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ILayoutElement.flexibleWidth

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public var flexibleWidth: float;
public float flexibleWidth;

Description

The extra relative width this layout element should be allocated if there is additional available space.

#pragma strict
// Required when using UI elements.
public var MyContentPanel;
//Sets the flexible height on on all children in the content panel.
public function Start() {
	//Assign all the children of the content panel to an array.
	var myLayoutElements = MyContentPanel.GetComponentsInChildren.<LayoutElement>();
	//For each child in the array change its LayoutElement's flexible width to 200.
	for (var element in myLayoutElements) {
		element.flexibleWidth = 200f;
	}
}
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using UnityEngine.UI; // Required when using UI elements.

public class ExampleClass : MonoBehaviour { public Transform MyContentPanel;

//Sets the flexible height on on all children in the content panel. public void Start() { //Assign all the children of the content panel to an array. LayoutElement[] myLayoutElements = MyContentPanel.GetComponentsInChildren<LayoutElement> ();

//For each child in the array change its LayoutElement's flexible width to 200. foreach(LayoutElement element in myLayoutElements) { element.flexibleWidth = 200f; } } }

Setting preferredWidth to -1 removed the preferredWidth.