com.unity.uiextensions.nosample/Scripts/Controls/ComboBox/DropDownList.cs

///Credit perchik
///Sourced from - http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/receive-onclick-event-and-pass-it-on-to-lower-ui-elements.293642/


using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace UnityEngine.UI.Extensions
{
	/// <summary>
	///  Extension to the UI class which creates a dropdown list 
	/// </summary>
	[RequireComponent(typeof(RectTransform))]
	[AddComponentMenu("UI/Extensions/Dropdown List")]
	public class DropDownList : MonoBehaviour
	{
		public Color disabledTextColor;
		public DropDownListItem SelectedItem { get; private set; } //outside world gets to get this, not set it

		public List<DropDownListItem> Items;
        public bool OverrideHighlighted = true;

		//private bool isInitialized = false;
		private bool _isPanelActive = false;
		private bool _hasDrawnOnce = false;

		private DropDownListButton _mainButton;

		private RectTransform _rectTransform;

		private RectTransform _overlayRT;
		private RectTransform _scrollPanelRT;
		private RectTransform _scrollBarRT;
		private RectTransform _slidingAreaRT;
		//   private RectTransform scrollHandleRT;
		private RectTransform _itemsPanelRT;
		private Canvas _canvas;
		private RectTransform _canvasRT;

		private ScrollRect _scrollRect;

		private List<DropDownListButton> _panelItems;

		private GameObject _itemTemplate;

		[SerializeField]
		private float _scrollBarWidth = 20.0f;
		public float ScrollBarWidth
		{
			get { return _scrollBarWidth; }
			set
			{
				_scrollBarWidth = value;
				RedrawPanel();
			}
		}

		//    private int scrollOffset; //offset of the selected item
		private int _selectedIndex = 0;


		[SerializeField]
		private int _itemsToDisplay;
		public int ItemsToDisplay
		{
			get { return _itemsToDisplay; }
			set
			{
				_itemsToDisplay = value;
				RedrawPanel();
			}
		}

		public bool SelectFirstItemOnStart = false;

		[System.Serializable]
		public class SelectionChangedEvent :  UnityEngine.Events.UnityEvent<int> {
		}
		// fires when item is changed;
		public SelectionChangedEvent OnSelectionChanged;




		public void Start()
		{
			Initialize();
			if (SelectFirstItemOnStart && Items.Count > 0) {
				ToggleDropdownPanel (false);
				OnItemClicked (0);
			}
		}

		private bool Initialize()
		{
			bool success = true;
			try
			{
				_rectTransform = GetComponent<RectTransform>();
				_mainButton = new DropDownListButton(_rectTransform.FindChild("MainButton").gameObject);

				_overlayRT = _rectTransform.FindChild("Overlay").GetComponent<RectTransform>();
				_overlayRT.gameObject.SetActive(false);


				_scrollPanelRT = _overlayRT.FindChild("ScrollPanel").GetComponent<RectTransform>();
				_scrollBarRT = _scrollPanelRT.FindChild("Scrollbar").GetComponent<RectTransform>();
				_slidingAreaRT = _scrollBarRT.FindChild("SlidingArea").GetComponent<RectTransform>();
				//  scrollHandleRT = slidingAreaRT.FindChild("Handle").GetComponent<RectTransform>();
				_itemsPanelRT = _scrollPanelRT.FindChild("Items").GetComponent<RectTransform>();
				//itemPanelLayout = itemsPanelRT.gameObject.GetComponent<LayoutGroup>();

				_canvas = GetComponentInParent<Canvas>();
				_canvasRT = _canvas.GetComponent<RectTransform>();

				_scrollRect = _scrollPanelRT.GetComponent<ScrollRect>();
				_scrollRect.scrollSensitivity = _rectTransform.sizeDelta.y / 2;
				_scrollRect.movementType = ScrollRect.MovementType.Clamped;
				_scrollRect.content = _itemsPanelRT;


				_itemTemplate = _rectTransform.FindChild("ItemTemplate").gameObject;
				_itemTemplate.SetActive(false);
			}
			catch (System.NullReferenceException ex)
			{
				Debug.LogException(ex);
				Debug.LogError("Something is setup incorrectly with the dropdownlist component causing a Null Reference Exception");
				success = false;
			}

			_panelItems = new List<DropDownListButton>();

			RebuildPanel();
			RedrawPanel();
			return success;
		}

		/* currently just using items in the list instead of being able to add to it.
		public void AddItems(params object[] list)
		{
			List<DropDownListItem> ddItems = new List<DropDownListItem>();
			foreach (var obj in list)
			{
				if (obj is DropDownListItem)
				{
					ddItems.Add((DropDownListItem)obj);
				}
				else if (obj is string)
				{
					ddItems.Add(new DropDownListItem(caption: (string)obj));
				}
				else if (obj is Sprite)
				{
					ddItems.Add(new DropDownListItem(image: (Sprite)obj));
				}
				else
				{
					throw new System.Exception("Only ComboBoxItems, Strings, and Sprite types are allowed");
				}
			}
			Items.AddRange(ddItems);
			Items = Items.Distinct().ToList();//remove any duplicates
			RebuildPanel();
		}
		*/

		/// <summary>
		/// Rebuilds the contents of the panel in response to items being added.
		/// </summary>
		private void RebuildPanel()
		{
			if (Items.Count == 0) return;

			int indx = _panelItems.Count;
			while (_panelItems.Count < Items.Count)
			{
				GameObject newItem = Instantiate(_itemTemplate) as GameObject;
				newItem.name = "Item " + indx;
				newItem.transform.SetParent(_itemsPanelRT, false);

				_panelItems.Add(new DropDownListButton(newItem));
				indx++;
			}
			for (int i = 0; i < _panelItems.Count; i++)
			{
				if (i < Items.Count)
				{
					DropDownListItem item = Items[i];

					_panelItems[i].txt.text = item.Caption;
					if (item.IsDisabled) _panelItems[i].txt.color = disabledTextColor;

					if (_panelItems[i].btnImg != null) _panelItems[i].btnImg.sprite = null;//hide the button image  
					_panelItems[i].img.sprite = item.Image;
					_panelItems[i].img.color = (item.Image == null) ? new Color(1, 1, 1, 0)
																	: item.IsDisabled ? new Color(1, 1, 1, .5f)
																					  : Color.white;
					int ii = i; //have to copy the variable for use in anonymous function
					_panelItems[i].btn.onClick.RemoveAllListeners();
					_panelItems[i].btn.onClick.AddListener(() =>
					{
						OnItemClicked(ii);
						if (item.OnSelect != null) item.OnSelect();
					});
				}
				_panelItems[i].gameobject.SetActive(i < Items.Count);// if we have more thanks in the panel than Items in the list hide them
			}
		}

		private void OnItemClicked(int indx)
		{
			Debug.Log("item " + indx + " clicked");
			if (indx != _selectedIndex && OnSelectionChanged != null) OnSelectionChanged.Invoke(indx);

			_selectedIndex = indx;
			ToggleDropdownPanel(true);
			UpdateSelected();
		}

		private void UpdateSelected()
		{
			SelectedItem = (_selectedIndex > -1 && _selectedIndex < Items.Count) ? Items[_selectedIndex] : null;
			if (SelectedItem == null) return;

			bool hasImage = SelectedItem.Image != null;
			if (hasImage)
			{
				_mainButton.img.sprite = SelectedItem.Image;
				_mainButton.img.color = Color.white;

				//if (Interactable) mainButton.img.color = Color.white;
				//else mainButton.img.color = new Color(1, 1, 1, .5f);
			}
			else
			{
				_mainButton.img.sprite = null;
			}

			_mainButton.txt.text = SelectedItem.Caption;

            //update selected index color
            if (OverrideHighlighted)
            {

                for (int i = 0; i < _itemsPanelRT.childCount; i++)
                {
                    _panelItems[i].btnImg.color = (_selectedIndex == i) ? _mainButton.btn.colors.highlightedColor : new Color(0, 0, 0, 0);
                }
            }
        }


        private void RedrawPanel()
		{
			float scrollbarWidth = Items.Count > ItemsToDisplay ? _scrollBarWidth : 0f;//hide the scrollbar if there's not enough items

			if (!_hasDrawnOnce || _rectTransform.sizeDelta != _mainButton.rectTransform.sizeDelta)
			{
				_hasDrawnOnce = true;
				_mainButton.rectTransform.SetSizeWithCurrentAnchors(RectTransform.Axis.Horizontal, _rectTransform.sizeDelta.x);
				_mainButton.rectTransform.SetSizeWithCurrentAnchors(RectTransform.Axis.Vertical, _rectTransform.sizeDelta.y);
				_mainButton.txt.rectTransform.offsetMax = new Vector2(4, 0);

				_scrollPanelRT.SetParent(transform, true);//break the scroll panel from the overlay
				_scrollPanelRT.anchoredPosition = new Vector2(0, -_rectTransform.sizeDelta.y); //anchor it to the bottom of the button

				//make the overlay fill the screen
				_overlayRT.SetParent(_canvas.transform, false); //attach it to top level object
				_overlayRT.SetSizeWithCurrentAnchors(RectTransform.Axis.Horizontal, _canvasRT.sizeDelta.x);
				_overlayRT.SetSizeWithCurrentAnchors(RectTransform.Axis.Vertical, _canvasRT.sizeDelta.y);

				_overlayRT.SetParent(transform, true);//reattach to this object
				_scrollPanelRT.SetParent(_overlayRT, true); //reattach the scrollpanel to the overlay            
			}

			if (Items.Count < 1) return;

			float dropdownHeight = _rectTransform.sizeDelta.y * Mathf.Min(_itemsToDisplay, Items.Count);

			_scrollPanelRT.SetSizeWithCurrentAnchors(RectTransform.Axis.Vertical, dropdownHeight);
			_scrollPanelRT.SetSizeWithCurrentAnchors(RectTransform.Axis.Horizontal, _rectTransform.sizeDelta.x);

			_itemsPanelRT.SetSizeWithCurrentAnchors(RectTransform.Axis.Horizontal, _scrollPanelRT.sizeDelta.x - scrollbarWidth - 5);
			_itemsPanelRT.anchoredPosition = new Vector2(5, 0);

			_scrollBarRT.SetSizeWithCurrentAnchors(RectTransform.Axis.Horizontal, scrollbarWidth);
			_scrollBarRT.SetSizeWithCurrentAnchors(RectTransform.Axis.Vertical, dropdownHeight);

			_slidingAreaRT.SetSizeWithCurrentAnchors(RectTransform.Axis.Horizontal, 0);
			_slidingAreaRT.SetSizeWithCurrentAnchors(RectTransform.Axis.Vertical, dropdownHeight - _scrollBarRT.sizeDelta.x);
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Toggle the drop down list
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="directClick"> whether an item was directly clicked on</param>
		public void ToggleDropdownPanel(bool directClick)
		{
			_overlayRT.transform.localScale = new Vector3(1, 1, 1);
			_scrollBarRT.transform.localScale = new Vector3(1, 1, 1);
			_isPanelActive = !_isPanelActive;
			_overlayRT.gameObject.SetActive(_isPanelActive);
			if (_isPanelActive)
			{
				transform.SetAsLastSibling();
			}
			else if (directClick)
			{
				// scrollOffset = Mathf.RoundToInt(itemsPanelRT.anchoredPosition.y / _rectTransform.sizeDelta.y); 
			}
		}
	}
}