Unity - Scripting API: GUI.SetNextControlName

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Declaration

public static void SetNextControlName(string name);

Description

Set the name of the next control.

// Sets the login textfield with "user".  If it is selected and the user
// presses enter, it prints Loginusing UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
public class ExampleClass : MonoBehaviour
{
    public string login = "username";
    public string login2 = "no action here";
    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.SetNextControlName("user");
        login = GUI.TextField(new Rect(10, 10, 130, 20), login);
        login2 = GUI.TextField(new Rect(10, 40, 130, 20), login2);
        if (Event.current.Equals(Event.KeyboardEvent("return")) && GUI.GetNameOfFocusedControl() == "user")
            Debug.Log("Login");
        if (GUI.Button(new Rect(150, 10, 50, 20), "Login"))
            Debug.Log("Login");
    }
}