The Unity UGUI Guide on Scroll Rects

This 45-page guide leads you through everything you need to know about Unity’s Scroll Rect component. It explains its core settings (Movement Type, Inertia, Scroll Sensitivity, Viewport and Scrollbar options) and then we will dive into four practical projects: creating a scrollable text box, building a horizontal inventory layout, setting up a zoomable map, and building a carousel. 

Step-by-step examples explain how to set up Content Size Fitters and Layout Groups, masking content, hooking functionality into onValueChanged and and much more.

My guide is filled with code, explanations and good practices. 

Things you will learn:

• Setting up a Scroll Rect with Viewport masking, scrollbars, and auto-hide behaviors
• Configuring Movement Type (Elastic, Clamped), Inertia, and Scroll Sensitivity for scrolling that not only works as expected, but feels good, too
• Using Layout Groups and Content Size Fitter to size text, grid-based inventories, and map containers
• Creating a horizontal scrolling inventory and jumping to specific slots via script
• Implementing a scrollable and zoomable map with smooth transitions
• Building a UI carousel: prefab entries, ScriptableObject data, indicator buttons, and auto-scroll

Contains:

• 45-page PDF Guide with detailed chapters, lots of images and code samples
• Link to Source Code on GitHub (MIT License)
• Unity Package including example scenes and all scripts, ready to import and experiment with