TMPro integration - support multiple text pairs with single instance

Temmy

Hello!

Over on the wiki there is an excellent script which is for Text Mesh Pro integration

I've been using this for a while however you have to add this as a component to each pair of text and TMPro objects you want to link. For instance, if you have a UI prefab like this:

You have to add the script five times.

I'm always keen to use less components if possible, so I was interested if it would be possible to just use a single instance of the script, but to still handle multiple text object pairs.

My modification:

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using AC;
using UnityEngine.UI;
using TMPro;

[System.Serializable]
public class TextLinks
{
    public Text textToCopyFrom;
    public TextMeshProUGUI textMeshToCopyTo;
}

public class TextMeshPro_AC_New : MonoBehaviour
{
    public TextLinks[] textLinks;

    private void Update()
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < textLinks.Length; i++)
        {
            textLinks[i].textMeshToCopyTo.text = textLinks[i].textToCopyFrom.text;
        }
    }
}

The above allows you to have a single instance of the script and add as many text pairs as you like:

I guess the main upside is if you have a UI prefab with a lot of text & TMPro elements all the links can be seen in a single place.

Not sure if you'd consider that an improvement, but I thought I'd share regardless.

Temmy

Of course, it's only now I've spotted that:

Update:

AC's TextMesh Pro integration is now built-in! See the Manual's "Supported third-party assets" for instructions.

That's my new job this afternoon then!