Dropdowns
8 years 8 months ago #1352
by Caligari
So, I'm new to this great product!
1. My first task was to set up a Dropdown to allow the language to be selected, from those defined. Is there such an object/prefab already around? It seemed like something that many people would end up creating for themselves (unless they wanted to create separate buttons).
2. After that I went on to work out how to localize another Dropdown in my UI (I guess I'm using a lot of them at the moment). This dropdown is (also) populated at runtime, based on project data. I'm not overly familiar with Dropdowns, but in the end I found myself creating a LocalizedDropdown script with its own interface to allow for procedural creation and on-the-fly localization. Is there existing experience with dealing with Dropdowns and localization? In the end I have bypassed the Localize scripts entirely, which I'm surprised was necessary. That said, it wasn't difficult to create something functional in a very short time, which I take as a very good sign.
My first impressions have easily measured up to my (high) expectations! Impressive work!
1. My first task was to set up a Dropdown to allow the language to be selected, from those defined. Is there such an object/prefab already around? It seemed like something that many people would end up creating for themselves (unless they wanted to create separate buttons).
2. After that I went on to work out how to localize another Dropdown in my UI (I guess I'm using a lot of them at the moment). This dropdown is (also) populated at runtime, based on project data. I'm not overly familiar with Dropdowns, but in the end I found myself creating a LocalizedDropdown script with its own interface to allow for procedural creation and on-the-fly localization. Is there existing experience with dealing with Dropdowns and localization? In the end I have bypassed the Localize scripts entirely, which I'm surprised was necessary. That said, it wasn't difficult to create something functional in a very short time, which I take as a very good sign.
My first impressions have easily measured up to my (high) expectations! Impressive work!
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8 years 8 months ago #1353
by Frank
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Hi,
There is no built-in scripts to show the languages in a dropdown using NGUI or UnityUI dropdowns. I guess most games are using buttons for changing languages. so I haven't ever had (as far as I remember) a request for those.
But I see it as a useful, I will add that to my todo list and see if I can include a separated version of the Localize component for Dropdowns and lists.
Said that, there are a few scripts to show query the languages and terms and place them in a dropdown (but those are for the Editor inspectors using the unity immediate mode UI).
see SetLanguage.cs and SetLanguageInspector.cs
also TermsPopup_Drawer.cs for showing all terms in a dropdown
For localizing a dropdown with I2L, my suggestion is to have a list of the terms that will be included in the dropdown.
Then, in the Start method, subscribe an event to LocalizationManager.OnLocalizeEvent that will make the function you register be called whenever the language changes or there is a need to update the localizations.
Then, whenever you get called, iterate over the list of terms and get their translations using ScriptLocalization.Get(term)
Hope that helps,
Frank
1. My first task was to set up a Dropdown to allow the language to be selected, from those defined. Is there such an object/prefab already around?
There is no built-in scripts to show the languages in a dropdown using NGUI or UnityUI dropdowns. I guess most games are using buttons for changing languages. so I haven't ever had (as far as I remember) a request for those.
But I see it as a useful, I will add that to my todo list and see if I can include a separated version of the Localize component for Dropdowns and lists.
Said that, there are a few scripts to show query the languages and terms and place them in a dropdown (but those are for the Editor inspectors using the unity immediate mode UI).
see SetLanguage.cs and SetLanguageInspector.cs
also TermsPopup_Drawer.cs for showing all terms in a dropdown
2. After that I went on to work out how to localize another Dropdown in my UI
For localizing a dropdown with I2L, my suggestion is to have a list of the terms that will be included in the dropdown.
Then, in the Start method, subscribe an event to LocalizationManager.OnLocalizeEvent that will make the function you register be called whenever the language changes or there is a need to update the localizations.
Then, whenever you get called, iterate over the list of terms and get their translations using ScriptLocalization.Get(term)
Hope that helps,
Frank
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