How to correctly set the position of an object relative to another object?

Question

Unity

I have a Container object that I instantiate and then assign a position to it using the SetPosition method

public void SetPosition(GameObject itemButton)
    {
        Vector2 position;
        position.x = itemButton.GetComponent<RectTransform>().transform.position.x;
        position.y = itemButton.GetComponent<RectTransform>().transform.position.y + 50;
        Container.transform.position = position;

    }

I want the Container to appear at the position of the itemButton object with a slight adjustment on the Y axis. The Container's X coordinates are set correctly, but on the Y axis it is far off the screen. If you place it without making an amendment, then everything works fine. What is the problem?

Answer 1

I don't understand how this script works, but maybe the problem is that you are confusing screen coordinates with normal ones. Someone had a similar problem.

Answer 2

In any case, you need to specify the z coordinate
. And it will be easier to do this:

container.transform.position = button.transform.position + (Vector3.up * 50)