GUIContent Constructor

Description

Constructor for GUIContent in all shapes and sizes.

Build an empty GUIContent.

Description

Build a GUIContent object containing only text.

When using the GUI, you don't need to create GUIContents for simple text strings - these two lines of code are functionally equivalent:

using UnityEngine;

public class ExampleScript : MonoBehaviour
{
    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Button(new Rect(0, 0, 100, 20), "Click Me");
        GUI.Button(new Rect(0, 30, 100, 20), new GUIContent("Click Me"));
    }
}

Description

Build a GUIContent object containing only an image.

using UnityEngine;

public class ExampleScript : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Texture icon;
    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Button(new Rect(0, 30, 100, 20), new GUIContent(icon));
    }
}

Description

Build a GUIContent object containing both text and an image.

using UnityEngine;

public class ExampleScript : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Texture icon;
    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Button(new Rect(0, 30, 100, 20), new GUIContent("Click me", icon));
    }
}

Description

Build a GUIContent containing some text. When the user hovers the mouse over it, the global GUI.tooltip is set to the tooltip.

using UnityEngine;

public class ExampleScript : MonoBehaviour
{
    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Button(new Rect(0, 0, 100, 20), new GUIContent("Click me", "This is the tooltip"));

        // If the user hovers the mouse over the button, the global tooltip gets set
        GUI.Label(new Rect(0, 40, 100, 40), GUI.tooltip);
    }
}

Description

Build a GUIContent containing an image. When the user hovers the mouse over it, the global GUI.tooltip is set to the tooltip.

Description

Build a GUIContent that contains both text, an image and has a tooltip defined. When the user hovers the mouse over it, the global GUI.tooltip is set to the tooltip.

Description

Build a GUIContent as a copy of another GUIContent.