Utilities
Word Spacing
The Word Spacing utility offers the ability to customize the spacing between words within text elements, enhancing readability and layout design.
Utility Class | USS Properties |
|---|---|
| word-space-tighter | word-spacing: -5px; |
| word-space-tight | word-spacing: -2.5px; |
| word-space-normal | word-spacing: 0; |
| word-space-wide | word-spacing: 2.5px; |
| word-space-wider | word-spacing: 5px; |
| word-space-widest | word-spacing: 10px; |
Basic Usage in UXML
To adjust the word spacing in your text elements, apply any of the word-spacing utility classes to your UI elements. These classes provide a range of spacing adjustments from tighter to wider spacing.
<ui:Label text="Example with tighter word spacing" class="word-space-tighter" />
<ui:Label text="Example with tight word spacing" class="word-space-tight" />
<ui:Label text="Example with normal word spacing" class="word-space-normal" />
<ui:Label text="Example with wide word spacing" class="word-space-wide" />
<ui:Label text="Example with wider word spacing" class="word-space-wider" />
<ui:Label text="Example with widest word spacing" class="word-space-widest" />
Customize
Modifier Variations
You can customize which modifier variations of the Word Spacing utility are generated, such as pseudo-classes (e.g., hover, focus) and custom modifiers.
Word Spacing utility.By fine-tuning the utility variations, you maintain control over your stylesheet's size and complexity, ensuring that only necessary styles are included. To update these values:
- Open the Theme Config Asset: Find the asset within your Unity project.
- Navigate to the 'Utilities' Section: Locate the
Word Spacingutility. - Adjust Modifier Variations: Select which modifiers you want to be generated for the utility. Keep in mind that the order of the modifiers will affect the order and specificity of the generated USS classes.
Class Tags and Properties
The Word Spacing utility generates classes based on predefined tags and their associated USS properties. While we recommend keeping these defaults for consistency and ease of reference in our documentation, you have the option to customize them to suit your project's specific needs.
These values are prepended to the defined values in this format tag-{value}. If a tag is empty, the generated class will simply be the value by itself.
Here are the default tags and the USS properties they set for the Word Spacing utility:
- word-space : word-spacing
To customize these tags and properties, you can edit the Tag Property Map field for the Word Spacing utility in the Theme Config asset. This allows you to define new tags or modify existing ones, thus tailoring the generated classes to your preferences.
Extending Core Fields
The Word Spacing utility does not extend any fields from the Core section of the Theme Config asset. Before you try to extend any fields, we recommend checking Unity's documentation to verify which types of values are expected by the relevant USS properties.
To customize or define these extended fields:
- Open the Theme Config Asset: Locate the asset within your Unity project.
- Navigate to the 'Utilities' Section: Find the
Word Spacingutility. - Customize Extend Fields: Modify or add fields in the
Extend Fieldsarray to change the core configuration values that are extended. You'll only be able to extend fields of the same type.
Disable Utility
The Word Spacing utility is enabled by default. You can disable it by unchecking the Enabled option in the Theme Config asset. This will prevent the generation of the utility's styles.