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Game Development

Rory Letteney
Rory Letteney
1,342 Points
Posted by Rory Letteney
Rory Letteney
1,342 Points

Dropdown UI instantiation position - C# Unity

Hello! I have instantiated a few planes, and I would like to create a drop-down menu at the location of the plane when each one is clicked. Everything is working as it should be, except for one small detail. The drop-downs are always created at the center of the viewport. When I debug.log the drop-down's position it says the same Vector3 as the plane that was clicked, but it obviously isn't at the same location.

[SerializeField]
private Transform groundTile;
[SerializeField]
private GameObject dropdown;
private GameObject dropdownGameObject;
private bool clicked;

void Start () {
    clicked = false;
}

void OnMouseOver()
{
    if (Input.GetMouseButtonUp(0) && clicked == false)
    {
        dropdownGameObject = Instantiate(dropdown);
        dropdownGameObject.transform.SetParent(groundTile, false);
        dropdownGameObject.transform.position = groundTile.position;
        Debug.Log(dropdownGameObject.transform.position);
        clicked = true;
    }
}

void OnMouseExit()
{
    Destroy(dropdownGameObject);
    clicked = false;
}