Index

A

• accelerometer / Accelerometer and gyroscope
• Anchor Handles / Anchor and Pivot Point
• animated text
  • about / Animated text
  • Background Canvas prefab, creating / Creating a Background Canvas prefab and a new scene
  • scene, creating / Creating a Background Canvas prefab and a new scene
  • Text Box Windows, laying out / Laying out the Text Box Windows
  • Text Box text, animating / Animating the Text Box text
• Animation clips / Animation clips
• Animation Events / Animation Events
• Animator controller
  • about / Animator Controller
  • Transition Animations /  The Animator of Transition Animations
  • layers / Animator layers
  • Animation Parameters, setting in Scripts / Setting Animation Parameters in scripts
  • State Machine Behaviours / Animator behaviours
• art assets
  • examples / Examples
  • HUD Selection Menu, laying out / Laying Out an HUD Selection Menu
  • Grid Inventory, laying out / Laying Out a Grid Inventory
• ascent / Ascent Calculation Mode
• ASCII characters
  • reference link / Character
• aspect ratio
  • about / Resolution and aspect ratio
  • changing, of game view / Changing the aspect ratio and resolution of the game view
  • building / Building for a single aspect ratio
• Aspect Ratio Fitter / Aspect Ratio Fitter
• Automatic Layout Groups
  • types / Types of Automatic Layout Groups
  • Vertical Layout Group / Vertical Layout Group
  • Grid Layout Group / Grid Layout Group

B

• Base Input Module
  • about / Base Input Module/Pointer Input Module
  • reference link / Base Input Module/Pointer Input Module
• button
  • sizes, recommending / Recommended button sizes
• Button component / Button component
• Buttons
  • examples / Examples
  • navigating / Navigating through Buttons and using First Selected
  • First Selected, used / Navigating through Buttons and using First Selected
  • laying out / Laying out the Buttons
  • explicit navigation, setting / Setting the explicit navigation and First Selected
  • First Selected, setting / Setting the explicit navigation and First Selected
  • press, scenes loading / Loading scenes with Button presses
  • animation transitions, creating / Button Animation Transitions
  • mute buttons, with image swap / Mute buttons with image swap

C

• Canvas / UI Canvas
• Canvas component
  • about / Canvas component
  • Screen Space-Overlay / Screen Space-Overlay
  • Screen Space-Camera / Screen Space-Camera
  • World Space Canvas / World Space
• Canvas Group component / Canvas Group component
• Canvas Renderer component / Canvas Renderer component
• Canvas Scalar component / Canvas Scalar component
• caret / Properties of the caret and selection
• Character Validation Options / Character Validation options
• circular health/progress meters / Horizontal and circular health/progress meters
• circular progress meter / Circular progress meter
• color schemes / Color schemes
• component, UI Text
  • about / Text component
  • Text properties / The Text and Character properties
  • Character properties / The Text and Character properties
  • Paragraph properties / Paragraph properties
  • Color properties / The Color and Material properties
  • Material properties / The Color and Material properties
  • Raycast Target properties / Raycast Target properties
• Content Size Fitter / Content Size Fitter
• Content Type property / Content Types
• current state / Animator Controller
• custom font
  • about / Custom font
  • font size, changing / Adjusting the character spacing and changing the font size
  • character spacing, adjusting / Adjusting the character spacing and changing the font size

D

• density-independent pixels (dp) / Recommended button sizes
• device resources / Device resources
• dropdown menu
  • creating, with images / Creating a dropdown menu with images
  • laying out, with caption and item images / Laying out the dropdown with caption and item images
  • information, selecting / Using the information from the dropdown selection
• Dynamic font settings / Dynamic font settings

E

• entered text and onscreen keyboards, properties
  • about / Properties of entered text and onscreen keyboards
  • Content Type property / Content Types
  • Line Type property / Line Types
  • Input Type property / Input Types
  • Keyboard Type property / Keyboard Types
  • Character Validation Options / Character Validation options
• event
  • action, adding / Adding an action to the event
• Event Inputs / Event inputs
• Event System / UI Canvas, The Event System
• Event System Manager
  • about / Event System Manager
  • First Selected property / First Selected
  • Send Navigation Events property / Send Navigation Events
  • Drag Threshold property / Drag Threshold
• Event Trigger / Event Trigger
• Event Types
  • about / Event Types
  • pointer events / Pointer events
  • drag events / Drag and Drop events
  • drop events / Drag and Drop events
  • selection events / Selection events
  • other events / Other events
• Extra Settings menu / Extra Settings

F

• fitters
  • about / Fitters
  • Content Size Fitter / Content Size Fitter
  • Aspect Ratio Fitter / Aspect Ratio Fitter
• Flexible Height property / Flexible Width and Height
• Flexible Width property / Flexible Width and Height
• floating eight-directional virtual analog stick
  • creating / Creating a floating eight-directional virtual analog stick, Setting up the eight-directional virtual analog stick, Making the eight-directional virtual analog stick float
  • setting up / Setting up the eight-directional virtual analog stick
• fonts
  • importing / Importing new fonts
  • font size / Font Size
  • rendering mode / Rendering Mode
  • character / Character
  • ascent calculation mode / Ascent Calculation Mode
• Font Settings menu / Font Settings
• font size
  • changing / Adjusting the character spacing and changing the font size
• font styles
  • importing / Importing font styles
• full screen/screen portion taps / Full screen/screen portion taps

G

• game interface types
  • about / Four game interface types
  • non-diegetic / Four game interface types
  • diegetic / Four game interface types
  • meta / Four game interface types
  • spatial / Four game interface types
• game screen
  • examples / Examples
  • animated text / Animated text
  • custom font / Custom font
  • horizontal health/progress meters / Horizontal and circular health/progress meters
  • circular health/progress meters / Horizontal and circular health/progress meters
  • wrapped text, with Gradient / Wrapped text with Gradient
• Global Mode / Positioning modes
• glyph metrics
  • reference link / Ascent Calculation Mode
• graphical user interface (GUI) / UI and GUI
• Grid Layout Group
  • about / Types of Automatic Layout Groups, Grid Layout Group
  • Cell Size / Cell Size
  • Start Corner / Start Corner and Start Axis
  • Start Axis / Start Corner and Start Axis
  • Constraint / Constraint
• gyroscope
  • about / Accelerometer and gyroscope
  • reference link / Accelerometer and gyroscope

H

• heads-up-display (HUD)
  • about / Screen Space-Overlay
  • examples / Examples
  • laying out / Laying out a basic HUD
  • background image (2D game), placing / Placing a background image (2D game)
  • basic pop-up menu, setting up / Setting up a basic pop-up menu
• Height property / The Width and Height properties
• Hololens Input Module / Hololens Input Module
• horizontal health/progress meters / Horizontal and circular health/progress meters
• horizontal health bar / Horizontal health bar
• Horizontal Layout Group
  • about / Types of Automatic Layout Groups, Horizontal Layout Group
  • padding / Padding
  • spacing / Spacing
  • child alignment / Child Alignment
  • control child size / Control Child Size
  • child force expand / Child Force Expand

I

• Ignore Layout property / Ignore Layout
• Image component / Image component
• Image Type
  • about / Image Type
  • simple / Simple
  • sliced / Sliced
  • tiled / Tiled
  • filled / Filled
• Input Functions
  • for key presses / Input functions for buttons and key presses
  • for buttons / Input functions for buttons and key presses
  • GetButton / GetButton
  • GetAxis / GetAxis
  • GetKey / GetKey
  • GetMouseButton() / GetMouseButton()
• Input Manager
  • about / Input Manager
  • used, with pause panel / Using Input Manager with the pause panel
• Input Modules
  • about / Input Modules
  • Standalone Input Module / Standalone Input Module
  • Hololens Input Module / Hololens Input Module
  • Pointer Input Module / Base Input Module/Pointer Input Module
  • Base Input Module / Base Input Module/Pointer Input Module
• Input Types property / Input Types
• interface metaphors / Interface metaphors

K

• Keyboard Type property / Keyboard Types
• KeyCode
  • used, with inventory panel / Using KeyCode with the Inventory Panel

L

• layout / Layout
• Layout Element
  • about / Layout Element
  • Ignore Layout property / Ignore Layout
  • Width property / The Width and Height properties
  • Height property / The Width and Height properties
• Line Type property / Line Types
• Local Mode / Positioning modes
• loot box
  • animations, setting up / Setting up the animations
  • particle system, creating in UI / Creating a Particle System that displays in the UI
  • animations, timing / Building a State Machine and timing the animations
  • state machine, building / Building a State Machine and timing the animations
  • Animations, timing / Building a State Machine and timing the animations

M

• markup format, UI Text
  • about / Markup format
  • font style / Font style
  • font color / Font color
  • font size / Font size
• Mask
  • about / Masks
  • component / Mask component
  • React Mask 2D component / Rect Mask 2D component
• metaphors / Interface metaphors
• millimeters (mm) / Recommended button sizes
• Min Height property / Min Width and Height
• Min Width property / Min Width and Height
• mobile-specific UI interactions
  • examples / Examples
  • press-and-hold/long-press functionality, adding / Adding press-and-hold/long-press functionality
  • static four-directional virtual D-pad / Creating a static four-directional virtual D-pad
  • floating eight-directional virtual analog stick, creating / Creating a floating eight-directional virtual analog stick
• multi-touch input / Multi-touch input

N

• namespace / UnityEngine.UI namespace
• nodes / Animator Controller
• Noto fonts
  • reference link / Character

O

• Outline component / Outline

P

• pinch-to-zoom functionality
  • reference link / Multi-touch input
• Pivot Point / Anchor and Pivot Point
• point (pt) / Recommended button sizes
• Pointer Input Module
  • about / Base Input Module/Pointer Input Module
  • reference link / Base Input Module/Pointer Input Module
• pop up windows
  • animating, to fade in and out / Animating pop up windows to fade in and out, Setting up the animations
  • animations, setting up / Setting up the animations
  • Animator's Parameters, setting with code / Setting the Animator's Parameters with code
• Position as UV1 component / Position as UV1
• Preferred Height property / Preferred Width and Height
• Preferred Width property / Preferred Width and Height

R

• Raycasters
  • about / Raycasters
  • Graphic Raycaster / Graphic Raycaster
  • alternatives / Other Raycasters
• React component, UI Scroll View
  • movement properties / Movement properties
  • scrolling speed, properties / Properties concerning scrolling speed
  • scrollbars, properties / Properties of the Scrollbars
  • React default event / Scroll Rect default event – On Value Changed (Vector2)
• React Mask 2D component
  • reference link / Rect Mask 2D component
• Rect Tool
  • about / Rect Tool
  • positioning modes / Positioning modes
• Rect Transform
  • about / Rect Transform
  • Rect Tool / Rect Tool
  • component / Rect Transform component
  • edit modes / Rect Transform edit modes
• Rect Transform component / Rect Transform component
• resolution / Resolution and aspect ratio
  • changing, of game view / Changing the aspect ratio and resolution of the game view
  • building / Building for a single resolution
  • resetting / Resetting the resolution
  • PlayerPrefs.DeleteAll() / Method 1 – PlayerPrefs.DeleteAll()
  • PlayerPref files, deleting / Method 2 – Deleting PlayerPref files
  • orientation, setting / Setting the orientation

S

• Scale with Screen Size / Scale with Screen Size
• Screen Space-Camera
  • about / Screen Space-Camera
  • properties / Screen Space-Camera
• Screen Space-Overlay
  • about / Screen Space-Overlay
  • properties / Screen Space-Overlay
• Shadow component / Shadow
• Standalone Input Module / Standalone Input Module
• state machine / Animator Controller
• states / Animator Controller
• static four-directional virtual D-pad
  • creating / Creating a static four-directional virtual D-pad

T

• Template / Dropdown Template
• Text / UI Canvas
• Text Input Box menu / Text Input Box
• text insertion cursor / Properties of the caret and selection
• TextMeshPro
  • about / UI Dropdown and TextMeshPro – Dropdown, TextMeshPro – Input Field
  • Input Field component / TMP_Input Field component
  • Input Field settings / Input Field settings
  • Control settings / Control settings
  • Input Field default events / TextMeshPro - Input Field default events – On Select (String) and On Deselect (String)
• TextMesh Pro-Text
  • about / TextMesh Pro-Text
  • URL, for downloading / TextMesh Pro-Text
  • Text Input Box menu / Text Input Box
  • Font Settings menu / Font Settings
  • Text Input Box / Font Settings
  • Extra Settings menu / Extra Settings
• Texture Packer
  • reference link / Examples
• thumb zone
  • about / The thumb zone
  • reference link / The thumb zone
• Transitions
  • about / Transitions
  • None / None
  • Color Tint / Color Tint
  • Sprite Swap Transition / Sprite Swap
  • Animation Transition / Animation
  • Navigation / Navigation

U

• UI animations
  • examples / Examples
  • pop up windows, animating to fade in and out / Animating pop up windows to fade in and out
  • loot box, animating with particle system / Animating a complex loot box with Particle System
• UI Button
  • about / UI Button
  • Button component / Button component
• UI Canvas
  • about / UI Canvas
  • Rect Transform component / Rect Transform component
  • Canvas component / Canvas component
  • Canvas Scalar component / Canvas Scalar component
  • Graphic Raycaster component / Graphic Raycaster component
  • Canvas Renderer component / Canvas Renderer component
• UI Dropdown
  • about / UI Dropdown and TextMeshPro – Dropdown
  • template / Dropdown Template
  • component / The Dropdown component
  • caption properties / Caption properties
  • template properties / Template properties
  • option properties / Option properties
  • default event / Dropdown default event – On Value Changed (Int32)
• UI effect components
  • about / UI effect components
  • Shadow component / Shadow
  • Outline component / Outline
  • Position as UV1 component / Position as UV1
• UI effects
  • examples / Examples
  • pop up windows, animating to fade in and out / Animating pop up windows to fade in and out
  • Loot Box, animating with particle system / Animating a complex loot box with Particle System
• UI elements
  • accessing, in Code / Accessing UI elements in code
  • UnityEngine.UI Namespace / UnityEngine.UI namespace
  • UI Variable Types / UI variable types
• UI Image
  • about / Introducing UI Text and Image, UI Image
  • Image component / Image component
• UI Input Field
  • about / UI Input Field
  • component / Input Field component
  • entered text and onscreen keyboards, properties / Properties of entered text and onscreen keyboards
  • caret and selection, properties / Properties of the caret and selection
  • default events / Input field default events – On Value Changed (String) and On End Edit (String)
• UI Panel / UI Panel
• UI Scale Modes, Canvas Scalar component
  • Constant Pixel Size / Constant Pixel Size
  • Scale with Screen Size / Scale with Screen Size
  • Constant Physical Size / Constant Physical Size
  • World / World
• UI Scrollbar
  • about / UI Scrollbar
  • component / The Scrollbar component
  • default event / Scrollbar default event – On Value Changed (Single)
• UI Scroll View
  • about / UI Scroll View
  • Rect component / Scroll Rect component
• UI Slider
  • about / UI Slider
  • component / Slider component
  • default event / Slider default event – On Value Changed (Single)
• UI text
  • fonts, importing / Importing new fonts
• UI Text / Introducing UI Text and Image
  • about / UI Canvas, UI Text
  • fonts, importing / Importing new fonts
  • Dynamic font settings / Dynamic font settings
  • font styles, importing / Importing font styles
  • custom font / Custom fonts
• UI Toggle
  • about / UI Toggle
  • component / Toggle component
  • default event / Toggle default event – On Value Changed (Boolean)
  • Group component / Toggle Group component
• user interface (UI)
  • about / UI and GUI
  • examples / Examples, Examples
  • pop-up menus, displaying with keypress / Showing and hiding pop-up menus with keypress
  • pop-up menus, hiding with keypress / Showing and hiding pop-up menus with keypress
  • game, pausing / Pausing the game
  • inventory items, dragging / Dragging and dropping inventory items
  • inventory items, dropping / Dragging and dropping inventory items
  • scroll view, creating from preexisting menu / Making a scroll view from a pre-existing menu
  • dropdown menu, creating with images / Creating a dropdown menu with images
  • particles / Particles in the UI

V

• Vertical Layout Group / Types of Automatic Layout Groups, Vertical Layout Group

W

• Width property / The Width and Height properties
• World Space Canvas
  • about / World Space
  • using / When to use World Space
  • text, scaling / Appropriately scaling text in the Canvas
  • considerations / Other considerations when working in World Space
  • examples / Examples
  • 2D World Space status indicators / 2D World Space status indicators
  • 2D World Space Status Indicators / 2D World Space status indicators
  • 3D hovering health bars / 3D hovering health bars