GUILayout.Window

Parameters

Returns

Rect The rectangle the window is at. This can be in a different position and have a different size than the one you passed in.

Description

Make a popup window that layouts its contents automatically.

Windows float above normal GUI controls, feature click-to-focus and can optionally be dragged around by the end user. Unlike other controls, you need to pass them a separate function for the GUI controls to put inside the window. Here is a small example to get you started:

Window in the Game View.

	var windowRect : Rect = Rect (20, 20, 120, 50);
	function OnGUI () {
		// Register the window. Notice the 3rd parameter 
		windowRect = GUILayout.Window (0, windowRect, DoMyWindow, "My Window");
	}
	// Make the contents of the window
	function DoMyWindow (windowID : int) {
		// This button will size to fit the window
		if (GUILayout.Button ("Hello World"))
			print ("Got a click");
	}

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class ExampleClass : MonoBehaviour {
    public Rect windowRect = new Rect(20, 20, 120, 50);
    void OnGUI() {
        windowRect = GUILayout.Window(0, windowRect, DoMyWindow, "My Window");
    }
    void DoMyWindow(int windowID) {
        if (GUILayout.Button("Hello World"))
            print("Got a click");
        
    }
}

import UnityEngine
import System.Collections

public class ExampleClass(MonoBehaviour):

	public windowRect as Rect = Rect(20, 20, 120, 50)

	def OnGUI() as void:
		windowRect = GUILayout.Window(0, windowRect, DoMyWindow, 'My Window')

	def DoMyWindow(windowID as int) as void:
		if GUILayout.Button('Hello World'):
			print('Got a click')

The screen rectangle you pass in to the function only acts as a guide. To Apply extra limits to the window, pass in some extra layout options. The ones applied here will override the size calculated. Here is a small example:

	var windowRect : Rect = Rect (20, 20, 120, 50);
	function OnGUI () {
		// Register the window. Here we instruct the layout system to
		// make the window 100 pixels wide no matter what. 
		windowRect = GUILayout.Window (
			0, windowRect, DoMyWindow, "My Window", GUILayout.Width (100));
	}
	// Make the contents of the window
	function DoMyWindow (windowID : int) {
		// This button is too large to fit the window
		// Normally, the window would have been expanded to fit the button, but due to
		// the GUILayout.Width call above the window will only ever be 100 pixels wide 
		if (GUILayout.Button ("Please click me a lot"))
			print ("Got a click");
	}

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class ExampleClass : MonoBehaviour {
    public Rect windowRect = new Rect(20, 20, 120, 50);
    void OnGUI() {
        windowRect = GUILayout.Window(0, windowRect, DoMyWindow, "My Window", GUILayout.Width(100));
    }
    void DoMyWindow(int windowID) {
        if (GUILayout.Button("Please click me a lot"))
            print("Got a click");
        
    }
}

import UnityEngine
import System.Collections

public class ExampleClass(MonoBehaviour):

	public windowRect as Rect = Rect(20, 20, 120, 50)

	def OnGUI() as void:
		windowRect = GUILayout.Window(0, windowRect, DoMyWindow, 'My Window', GUILayout.Width(100))

	def DoMyWindow(windowID as int) as void:
		if GUILayout.Button('Please click me a lot'):
			print('Got a click')