Unity UI InputField does not consume the keyboard input

Question

Unity UI: I have an input field in which I can type. Unfortunately, when I hit any of the movement keys, such as the space bar, I move while I'm typing which is not the effect I want. Is there a way to force the input field to consume the keyboard input so it doesn't also get picked up by the game? Or do I have to write the code in my game to do that for me. (Seems like it should be configurable at least).

Answer 1

Use a boolean variable to indicate at what point you should enter text and when not, then constrain the actions of his character in relation to the bool, ie:

public bool keyboradisactive;

if(keyboradisactive==false){
    // actions of the character
}else{
}