Panel Menu Item Controller

Overview

Intercepts the controller events sent from a VRTK_PanelMenuController and passes them onto additional custom event subscriber scripts, which then carry out the required custom UI actions.

This script is not directly part of a prefab but is a helper associated to the PanelMenu prefab.

• Place the VRTK/Prefabs/PanelMenu/VRTK_PanelMenuItemController script on the child GameObject of any Panel Item Container which is contained within the PanelMenuController prefab within the scene.
• Pick up the VRTK_InteractableObject show/hide the panel menu by pressing the touchpad top/bottom/left/right you can open/close the child UI panel that has been assigned via the Unity Editor panel.

Class Events

• PanelMenuItemShowing - Emitted when the panel menu item is showing.
• PanelMenuItemHiding - Emitted when the panel menu item is hiding.
• PanelMenuItemSwipeLeft - Emitted when the panel menu item is open and the user swipes left on the controller touchpad.
• PanelMenuItemSwipeRight - Emitted when the panel menu item is open and the user swipes right on the controller touchpad.
• PanelMenuItemSwipeTop - Emitted when the panel menu item is open and the user swipes top on the controller touchpad.
• PanelMenuItemSwipeBottom - Emitted when the panel menu item is open and the user swipes bottom on the controller touchpad.
• PanelMenuItemTriggerPressed - Emitted when the panel menu item is open and the user presses the trigger of the controller holding the interactable object.

Event Payload

• GameObject interactableObject - The GameObject for the interactable object the PanelMenu is attached to.

Class Methods

SetPanelMenuItemEvent/1

public virtual PanelMenuItemControllerEventArgs SetPanelMenuItemEvent(GameObject interactableObject)

• Parameters
  • GameObject interactableObject - The object the menu is attached to.
• Returns
  • PanelMenuItemControllerEventArgs - The payload for the event.

The SetPanelMenuItemEvent is used to build up the event payload.

Show/1

public virtual void Show(GameObject interactableObject)

• Parameters
  • GameObject interactableObject - The object the menu is attached to.
• Returns
  • none

The Show method is used to show the menu.

Hide/1

public virtual void Hide(GameObject interactableObject)

• Parameters
  • GameObject interactableObject - The object the menu is attached to.
• Returns
  • none

The Hide method is used to show the menu.

SwipeLeft/1

public virtual void SwipeLeft(GameObject interactableObject)

• Parameters
  • GameObject interactableObject - The object the menu is attached to.
• Returns
  • none

The SwipeLeft method is used when the control is swiped left.

SwipeRight/1

public virtual void SwipeRight(GameObject interactableObject)

• Parameters
  • GameObject interactableObject - The object the menu is attached to.
• Returns
  • none

The SwipeRight method is used when the control is swiped right.

SwipeTop/1

public virtual void SwipeTop(GameObject interactableObject)

• Parameters
  • GameObject interactableObject - The object the menu is attached to.
• Returns
  • none

The SwipeTop method is used when the control is swiped up.

SwipeBottom/1

public virtual void SwipeBottom(GameObject interactableObject)

• Parameters
  • GameObject interactableObject - The object the menu is attached to.
• Returns
  • none

The SwipeBottom method is used when the control is swiped down.

TriggerPressed/1

public virtual void TriggerPressed(GameObject interactableObject)

• Parameters
  • GameObject interactableObject - The object the menu is attached to.
• Returns
  • none

The TriggerPressed method is used when the control action button is pressed.

Example

040_Controls_Panel_Menu contains three basic interactive object examples of the PanelMenu in use.