Get text from Input field in Unity3D with C#

Question

I'm trying to get a text inside an inputField in Unity3D with C#.

I've placed an inputField in my editor, renamed and tagged in: Username_field.

My question is: How i can get the text inside the InputField Username_field in a C# script?

Papilla

I've been able to do it with InputField.value. Example: String s = myInputField.value to get the value or myInputField.value = "Test" to set the value. – Chancroid

Answer 1

Attach below monobehaviour script to your InputField gameObject:

public class test : MonoBehaviour {
    void Start ()
    {
        var input = gameObject.GetComponent<InputField>();
        var se= new InputField.SubmitEvent();
        se.AddListener(SubmitName);
        input.onEndEdit = se;

        //or simply use the line below, 
        //input.onEndEdit.AddListener(SubmitName);  // This also works
    }

    private void SubmitName(string arg0)
    {
        Debug.Log(arg0);
    }
}

See also below animation:

Evadne

Answer 2

You can use the "On Value Change" or "End Edit" event of the InputField.

The Unity3D documentation provides more detail on how to use a UnityEvent: http://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/UnityEvents.html

Alternatively, you should also be able to access the Text using the Text property of the Text control that your InputField is attached to.

Ophir

In Unity 2017 you have to use the text component of the InputField (String myText = myInputField.GetComponent<InputField>().text;) instead of the text component of the child text, otherwise an e.g. password field will only return asterisks (*). There's a warning about it here. – Integer

Answer 3

using UnityEngine.UI;
public InputField betInput;
void Start () {
    betInput.onEndEdit.AddListener(delegate { inputBetValue(betInput); });
}
public void inputBetValue(InputField userInput)
{
    betValue = int.Parse(userInput.text);
    Debug.Log(userInput.text);
}

https://i.stack.imgur.com/CeF1a.png //This is unity Picture where you select method. Also worth checking out https://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/topics/scripting/text-input

Epicardium