How to disable a canvas while another is opened?

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Hi everyone!

I'm a coding noob and can't find a proper solution on the web either..

My problem: I've got two scripts on seperate objects.

One script triggers the Pausemenu.

The other script triggers the Equipmentmenu.

I can't get it done that if the Pausemenu is open to disable the Equipmentmenu script So while in pause menu I still can open and close the equipmentmenu :/

My Pause script(the other script is nearly the same):

 using System.Collections;
 using UnityEngine;
 using UnityEngine.UI;
 
 public class PauseGame : MonoBehaviour
 {
 
  public Transform canvas;
  
  
  // Update is called once per frame
  void Update ()
 {
 
      if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Escape))
      {
          Pause();
      }
 }
 
 public void Pause()
 
  {
      if (canvas.gameObject.activeInHierarchy == false)
      {
          canvas.gameObject.SetActive(true);
          Time.timeScale = 0;
      }
      else
      {
          canvas.gameObject.SetActive(false);
          Time.timeScale = 1;
      }
  }
  
  public void Quit()
  {
      Application.Quit();
  }
 }

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Answer by Casy10 · Sep 08, 2017 at 11:14 AM

Hello @Xark96 ! If i understood correctly, a solution would be to use a Manager.cs script. Place it on an empty game object that will be always active in scene. Try to handle the user input in that script and keep references to objects that you're working with(i.e. the objects with the above-mentioned scripts). If the requested key is pressed then deactivate the entire object and be sure that the other object is active otherwise activate it.

     public class Manager : MonoBehaviour
     {
     public GameObject FirstCanvas;
     public GameObject SecondCanvas;
     
     public void Pause()
     
         {
             if (FirstCanvas.gameObject.activeInHierarchy == false)
             {
                 FirstCanvas.gameObject.SetActive(true);
                 SecondCanvas.gameObject.SetActive(false);
                 Time.timeScale = 0;
             }
             else
             {
                 FirstCanvas.gameObject.SetActive(false);
                 SecondCanvas.gameObject.SetActive(true);
                 Time.timeScale = 1;
             }
         }
 }

If this won't help you please take your time and ask the question carefully.

Also, check this link : http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/779861/what-is-the-correct-way-to-switch-ui-panels-46.html

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Xark96 · Sep 08, 2017 at 12:42 PM 0

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Even thoug your code didn't changed anything for some reason, it actually helped me thinking from a different angle and I found a solution. I simply added "public GameObject Equip;" to the PauseScript and put the Equip$$anonymous$$enu gameobject in the editor. Then I did actually the same as you did here but only to the new added Gameobject. It was as simple as that. Needed only 3 more lines of code ^^'

Like this:

public GameObject Equip;

pulic void Pause() { if (canvas.gameObject.activeInHierarchy == false) { canvas.gameObject.SetActive(true); Equip.gameObject.SetActive(false); Time.timeScale = 0; } else { canvas.gameObject.SetActive(false); Equip.gameObject.SetActive(true); Time.timeScale = 1; } }

Casy10 · Sep 08, 2017 at 01:05 PM 0

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Well thought. This way you will have your script on one of the 2 objects in the hierarchy. It seems that I didn't understand your question entirely but I'm glad the answer at least helped you.

How to disable a canvas while another is opened?

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