How to Navigate Between Scenes in Unity DOTS
Unity Entities 0.50
Last Updated on: 6/24/2022
This will take you about 20 minutes in prep time if you don't have Unity set-up, and 30 minutes in coding and debug time.
Stop struggling with the limited documentation. Follow this step-by-step tutorial: "How to Navigate Between Scenes in Unity DOTS."
Full workflows and code to navigate between scenes using UI Toolkit and UI Builder and create and destroy ECS worlds
This gitbook takes you through step-by-step full workflows and code to navigate between scenes using UI Toolkit and UI Builder and create and destroy ECS worlds. Once you've coded along and fully finished the "How To Navigate Between Scenes" tutorial, you will be able to navigate between scenes using UI Toolkit and UI Builder and create and destroy ECS worlds.
High-Level steps to Navigate Between Scenes:
Style the Title Screen by adding selectors to the TitleScreenUI USS
Style the Header and extract inlined styles to new class
Style the main content with buttons and labels
FAQ
What is UI Toolkit in Unity DOTS?
Unity’s UI Toolkit is a collection of features, functionality, resources and tools for developing user interfaces (UI). You can use UI Toolkit to develop custom UI and extensions for the Unity Editor, runtime debugging tools, and runtime UI for games and applications. UI Toolkit is based on, and inspired by, standard web technologies. If you have experience developing web pages or applications, much of your knowledge might be transferable, and many of the core concepts might be familiar.
What is the difference between UI Toolkit and UI Builder in Unity DOTS?
UI Builder is a new UI-creation tool by Unity. It allows you to easily create UI's that integrate with your Unity project. UI Toolkit (formerly UIElement) is a collection of features, functionality, resources and tools for developing user interfaces (UI). A good way to think about the relationship between the two is UI Toolkit is the elements needed to create UI and UI Builder is the tool you use to put them together.
What Asset types does UI Toolkit provide in Unity DOTS?
The UI Toolkit provides the following Asset types that you can use to build user interfaces in a way that’s similar to how you develop web applications: UXML documents: Unity eXtensible Markup Language (UXML) is an HTML and XML inspired markup language that you use to define the structure of user interfaces and reusable UI templates. Although you can build interfaces directly in C# files, Unity recommends using UXML documents in most cases. Unity Style Sheets (USS): Style sheets allow you to apply visual styles and behaviors to user interfaces. They are similar to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) used on the web, and support a subset of standard CSS properties. Although you can apply styles directly in C# files, Unity recommends using USS files in most cases.
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