Unity - Scripting API: EditorGUIUtility.GetFlowLayoutedRects

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Declaration

public static List<Rect> GetFlowLayoutedRects(Rect rect, GUIStyle style, float horizontalSpacing, float verticalSpacing, List<string> items);

Parameters

Parameter	Description
rect	Area where to layout the items.
style	Style for the items.
horizontalSpacing	Extra horizontal spacing between successive items.
verticalSpacing	Extra vertical spacing between item rows.
items	Strings to layout.

Returns

List<Rect> List of rectangles for the passed items.

Description

Layout list of string items left to right, top to bottom in the given area.

Example of buttons positioned with GetFlowLayoutedRects.

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEditor;
using System.Collections.Generic;public class MyWindow : EditorWindow
{
    [MenuItem("Window/My Window")]
    static void OpenMyWindow()
    {
        EditorWindow.GetWindow<MyWindow>(true);
    }
    void OnGUI()
    {
        // area to layout our items in
        var rect = new Rect(10, 10, position.width - 20, position.height - 20);
        // items to layout
        var items = new List<string>
        {
            "One button", "Another button", "Yet another", "Hey there's more", "More!"
        };
        // get resulting rectangles of items
        var style = EditorStyles.miniButton;
        var boxes = EditorGUIUtility.GetFlowLayoutedRects(rect, style, 4, 4, items);
        // do actual UI for them
        for (var i = 0; i < boxes.Count; ++i)
        {
            GUI.Button(boxes[i], items[i], style);
        }
    }
}