoBehaviour {
    public Texture icon;
    void OnGUI() {
        GUI.Button(new Rect(0, 0, 100, 20), new GUIContent("Click me", icon));
    }
}

import UnityEngine
import System.Collections

class example(MonoBehaviour):

    public icon as Texture

    def OnGUI():
        GUI.Button(Rect(0, 0, 100, 20), GUIContent('Click me', icon))

static function GUIContent (text : String, tooltip : String) : GUIContent

Description

Build a GUIContent containing some text. When the user hovers the mouse over it, the global GUI.tooltip is set to the tooltip.

JavaScript

function OnGUI () {
    GUI.Button (Rect (0, 0, 100, 20), GUIContent ("Click me", "This is the tooltip"));
    
    // If the user hovers the mouse over the button, the global tooltip gets set
    GUI.Label (Rect (0, 40, 100, 40), GUI.tooltip);
}

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class example : MonoBehaviour {
    void OnGUI() {
        GUI.Button(new Rect(0, 0, 100, 20), new GUIContent("Click me", "This is the tooltip"));
        GUI.Label(new Rect(0, 40, 100, 40), GUI.tooltip);
    }
}

import UnityEngine
import System.Collections

class example(MonoBehaviour):

    def OnGUI():
        GUI.Button(Rect(0, 0, 100, 20), GUIContent('Click me', 'This is the tooltip'))
        GUI.Label(Rect(0, 40, 100, 40), GUI.tooltip)

static function GUIContent (image : Texture, tooltip : String) : GUIContent

Description

Build a GUIContent containing an image. When the user hovers the mouse over it, the global GUI.tooltip is set to the tooltip.

static function GUIContent (text : String, image : Texture, tooltip : String) : GUIContent

Description

Build a GUIContent that contains both text, an image and has a tooltip defined. When the user hovers the mouse over it, the global GUI.tooltip is set to the tooltip.

static function GUIContent (src : GUIContent) : GUIContent

Description

Build a GUIContent as a copy of another GUIContent.