Gaze Pointers & Drop Down Boxes

I think I've tracked it down to the OVRInputModule.GetGazePointerData

OK, worked it out, the DropdownList GameObject that is created when the list is dropped down contains its own Canvas... I'll see if I can add the OVRRaycaster Component when it is instantiated...

Actually I'm a bit lost here on how best to tackle this, any help would be greatly appreciated...

hi....did you find the solution?

I may continue to look for a better way, but for now my dropdown menus are working in VR when I add this to the UI script:






    // HACK for selecting dropdowns in vr

    private void Update() {

        if (XRSettings.isDeviceActive) {

            var found = gameObject.GetComponentsInChildren<GraphicRaycaster>();

            foreach (var gr in found) {

                var ovr = gr.GetComponent<OVRRaycaster>();

                if (ovr == null) {

                    gr.enabled = false;

                    ovr = gr.gameObject.AddComponent<OVRRaycaster>();

                    ovr.sortOrder = 20;

                }

            }

        }

    }  

Basically, the idea is to look for GraphicRaycaster components (which are on the dropdown canvases) and replace with OVRRaycaster.

What you can do is add this script to your Template inside your Dropdown 

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UI;

public class CanvasVRModifier : MonoBehaviour
{
    public GameObject pointer;
    private void Awake()
    {
        GraphicRaycaster gr = GetComponent<GraphicRaycaster>();
        OVRRaycaster OVRrc = null;
        if (gr != null)
        {
            gr.enabled = false;
            OVRrc = gameObject.AddComponent<OVRRaycaster>();
            OVRrc.pointer = pointer;
            OVRrc.blockingObjects = OVRRaycaster.BlockingObjects.All;
        }
    }
}