The Complete Guide to Unity UI Layout Groups, Layout Element & Content Size Fitter

Learn how Unity Layout Group (Vertical/Horizontal/Grid), Layout Element, and Content Size Fitter work together! Understand what to use, when, and why and become familiar with padding, spacing, preferred/min/flexible sizes. After this, you will build responsive UI without guesswork and headaches! We’ll also look at common pitfalls (e.g., Content Size Fitter warning) so you can confidently structure complex interfaces.

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📖 Chapters
00:00 Why Unity Layout Groups feel confusing
00:49 What you’ll learn (Layout Group, Layout Element, Content Size Fitter)
02:04 Create a simple Vertical Layout Group
03:36 What Child Force Expand really does
11:20 How Use Child Size behaves
12:36 How Control Child Size behaves
14:59 Using the Layout Element component (min/preferred/flexible)
19:47 Working with the Content Size Fitter (and avoiding conflicts)
21:47 Key reminders
25:12 Adding a background that resizes with content
30:00 Combining multiple Layout Groups (Horizontal + Vertical)
38:01 The Grid Layout Group explained
43:36 Flexible width/height layouts (percent-like splits)

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