C# Unity - How can I clear an InputField

Question

I want to clear an InputField in Unity, but I cant get it to work. What I do now is:
public InputField inputfieldname; inputfieldname.text = "";

but then it doesnt clear the field until you select it. Is it possible to clear the field totally just by code?

Thanks in advance! Ablos

Answer 1

This problem does not exist in the current version of Unity I am running. My advice to you is to update to 5.4.. If you don't want to, then you can select the InputField with code then clear it.

public InputField inputfieldname;
inputfieldname.Select();
inputfieldname.text = "";

You can make this into an extension method.

public static class Extension
{
    public static void clear(this InputField inputfield)
    {
        inputfield.Select();
        inputfield.text = "";
    }
}

Now you can use it like below:

public InputField inputfieldname;
inputfieldname.clear();