Animate UI Materials

This package exists to fill the lack of MaterialPropertyBlock in the UI system

It allows users to animate material properties, as you would with a MeshRenderer or a SpriteRenderer, in a clean and concise interface.

Setup is a breeze:

• Select your UI element (an Image for example)
• Add the GraphicMaterialOverride component
• Select a property to modify from the dropdown menu
• A child GameObject is created, with a GraphicPropertyOverride component
• Animate or modify this property as you wish

To remove the override, simply delete the child GameObject holding the override

The reason a child GameObject is required is because Unity cannot animate arrays or duplicate components

Release Notes

1.3.1

• Fixed Masking in editor in 2022+
• Made material preview readonly again

1.3.0

• Support custom shader property drawers
• Hide UI shader useless property names
• Added new override script for rare occasions when texture scale and offset are overriden
• Fixed mask issues

1.2.0

• Massively reduces number of materials created

1.1.7

• Fixed Vector property drawer

1.1.6

• Fixed build
• Added context menu option to reload from modified source material
• Made it impossible to accidentally modify the generated material in editor

1.1.5

• Added support for HDR colors
• Fixed slider not appearing in very specific circumstances

1.1.4

• Fixed warnings on adding some material properties
• Fixed alignement issues in GraphicMaterialOverride table

1.1.3

• Added multi-edit to properties
• Better checks for detecting animated changes
• Fixed modified material staying when removing the material override in editor
• Changed object field to button to select the property object
• Upgraded project

1.1.2

• Fixed build on 2022
• Fixed Editor reference in build

1.1.1

• Fixed editor alignement using vertical scopes instead
• Added hamburger menu

1.1.0

• Added animation system callbacks for efficiency
• Fixed material updating too often
• Fixed readme

1.0.0

• Added master material override component
• Added editor to visualize modified properties from the GraphicMaterialOverride component
• Added property overrides for each property type
• Added editor to filter out compatible properties