Create multiple response buttons in order for SMS

[xyztankman]

Hey Tony,

I am attempting to create a trivia minigame with a version of the SMS dialogue UI but I'm having an issue where the answers are cut off due to being too long. Is there a way to put responses on separate lines instead of one?. If possible, I wanted to make 2 answers on each line. (screenshots attached).

[Tony Li]

Hi,

The SMS Dialogue UI prefab's Response Panel has a Horizontal Layout Group, which lays out the response buttons horizontally.

You can replace this with a Vertical Layout Group to lay out the buttons vertically.

The Unity UI tutorial on raywenderlich.com is really helpful if you need an introduction to Unity UI layout.

[xyztankman]

Thanks Tony, that did it! Is there also a way to randomize the order of the responses? I tried a couple ways with RandomizeNextEntry() and x = math.random() but I couldn't get it to work right.

[Tony Li]

You can shuffle the responses in an OnConversationResponseMenu() method on a script on the Dialogue Manager. Example:

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void OnConversationResponseMenu(Response[] responses)
{
    for (int i = 0; i < responses.Length - 1; i++)
    {
        int j = Random.Range(i, responses.Length);
        Response temp = responses[i];
        responses[i] = responses[j];
        responses[j] = temp;
    }
}

[xyztankman]

Perfect, super helpful as always Tony, thanks!

[Tony Li]

Glad to help!