uquery is like jquery, but for the unity 4.6 ui elements. sort of.

UQuery.cs

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

public class UQuery : MonoBehaviour 
{
	protected GameObject GO(GameObject go, params int[] indexes) {
		return GO(go.transform, indexes);
	}
	
	protected GameObject GO(Transform t, params int[] indexes) {
		foreach (int i in indexes) t = t.GetChild(i);
		return t.gameObject;
	}

	protected GameObject GO(string name, params int[] indexes) {
		return GO(GameObject.Find(name), indexes);
	}
	
	protected Image Image(GameObject go, params int[] indexes) {
		return GO(go, indexes).GetComponent<Image>();
	}
	
	protected Image Image(Transform t, params int[] indexes) {
		return Image(GO(t, indexes));
	}
	
	protected Image Image(string name, params int[] indexes) {
		return Image(GO(name, indexes));
	}
	
	protected Text Text(GameObject go, params int[] indexes) {
		return GO(go, indexes).GetComponent<Text>();
	}
	
	protected Text Text(Transform t, params int[] indexes) {
		return Text(GO(t, indexes));
	}
	
	protected Text Text(string name, params int[] indexes) {
		return Text(GO(name, indexes));
	}
	
	protected Button Button(GameObject go, params int[] indexes) {
		return GO(go, indexes).GetComponent<Button>();
	}
	
	protected Button Button(Transform t, params int[] indexes) {
		return Button(GO(t, indexes));
	}
	
	protected Button Button(string name, params int[] indexes) {
		return Button(GO(name, indexes));
	}
}