The Unity UI Extensions project is a collection of extension scripts/effects and controls to enhance your Unity UI experience. This includes over 70+ controls, utilities, effects and some much-needed love to make the most out of the Unity UI system (formally uGUI) in Unity.
[Check out our Tumblr page for a sneak peek](https://www.tumblr.com/blog/unityuiextensions)
For more details on [Getting Started](https://unity-ui-extensions.github.io/GettingStarted) please checkout the [online documentation here](https://unity-ui-extensions.github.io/).
The UI Extensions project provides many automated functions to add the various controls contained within the project commonly accessed via "***GameObject -> UI -> Extensions -> 'Control'***" from the editor menu. This will add the UI object and all the necessary components to make that control work in the scene in a default state.
Some of the features are also available through the GameObject "Add Component" menu in the inspector.
For a full list of the controls and how they are used, please see the [online documentation](https://unity-ui-extensions.github.io/Controls.html) for the project.
- 2019 and above - the recommended path for 2019+ is to use the Unity Package Manager to get access to the package. Full details for installing via UPM can be [found here](https://unity-ui-extensions.github.io/UPMInstallation.html).
- 2018 and below - for 2018 and use this package, you will have to import the asset package(s), either from the Asset Store or from the alternate download locations [listed here](https://unity-ui-extensions.github.io/Downloads).
2023 is certainly an interesting year to keep you on your toes, and finding time to keep managing all the requests and updates that come in are taking their toll, especially for a FREE project, but nonetheless, I still do it.
Mainly bugfixes for the end of year update, promoting some resolutions that have been verified and tested since the last release.
> Much easier that posting a question / issue on YouTube, Twitter or Facebook :D
## Breaking changes
For customers upgrading from earlier versions of Unity to Unity 2020, please be aware of the Breaking change related to Text Based components. You will need to manually replace any UI using the older ```Text``` component and replace them with ```TextMeshPro``` versions. This is unavoidable due to Unity deprecating the Text component.
> New users to 2022 are unaffected as all the Editor commands have been updated to use the newer TextMeshPro versions.
For more details, see the [deprecation notice](https://github.com/Unity-UI-Extensions/com.unity.uiextensions/discussions/428) on GitHub.
- All deprecated Text based components now have "obsolete" tags, to avoid breaking code. Note, these do not function in 2022 and above, as Unity have "changed" things. For any affected component, I recommend updating to use TextMeshPro native features.
We recommend using the UPM delivery method. If you are using the Unity asset, there should be no issues updating but if you have a problem, just deleted the old Unity-UI-Extensions folder and import the asset new.
