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public static function FocusControl(name: string): void;
public static void FocusControl(string name);

Parameters

name Name set using SetNextControlName.

Description

Move keyboard focus to a named control.

See Also: SetNextControlName, GetNameOfFocusedControl.

For focusing text in Editor GUI text fields, see EditorGUI.FocusTextInControl.

    // When pressed the button, selects the "username" Textfield.
    var username : String = "username";
    var pwd : String = "a pwd";
    function OnGUI () {
        // Set the internal name of the textfield
        GUI.SetNextControlName ("MyTextField");

// Make the actual text field. username = GUI.TextField (Rect (10,10,100,20), username); pwd = GUI.TextField (Rect (10,40,100,20), pwd);

// If the user presses this button, keyboard focus will move. if (GUI.Button (Rect (10,70,80,20), "Move Focus")) GUI.FocusControl ("MyTextField"); }
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class ExampleClass : MonoBehaviour { public string username = "username"; public string pwd = "a pwd"; void OnGUI() { GUI.SetNextControlName("MyTextField"); username = GUI.TextField(new Rect(10, 10, 100, 20), username); pwd = GUI.TextField(new Rect(10, 40, 100, 20), pwd); if (GUI.Button(new Rect(10, 70, 80, 20), "Move Focus")) GUI.FocusControl("MyTextField"); } }