UI Buttons vs OnMouseDown?

[lostinsomestory]

Hello.

Does anyone know why we might use OnMouseDown over Unity’s button component or vice versa?

Thank you.

[Nina]

Hi,

Have you already looked the method up in the API? From the description:

This event is sent to all scripts of the GameObject with Collider or GUIElement.

Button is a GUIElement.

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[lostinsomestory]

@Nina

Button is a GUIElement

I think so.

So the button script is just sitting there waiting for the OnMouseDown event. But I can create other scripts that rely on the event as well, as long as my game object has a collider or a GUI Element.

Thank you for your help.

[Nina]

@lostinsomestory

But I can create other scripts that rely on the event as well, as long as my game object has a collider or a GUI Element.

Exactly.