# Box

> Create a Box on the GUI Layer.

## Definition

* **Type:** Method
* **Namespace:** [UnityEngine](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine.md)
* **Assembly:** UnityEngine.IMGUIModule

## Box(Rect, string)

Create a Box on the GUI Layer.

```csharp
public static void Box(Rect position, string text)
```

### Parameters

**** (\[Rect]\(/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/rect)): Rectangle on the screen to use for the box.**** (\[string]\(https\://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string)): Text to display on the box.

### Remarks

A Box can contain text, an image, or a combination of these along with an optional tooltip, through using a [GUIContent](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/guicontent.md) parameter. You may also use a [GUIStyle](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/guistyle.md) to adjust the layout of items in a box, text colour and other properties.

Here is an example of a Box containing Text:

Here is an example of a Box containing a Texture:

Here is an example of a Box containing a GUIContent, combining Text, Texture and Tooltip:

Here is an example of a Box containing Text, with options set in a GUIStyle to position the Text in the center of the Box.

Here is an example of a Box containing a Texture, with options set in a GUIStyle to position the Texture in the center of the Box.

Finally, here is an example of a Box containing a GUIContent, combining Text, Texture and Tooltip, with positional information contained in the GUIStyle parameter:

### Examples

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), "This is a box");
    }
}
```

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxWithTextureExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Texture BoxTexture;      // Drag a Texture onto this item in the Inspector

    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), BoxTexture);
    }
}
```

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxWithContentExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Texture BoxTexture;      // Drag a Texture onto this item in the Inspector

    GUIContent content;

    void Start()
    {
        content = new GUIContent("This is a box", BoxTexture, "This is a tooltip");
    }

    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), content);
    }
}
```

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxWithTextStyleExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    GUIStyle style = new GUIStyle();

    void Start()
    {
        // Position the Text in the center of the Box
        style.alignment = TextAnchor.MiddleCenter;
    }

    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), "This is a box", style);
    }
}
```

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxWithTextureStyleExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Texture BoxTexture;              // Drag a Texture onto this item in the Inspector

    GUIStyle style = new GUIStyle();


    void Start()
    {
        // Position the Texture in the center of the Box
        style.alignment = TextAnchor.MiddleCenter;
    }

    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), BoxTexture, style);
    }
}
```

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxWithContentStyleExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Texture BoxTexture;              // Drag a Texture onto this item in the Inspector

    GUIContent content;
    GUIStyle style = new GUIStyle();

    void Start()
    {
        content = new GUIContent("This is a box", BoxTexture, "This is a tooltip");

        // Position the Text and Texture in the center of the box
        style.alignment = TextAnchor.MiddleCenter;

        // Position the Text below the Texture (rather than to the right of it)
        style.imagePosition = ImagePosition.ImageAbove;
    }

    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), content, style);
    }
}
```

## Box(Rect, Texture)

Create a Box on the GUI Layer.

```csharp
public static void Box(Rect position, Texture image)
```

### Parameters

**** (\[Rect]\(/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/rect)): Rectangle on the screen to use for the box.**** (\[Texture]\(/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/texture)): [Texture](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/texture.md) to display on the box.

### Remarks

A Box can contain text, an image, or a combination of these along with an optional tooltip, through using a [GUIContent](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/guicontent.md) parameter. You may also use a [GUIStyle](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/guistyle.md) to adjust the layout of items in a box, text colour and other properties.

Here is an example of a Box containing Text:

Here is an example of a Box containing a Texture:

Here is an example of a Box containing a GUIContent, combining Text, Texture and Tooltip:

Here is an example of a Box containing Text, with options set in a GUIStyle to position the Text in the center of the Box.

Here is an example of a Box containing a Texture, with options set in a GUIStyle to position the Texture in the center of the Box.

Finally, here is an example of a Box containing a GUIContent, combining Text, Texture and Tooltip, with positional information contained in the GUIStyle parameter:

### Examples

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), "This is a box");
    }
}
```

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxWithTextureExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Texture BoxTexture;      // Drag a Texture onto this item in the Inspector

    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), BoxTexture);
    }
}
```

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxWithContentExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Texture BoxTexture;      // Drag a Texture onto this item in the Inspector

    GUIContent content;

    void Start()
    {
        content = new GUIContent("This is a box", BoxTexture, "This is a tooltip");
    }

    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), content);
    }
}
```

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxWithTextStyleExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    GUIStyle style = new GUIStyle();

    void Start()
    {
        // Position the Text in the center of the Box
        style.alignment = TextAnchor.MiddleCenter;
    }

    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), "This is a box", style);
    }
}
```

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxWithTextureStyleExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Texture BoxTexture;              // Drag a Texture onto this item in the Inspector

    GUIStyle style = new GUIStyle();


    void Start()
    {
        // Position the Texture in the center of the Box
        style.alignment = TextAnchor.MiddleCenter;
    }

    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), BoxTexture, style);
    }
}
```

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxWithContentStyleExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Texture BoxTexture;              // Drag a Texture onto this item in the Inspector

    GUIContent content;
    GUIStyle style = new GUIStyle();

    void Start()
    {
        content = new GUIContent("This is a box", BoxTexture, "This is a tooltip");

        // Position the Text and Texture in the center of the box
        style.alignment = TextAnchor.MiddleCenter;

        // Position the Text below the Texture (rather than to the right of it)
        style.imagePosition = ImagePosition.ImageAbove;
    }

    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), content, style);
    }
}
```

## Box(Rect, GUIContent)

Create a Box on the GUI Layer.

```csharp
public static void Box(Rect position, GUIContent content)
```

### Parameters

**** (\[Rect]\(/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/rect)): Rectangle on the screen to use for the box.**** (\[GUIContent]\(/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/guicontent)): Text, image and tooltip for this box.

### Remarks

A Box can contain text, an image, or a combination of these along with an optional tooltip, through using a [GUIContent](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/guicontent.md) parameter. You may also use a [GUIStyle](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/guistyle.md) to adjust the layout of items in a box, text colour and other properties.

Here is an example of a Box containing Text:

Here is an example of a Box containing a Texture:

Here is an example of a Box containing a GUIContent, combining Text, Texture and Tooltip:

Here is an example of a Box containing Text, with options set in a GUIStyle to position the Text in the center of the Box.

Here is an example of a Box containing a Texture, with options set in a GUIStyle to position the Texture in the center of the Box.

Finally, here is an example of a Box containing a GUIContent, combining Text, Texture and Tooltip, with positional information contained in the GUIStyle parameter:

### Examples

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), "This is a box");
    }
}
```

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxWithTextureExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Texture BoxTexture;      // Drag a Texture onto this item in the Inspector

    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), BoxTexture);
    }
}
```

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxWithContentExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Texture BoxTexture;      // Drag a Texture onto this item in the Inspector

    GUIContent content;

    void Start()
    {
        content = new GUIContent("This is a box", BoxTexture, "This is a tooltip");
    }

    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), content);
    }
}
```

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxWithTextStyleExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    GUIStyle style = new GUIStyle();

    void Start()
    {
        // Position the Text in the center of the Box
        style.alignment = TextAnchor.MiddleCenter;
    }

    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), "This is a box", style);
    }
}
```

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxWithTextureStyleExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Texture BoxTexture;              // Drag a Texture onto this item in the Inspector

    GUIStyle style = new GUIStyle();


    void Start()
    {
        // Position the Texture in the center of the Box
        style.alignment = TextAnchor.MiddleCenter;
    }

    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), BoxTexture, style);
    }
}
```

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxWithContentStyleExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Texture BoxTexture;              // Drag a Texture onto this item in the Inspector

    GUIContent content;
    GUIStyle style = new GUIStyle();

    void Start()
    {
        content = new GUIContent("This is a box", BoxTexture, "This is a tooltip");

        // Position the Text and Texture in the center of the box
        style.alignment = TextAnchor.MiddleCenter;

        // Position the Text below the Texture (rather than to the right of it)
        style.imagePosition = ImagePosition.ImageAbove;
    }

    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), content, style);
    }
}
```

## Box(Rect, string, GUIStyle)

Create a Box on the GUI Layer.

```csharp
public static void Box(Rect position, string text, GUIStyle style)
```

### Parameters

**** (\[Rect]\(/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/rect)): Rectangle on the screen to use for the box.**** (\[string]\(https\://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string)): Text to display on the box.**** (\[GUIStyle]\(/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/guistyle)): The style to use. If left out, the `box` style from the current [GUISkin](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/guiskin.md) is used.

### Remarks

A Box can contain text, an image, or a combination of these along with an optional tooltip, through using a [GUIContent](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/guicontent.md) parameter. You may also use a [GUIStyle](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/guistyle.md) to adjust the layout of items in a box, text colour and other properties.

Here is an example of a Box containing Text:

Here is an example of a Box containing a Texture:

Here is an example of a Box containing a GUIContent, combining Text, Texture and Tooltip:

Here is an example of a Box containing Text, with options set in a GUIStyle to position the Text in the center of the Box.

Here is an example of a Box containing a Texture, with options set in a GUIStyle to position the Texture in the center of the Box.

Finally, here is an example of a Box containing a GUIContent, combining Text, Texture and Tooltip, with positional information contained in the GUIStyle parameter:

### Examples

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), "This is a box");
    }
}
```

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxWithTextureExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Texture BoxTexture;      // Drag a Texture onto this item in the Inspector

    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), BoxTexture);
    }
}
```

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxWithContentExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Texture BoxTexture;      // Drag a Texture onto this item in the Inspector

    GUIContent content;

    void Start()
    {
        content = new GUIContent("This is a box", BoxTexture, "This is a tooltip");
    }

    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), content);
    }
}
```

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxWithTextStyleExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    GUIStyle style = new GUIStyle();

    void Start()
    {
        // Position the Text in the center of the Box
        style.alignment = TextAnchor.MiddleCenter;
    }

    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), "This is a box", style);
    }
}
```

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxWithTextureStyleExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Texture BoxTexture;              // Drag a Texture onto this item in the Inspector

    GUIStyle style = new GUIStyle();


    void Start()
    {
        // Position the Texture in the center of the Box
        style.alignment = TextAnchor.MiddleCenter;
    }

    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), BoxTexture, style);
    }
}
```

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxWithContentStyleExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Texture BoxTexture;              // Drag a Texture onto this item in the Inspector

    GUIContent content;
    GUIStyle style = new GUIStyle();

    void Start()
    {
        content = new GUIContent("This is a box", BoxTexture, "This is a tooltip");

        // Position the Text and Texture in the center of the box
        style.alignment = TextAnchor.MiddleCenter;

        // Position the Text below the Texture (rather than to the right of it)
        style.imagePosition = ImagePosition.ImageAbove;
    }

    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), content, style);
    }
}
```

## Box(Rect, Texture, GUIStyle)

Create a Box on the GUI Layer.

```csharp
public static void Box(Rect position, Texture image, GUIStyle style)
```

### Parameters

**** (\[Rect]\(/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/rect)): Rectangle on the screen to use for the box.**** (\[Texture]\(/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/texture)): [Texture](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/texture.md) to display on the box.**** (\[GUIStyle]\(/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/guistyle)): The style to use. If left out, the `box` style from the current [GUISkin](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/guiskin.md) is used.

### Remarks

A Box can contain text, an image, or a combination of these along with an optional tooltip, through using a [GUIContent](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/guicontent.md) parameter. You may also use a [GUIStyle](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/guistyle.md) to adjust the layout of items in a box, text colour and other properties.

Here is an example of a Box containing Text:

Here is an example of a Box containing a Texture:

Here is an example of a Box containing a GUIContent, combining Text, Texture and Tooltip:

Here is an example of a Box containing Text, with options set in a GUIStyle to position the Text in the center of the Box.

Here is an example of a Box containing a Texture, with options set in a GUIStyle to position the Texture in the center of the Box.

Finally, here is an example of a Box containing a GUIContent, combining Text, Texture and Tooltip, with positional information contained in the GUIStyle parameter:

### Examples

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), "This is a box");
    }
}
```

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxWithTextureExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Texture BoxTexture;      // Drag a Texture onto this item in the Inspector

    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), BoxTexture);
    }
}
```

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxWithContentExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Texture BoxTexture;      // Drag a Texture onto this item in the Inspector

    GUIContent content;

    void Start()
    {
        content = new GUIContent("This is a box", BoxTexture, "This is a tooltip");
    }

    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), content);
    }
}
```

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxWithTextStyleExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    GUIStyle style = new GUIStyle();

    void Start()
    {
        // Position the Text in the center of the Box
        style.alignment = TextAnchor.MiddleCenter;
    }

    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), "This is a box", style);
    }
}
```

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxWithTextureStyleExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Texture BoxTexture;              // Drag a Texture onto this item in the Inspector

    GUIStyle style = new GUIStyle();


    void Start()
    {
        // Position the Texture in the center of the Box
        style.alignment = TextAnchor.MiddleCenter;
    }

    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), BoxTexture, style);
    }
}
```

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxWithContentStyleExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Texture BoxTexture;              // Drag a Texture onto this item in the Inspector

    GUIContent content;
    GUIStyle style = new GUIStyle();

    void Start()
    {
        content = new GUIContent("This is a box", BoxTexture, "This is a tooltip");

        // Position the Text and Texture in the center of the box
        style.alignment = TextAnchor.MiddleCenter;

        // Position the Text below the Texture (rather than to the right of it)
        style.imagePosition = ImagePosition.ImageAbove;
    }

    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), content, style);
    }
}
```

## Box(Rect, GUIContent, GUIStyle)

Create a Box on the GUI Layer.

```csharp
public static void Box(Rect position, GUIContent content, GUIStyle style)
```

### Parameters

**** (\[Rect]\(/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/rect)): Rectangle on the screen to use for the box.**** (\[GUIContent]\(/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/guicontent)): Text, image and tooltip for this box.**** (\[GUIStyle]\(/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/guistyle)): The style to use. If left out, the `box` style from the current [GUISkin](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/guiskin.md) is used.

### Remarks

A Box can contain text, an image, or a combination of these along with an optional tooltip, through using a [GUIContent](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/guicontent.md) parameter. You may also use a [GUIStyle](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/guistyle.md) to adjust the layout of items in a box, text colour and other properties.

Here is an example of a Box containing Text:

Here is an example of a Box containing a Texture:

Here is an example of a Box containing a GUIContent, combining Text, Texture and Tooltip:

Here is an example of a Box containing Text, with options set in a GUIStyle to position the Text in the center of the Box.

Here is an example of a Box containing a Texture, with options set in a GUIStyle to position the Texture in the center of the Box.

Finally, here is an example of a Box containing a GUIContent, combining Text, Texture and Tooltip, with positional information contained in the GUIStyle parameter:

### Examples

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), "This is a box");
    }
}
```

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxWithTextureExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Texture BoxTexture;      // Drag a Texture onto this item in the Inspector

    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), BoxTexture);
    }
}
```

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxWithContentExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Texture BoxTexture;      // Drag a Texture onto this item in the Inspector

    GUIContent content;

    void Start()
    {
        content = new GUIContent("This is a box", BoxTexture, "This is a tooltip");
    }

    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), content);
    }
}
```

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxWithTextStyleExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    GUIStyle style = new GUIStyle();

    void Start()
    {
        // Position the Text in the center of the Box
        style.alignment = TextAnchor.MiddleCenter;
    }

    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), "This is a box", style);
    }
}
```

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxWithTextureStyleExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Texture BoxTexture;              // Drag a Texture onto this item in the Inspector

    GUIStyle style = new GUIStyle();


    void Start()
    {
        // Position the Texture in the center of the Box
        style.alignment = TextAnchor.MiddleCenter;
    }

    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), BoxTexture, style);
    }
}
```

```csharp
using UnityEngine;

public class BoxWithContentStyleExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Texture BoxTexture;              // Drag a Texture onto this item in the Inspector

    GUIContent content;
    GUIStyle style = new GUIStyle();

    void Start()
    {
        content = new GUIContent("This is a box", BoxTexture, "This is a tooltip");

        // Position the Text and Texture in the center of the box
        style.alignment = TextAnchor.MiddleCenter;

        // Position the Text below the Texture (rather than to the right of it)
        style.imagePosition = ImagePosition.ImageAbove;
    }

    void OnGUI()
    {
        GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), content, style);
    }
}
```