Can't click on Input fields.

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That's it. I click on the input field, and nothing happens. I can't input anything, or delete stuff. The cursor thing doesn't even appear. When I hover over it, it doesn't change color. A script makes it active/inactive frequently, so that might have something to do with it, but I don't think so. I didn't do anything weird, and nothing is blocking it. Interactive is checked. What's going on?

**Link to previous question, when only half of it was unresponsive:**

This is the script that makes it active/inactive

creationGUI.SetActive(true); and creationGUI.SetActive(false); The input fields are within creationGUI. There are five input fields there, but only four have this problem. The fifth works.

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Answer by SoshJam · Aug 13, 2018 at 05:16 PM

Okay something was blocking it, I just didn't see it because it was the border of a text box that was too big. Way to go, me.

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Answer by niiicolai · Aug 11, 2018 at 01:49 AM

Maybe your scene is missing an EventSystem object. Add it under Hierarchy > create > UI > EventSystem (https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/EventSystems.EventSystem.html)

It's responsible handling Input events and you are therefore not able to click on components like buttons, inputfields etc. in the specific scene if it's missing.

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SoshJam · Aug 11, 2018 at 02:39 PM 0

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No, everything else works fine. It's just those four input fields, and everything else works.

niiicolai SoshJam · Aug 11, 2018 at 04:19 PM 0

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Ah okay. Can you share the code that is manipulating the Inputs then? Also have you tried to disable the scripts to see if the inputs is working without?

SoshJam niiicolai · Aug 11, 2018 at 08:56 PM 0

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Thanks for the suggestions! I tried disabling the scripts, but it didn't work. I posted the code in the original question, as well as a link to a previous question from when only half of the input field didn't work.

D43DB33F · Sep 08, 2019 at 02:14 PM 0

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Thanks ! That's exactly what I needed. I created some reusable pieces of UI using the new prefab system, added them to the object tree, but it did not automatically add an event system, so I had this problem.

rick4nine · Dec 04, 2019 at 12:33 PM 0

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Yeah, that was my problem

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Answer by Strixie13 · Aug 10, 2018 at 07:37 PM

It might be underneath another UI element and thus not clickable. Make sure there are no panels overlapping it on the canvas hierarchy.

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SoshJam · Aug 10, 2018 at 07:45 PM 0

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I already said there was nothing blocking it.

Can't click on Input fields.

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