"textContent.replace is not a function" error when creating prefab with Legacy Text component

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three-mesh-ui.module.js:680

   Uncaught TypeError: textContent.replace is not a function
at collapseWhitespaceOnString (three-mesh-ui.module.js:680:30)
at Text.calculateInlines (three-mesh-ui.module.js:5072:38)
at Text.parseParams (three-mesh-ui.module.js:5002:8)
at UpdateManager.traverseParsing (three-mesh-ui.module.js:1861:14)
at three-mesh-ui.module.js:1844:32
at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
at UpdateManager.update (three-mesh-ui.module.js:1844:10)
at Module.update (three-mesh-ui.module.js:6381:36)
at MeshUIHelper.update (EventSystem.ts?v=8b13f322:473:33)
at EventSystem.ensureUpdateMeshUI (EventSystem.ts?v=8b13f322:40:22)

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by user 563549194137239552

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How exactly is your setup?

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this works because i took the Text component out of the prefab

by user 563549194137239552

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by user 563549194137239552

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weird because I added a text and canvas to the synccamera prefab and it shows up without error

by user 563549194137239552

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the error above is happening probably because it’s trying to add the annotation prefab when i do a refresh on the page because i am trying to make it a synced objecty

by user 563549194137239552

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I am adding annotations to objects when you click on them… I am using instantiate… the annotation is currently just a tiny sphere but i want to add text to it… I am adding the prefab as a child of the object you clicked on where you clicked it… this error is happening as soon as i add the prefab if it has a Text component in it… Legacy text component from unity

by user 563549194137239552

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I did almost the same with the existing SyncedCamera prefab qand it shows the text without an error

by user 563549194137239552

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If i leave a copy of the prefab in the scene it works fine with no error including the text… if i take the text component out of the prefab i can instantiate it… if i leave the text in it craps out

by user 563549194137239552

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this is how I am adding it

                console.log("Add annotation")
                if (this.annoPrefab) {

                    if ("uri" in this.annoPrefab) {
                        let newObj = 
                            this.annoPrefab.instantiate(found.object).then((result) => {
                                console.log(result)
                                if (result)
                                {
                                    let p = result.worldToLocal(found.point)
                                    result.position.set(p.x, p.y, p.z)
                                }
                            })
                        }
                }

by user 563549194137239552

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Changed the channel name: “textContent.replace is not a function” error when creating prefab with Legacy Text component

by user 563549194137239552

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Using the latest version of needle tools, clean project (collaborative sandbox), simplest possible configuration to reproduce this bug and it still happens. Basically I can’t create a prefab with a Legacy text object in it. I still get the same error as i posted above… I can provide a complete, minimal sample project. There is one script here and all it does is try to create a prefab with a text object in it when you control click somewhere.

I have tried using a prefab from in the scene as well as from a prefab in the file system. I can send the complete project and script if you want. This seems like a pretty critical issue… creating prefabs with embedded world space canvases seems like a pretty common need.

What’s weird is the prefab is in the scene and visible at startup with no issues. It’s only when trying to instantiate it as a prefab that the error occurs.

by user 563549194137239552

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I should mention that not only does the error above show up in the console log, but the whole scene locks up and the orbitcontrols no longer work.

by user 563549194137239552

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Hi, will try to reproduce here now

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Reproduced

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Fixed :slightly_smiling_face: thanks for the report

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OH FRICKING NIFTY!

by user 563549194137239552

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I was wondering why text has a shadow as well

by user 563549194137239552

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OK… fix confirmed in 2.60.4-pre

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