Unity Script Reference – GameObject.GetComponentInChildren

GameObject.GetComponentInChildren

function GetComponentInChildren (type : Type) : Component

Description

Returns the component of Type type in the GameObject or any of its children using depth first search.

Only active components are returned

JavaScript

var script : ScriptName;
script = gameObject.GetComponentInChildren(ScriptName);
script.DoSomething ();

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class example : MonoBehaviour {
    public ScriptName script;
    void Example() {
        script = gameObject.GetComponentInChildren<ScriptName>();
        script.DoSomething();
    }
}

import UnityEngine
import System.Collections

class example(MonoBehaviour):

    public script as ScriptName

    def Example():
        script = gameObject.GetComponentInChildren[of ScriptName]()
        script.DoSomething()

function GetComponentInChildren.<T> () : T

Description

Generic version. See the Generic Functions page for more details.