How do I get the currently selected data in the inspector for a tool script?

[desert solar]

first time tool script, I have this setup going, trying to get to the currently selected inspector contents in code

@tool
extends Node

var interfacenode : EditorInspector = EditorInterface.get_inspector()

func _ready() -> void:
    interfacenode.property_selected.connect(printfunc)

func printfunc(property):
    print(property)

all this does is give strings of names like

rotation
scale
surface_material/0```
can't figure out from the docs or google, how can I access the actual number or StandardMaterial3D or etc that is selected?

[elfin falcon]

To do exactly what you asked for, I'd guess you get the current focus owner? viewport.gui_get_focus_owner()

for the viewport in the editor (this is sneaky!) -- I guess something under the Editor namespace, like maybe hunting from EditorInterface.get_inspector()

but this is going to be pretty messy -- do you really want arbitrary data that's been selected? What are you trying to actually do?

usually we just take input from an @export var foo in our scene gdscripts/resources -- no tool necessary! -- or react to changes to those fields, which may need the @tool annotation, but doesn't need you to script against the editor directly

(and as of 4.4, you can also add buttons "on the fly" without needing to interact directly with inspector state, see @export_tool_button)

[desert solar]

basically i'd like to automate some shortcuts with a little popup window or panel. the main purpose being to tweak some materials. like being able to click a material slot and I can have my own streamlined UI or presets that are run with gdscript.

[elfin falcon]

kk. Well: the signal property_selected(property_name) are the paths on the object, the interfacenode.get_edited_object() is the object, so you should be able to get(property_name) on that object to get the value

(which isn't exactly the data in the inspector! but it's probably what you want -- I think I'm a bit slow today!)