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public var preferredWidth: float;
public float preferredWidth;

Description

The preferred width this layout element should be allocated if there is sufficient space.

The preferredWidth can be set to -1 to remove the size.

#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 preferred width size to 250.
	for (var element in myLayoutElements) {
		element.preferredWidth = 250f;
	}
}
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 preferred width size to 250. foreach(LayoutElement element in myLayoutElements) { element.preferredWidth = 250f; } } }