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EditorGUILayout.TextArea

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Declaration

public static string TextArea(string text, params GUILayoutOption[] options);

Declaration

public static string TextArea(string text, GUIStyle style, params GUILayoutOption[] options);

Parameters

text The text to edit.
style Optional GUIStyle.
options An optional list of layout options that specify extra layout properties. Any values passed in here will override settings defined by the style.
Additional resources: GUILayout.Width, GUILayout.Height, GUILayout.MinWidth, GUILayout.MaxWidth, GUILayout.MinHeight, GUILayout.MaxHeight, GUILayout.ExpandWidth, GUILayout.ExpandHeight.

Returns

string The text entered by the user.

Description

Make a text area.

This works just like @@GUILayout.TextArea@@ with proper responsiveness to actions like Select all, Copy, Paste in the Editor.
For Undo support, see Undo.RecordObject.
To make the text wrap, set EditorStyles.textField.wordWrap.


Quick script editor.

// Simple script that lets you visualize your scripts in an editor window
// This can be expanded to save your scripts also in the editor window.

using UnityEngine; using UnityEditor;

public class TextAreaExample : EditorWindow { string text = "Nothing Opened..."; TextAsset txtAsset; Vector2 scroll;

[MenuItem("Examples/TextArea usage")] static void Init() { TextAreaExample window = (TextAreaExample)GetWindow(typeof(TextAreaExample), true, "EditorGUILayout.TextArea"); window.Show(); }

Object source;

void OnGUI() { source = EditorGUILayout.ObjectField(source, typeof(Object), true); TextAsset newTxtAsset = (TextAsset)source;

if (newTxtAsset != txtAsset) ReadTextAsset(newTxtAsset);

scroll = EditorGUILayout.BeginScrollView(scroll, GUILayout.Height(position.height - 30)); text = EditorGUILayout.TextArea(text); EditorGUILayout.EndScrollView(); }

void ReadTextAsset(TextAsset txt) { text = txt.text; txtAsset = txt; } }