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Focus/center Scroll View to the specified point/item in Unity
using System.Collections;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UI;
public static class ScrollViewFocusFunctions
{
public static Vector2 CalculateFocusedScrollPosition( this ScrollRect scrollView, Vector2 focusPoint )
{
Vector2 contentSize = scrollView.content.rect.size;
Vector2 viewportSize = ( (RectTransform) scrollView.content.parent ).rect.size;
Vector2 contentScale = scrollView.content.localScale;
contentSize.Scale( contentScale );
focusPoint.Scale( contentScale );
Vector2 scrollPosition = scrollView.normalizedPosition;
if( scrollView.horizontal && contentSize.x > viewportSize.x )
scrollPosition.x = Mathf.Clamp01( ( focusPoint.x - viewportSize.x * 0.5f ) / ( contentSize.x - viewportSize.x ) );
if( scrollView.vertical && contentSize.y > viewportSize.y )
scrollPosition.y = Mathf.Clamp01( ( focusPoint.y - viewportSize.y * 0.5f ) / ( contentSize.y - viewportSize.y ) );
return scrollPosition;
}
public static Vector2 CalculateFocusedScrollPosition( this ScrollRect scrollView, RectTransform item )
{
Vector2 itemCenterPoint = scrollView.content.InverseTransformPoint( item.transform.TransformPoint( item.rect.center ) );
Vector2 contentSizeOffset = scrollView.content.rect.size;
contentSizeOffset.Scale( scrollView.content.pivot );
return scrollView.CalculateFocusedScrollPosition( itemCenterPoint + contentSizeOffset );
}
public static void FocusAtPoint( this ScrollRect scrollView, Vector2 focusPoint )
{
scrollView.normalizedPosition = scrollView.CalculateFocusedScrollPosition( focusPoint );
}
public static void FocusOnItem( this ScrollRect scrollView, RectTransform item )
{
scrollView.normalizedPosition = scrollView.CalculateFocusedScrollPosition( item );
}
private static IEnumerator LerpToScrollPositionCoroutine( this ScrollRect scrollView, Vector2 targetNormalizedPos, float speed )
{
Vector2 initialNormalizedPos = scrollView.normalizedPosition;
float t = 0f;
while( t < 1f )
{
scrollView.normalizedPosition = Vector2.LerpUnclamped( initialNormalizedPos, targetNormalizedPos, 1f - ( 1f - t ) * ( 1f - t ) );
yield return null;
t += speed * Time.unscaledDeltaTime;
}
scrollView.normalizedPosition = targetNormalizedPos;
}
public static IEnumerator FocusAtPointCoroutine( this ScrollRect scrollView, Vector2 focusPoint, float speed )
{
yield return scrollView.LerpToScrollPositionCoroutine( scrollView.CalculateFocusedScrollPosition( focusPoint ), speed );
}
public static IEnumerator FocusOnItemCoroutine( this ScrollRect scrollView, RectTransform item, float speed )
{
yield return scrollView.LerpToScrollPositionCoroutine( scrollView.CalculateFocusedScrollPosition( item ), speed );
}
}
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Hexusz commented Jul 5, 2024

If you are using a content size filter and you have the position set incorrectly, use Canvas.ForceUpdateCanvases() before calling it

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