LayoutElement.preferredWidth

Description

The preferred width this layout element should be allocated if there is sufficient space.

The preferredWidth can be set to -1 to remove the size.

#pragma strict
// Required when using UI elements.
public var MyContentPanel;
//Sets the flexible height on on all children in the content panel.
public function Start() {
	//Assign all the children of the content panel to an array.
	var myLayoutElements = MyContentPanel.GetComponentsInChildren.<LayoutElement>();
	//For each child in the array change its LayoutElement's preferred width size to 250.
	for (var element in myLayoutElements) {
		element.preferredWidth = 250f;
	}
}

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using UnityEngine.UI; // Required when using UI elements.

public class ExampleClass : MonoBehaviour
{
	public Transform MyContentPanel;

	//Sets the flexible height on on all children in the content panel.
	public void Start()
	{
		//Assign all the children of the content panel to an array.
		LayoutElement[] myLayoutElements = MyContentPanel.GetComponentsInChildren<LayoutElement> ();

		//For each child in the array change its LayoutElement's preferred width size to 250.
		foreach(LayoutElement element in myLayoutElements)
		{
			element.preferredWidth = 250f;
		}
	}
}