This is an extension project for the new Unity UI system which can be found at: Unity UI Source
For more info, here’s a little introduction video for the project:
You can follow the UI Extensions team for updates and news on:
Ways to get in touch:
- Gitter Chat site for the UI Extensions project
- GitHub Discussions, if you have any questions, queries or suggestions
- GitHub Projects view, to see what is currently scheduled for the next release.
In this repository is a collection of extension scripts / effects and controls to enhance your Unity UI experience. These scripts have been gathered from many sources, combined and improved over time.
The majority of the scripts came from the Scripts thread on the Unity UI forum here
You can either download / fork this project to access the scripts, or you can also download these pre-compiled Unity Assets, chock full of goodness for each release:
Check out the Getting Started guide to get the Unity UI Extensions project installed and start playing with the controls.
We have expanded where you can download the UnityPackage asset and widened the options to contribute to the project.
I will still stress however, contribution is optional. The assets / code will always remain FREE
Grab from Itchio | Obtain via Union Assets | Support through Patreon |
Still available to download on the GitHub site if you prefer
To view previous releases, visit the release archive
If you wish to further support the Unity UI Extensions project itself, then you can either subsidize your downloads above, or using the links below.
All funds go to support the project, no matter the amount. Donations in code are also extremely welcome
(PayPal account not required and you can remain anonymous if you wish)
To get started with the project, here’s a little guide:
2023 is certainly an interesting year to keep you on your toes, and finding time to keep managing all the requests and updates that come in are taking their toll, especially for a FREE project, but nonetheless, I still do it.
Mainly bugfixes for the end of year update, promoting some resolutions that have been verified and tested since the last release.
To get up to speed with the Unity UI Extensions, check out the Getting Started Page.
Ways to get in touch:
- GitHub Discussions, if you have any questions, queries or suggestions
- Gitter Chat site for the UI Extensions project
Much easier that posting a question / issue on YouTube, Twitter or Facebook :D
For customers upgrading from earlier versions of Unity to Unity 2020, please be aware of the Breaking change related to Text Based components. You will need to manually replace any UI using the older Text
component and replace them with TextMeshPro
versions. This is unavoidable due to Unity deprecating the Text component.
New users to 2022 are unaffected as all the Editor commands have been updated to use the newer TextMeshPro versions.
For more details, see the deprecation notice on GitHub.
All deprecated Text based components now have “obsolete” tags, to avoid breaking code. Note, these do not function in 2022 and above, as Unity have “changed” things. For any affected component, I recommend updating to use TextMeshPro native features.
We recommend using the UPM delivery method. If you are using the Unity asset, there should be no issues updating but if you have a problem, just deleted the old Unity-UI-Extensions folder and import the asset new.
For the full release history, follow the below link to the full release notes page.
There are almost 70+ extension controls / effect and other utilities in the project which are listed on the following page:
Check out the control demos on our Tumblr page
UI Line Renderer UI Knob Scroll Snap
Accordion | ColorPicker | Selection Box | UI Flippable | ComboBox |
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AutoComplete ComboBox | DropDown List | BoundToolTip | UIWindowBase | UI Knob |
TextPic | Input Focus | Box Slider | Cooldown Button | Segmented Control |
Stepper | Range Slider | Radial Slider | MultiTouch Scroll Rect | MinMax SLider |
UILineRenderer | UILineTextureRenderer | UICircle | DiamondGraph | UICornerCut |
---|---|---|---|---|
UIPolygon | UISquircle |
Horizontal Scroll Snap | Vertical Scroll Snap | Flow Layout Group | Radial Layout | Tile Size Fitter |
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Scroll Snap (alt implementation) | Reorderable List | UI Vertical Scroller | Curved Layout | Table Layout |
FancyScrollView | Card UI | Scroll Position Controller (obsolete) | Content Scroll Snap Horizontal | Scroller |
ResizePanel | RescalePanel | RescaleDragPanel |
Best Fit Outline | Curved Text | Gradient | Gradient2 | Letter Spacing |
---|---|---|---|---|
NicerOutline | RaycastMask | UIFlippable | UIImageCrop | SoftAlphaMask |
CylinderText | UIParticleSystem | CurlyUI | Shine Effect | Shader Effects |
Text Effects are not supported with TextMeshPro due to its architecture, try using the native TextMeshPro effects instead.
ReturnKeyTrigger | TabNavigation | uGUITools | ScrollRectTweener | ScrollRectLinker |
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ScrollRectEx | UI_InfiniteScroll | UI_ScrollRectOcclusion | UIScrollToSelection | UISelectableExtension |
switchToRectTransform | ScrollConflictManager | CLFZ2 (Encryption) | DragCorrector | PPIViewer |
UI_TweenScale | UI_MagneticInfiniteScroll | UI_ScrollRectOcclusion | NonDrawingGraphic | |
UILineConnector | ||||
UIHighlightable | Menu Manager | Pagination Manager |
More to come
The recommended way to add the Unity UI Extensions project to your solution is to use the Unity package Manager. Simply use the Unity Package Manager to reference the project to install it
New for 2020, we have added OpenUPM support and the package can be installed using the following OpenUPM CLI command:
`openupm add com.unity.uiextensions`
For more details on using OpenUPM CLI, check the docs here.
Alternatively, you can also add the package manually through the Unity package manager using the scope com.unity.uiextensions
, see the Unity Package Manager docs for more information.
Got a script you want added? Then just fork the GitHub repository and submit a PR. All contributions accepted (including fixes)
Just ensure:
All scripts conform to the BSD3 license and are free to use / distribute. See the LICENSE file for more information =
All these scripts were put together for my latest book Unity3D UI Essentials Check out the page on my blog for more details and learn all about the inner workings of the new Unity UI System.
As this repo was created to support my new Unity UI Title “Unity 3D UI Essentials”, in the downloads section you will find two custom assets (SpaceShip-DemoScene-Start.unitypackage and RollABallSample-Start.unitypackage). These are just here as starter scenes for doing UI tasks in the book.
I will add more sample scenes for the UI examples in this repository and detail them above over time.
Please see the full downloads list for all previous releases and their corresponding download links.
For more information about the project, please see the following pages: