↕️┃editor-extensions

[lethal imp]

I wanted it to be set to null so I can create the new one

On the custom inspector

[wispy delta]

You can create a custom inspector or property drawer and draw a custom ReorderableList which lists you override all the behavior

There’s a callback for adding a new element

[lethal imp]

Can I just change the behaviour for lists ? Like I already have a custom for the class I did no want to create other for the array serialization too

Or there is no option ?

[wispy delta]

I don’t think so. Best bet would be to make a custom property drawer for all lists

[lethal imp]

But with this I will also need to make changes to the custom serializable dictionary

And every other form of data structure

[wispy delta]

I mean yea if you have your own custom data type like a serializable dictionary you’d have to implement it yourself for that, but for regular arrays/lists you’d only have to do it once for the base collection type I think.

[lethal imp]

Yeah but like this default copy the previous think, just fuck all the serialize reference feature

[pale sequoia]

I made it into EditorGUILayout.LabelFields instead.

Now they are all moved over to the extreme left of my screen

Where I don't want them to be.

So how would I control their positioning?

It also didn't actually give me scrollbars 😅

[wispy delta]

That is because they are being positioned in the “root” layout which is a vertical container the size of your screen. If you want them to live within a certain text, you need to Begin/EndArea which will specify a new rect for the layout to live within

[pale sequoia]

But so is that different from the BeginScrollView I have?

scrollViewPosition = EditorGUILayout.BeginScrollView(scrollViewPosition, GUILayout.Width(consoleWindowRect.xMax), GUILayout.Height(consoleText.Count() * consoleFontSize));
foreach (string line in consoleText)
{
    EditorGUILayout.LabelField(line);
    counter += 1;
}
EditorGUILayout.EndScrollView();

[wispy delta]

The whole idea is that you nest layout containers. So within the Area you create a Scroll View and within the scroll view you draw your labels

[pale sequoia]

Sure, I understand the concept. I don't understand how Unity wants me to do it is the thing hah.

Do I make a Begin/End that encapsulates the ScrollView calls?

[lethal imp]

Do you know if I have acess to the + button call on lists

[pale sequoia]

Do I make a Begin/End nested within the scrollview?

[wispy delta]

Example (idk if I’m formatting it correctly on mobile, sorry)

using UnityEngine;

public class ExampleScript : MonoBehaviour
{
    // List of strings to display
    string[] stringList = new string[] { "Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3", "Item 4", "Item 5" };

    // Scroll position variable for the scroll view
    Vector2 scrollPosition = Vector2.zero;

    void OnGUI()
    {
        // Create an area scope to define where elements will be placed
        GUILayout.BeginArea(new Rect(10, 10, 300, 400));

        // Add a label to indicate what the following UI elements are for
        GUILayout.Label("String List:");

        // Create a scroll view to make the list scrollable
        scrollPosition = GUILayout.BeginScrollView(scrollPosition, GUILayout.Width(280), GUILayout.Height(350));

        // Create a vertical layout scope to organize the list elements vertically
        GUILayout.BeginVertical();

        foreach (string item in stringList)
        {
            // Display each string as a label
            GUILayout.Label(item);
        }

        // End the vertical layout scope
        GUILayout.EndVertical();

        // End the scroll view
        GUILayout.EndScrollView();

        // End the area scope
        GUILayout.EndArea();
    }
}

[pale sequoia]

So I needed several begin/ends

Jeez. Well thanks @wispy delta I'll try that.

And now you use GuiLayout instead I see 😅

[wispy delta]

You need to draw the list yourself with the ReorderableList type. The docs should show how but I can help if you get stuck

[wispy delta]

Use EditorGUILayout if it’s in an inspector or editor window

[pale sequoia]

It is an Editor window, yes.

[wispy delta]

There’s only a couple exceptions like GUILayout.Button bc there is no editor version of that function 🤷‍♂️

[pale sequoia]

EditorGUILayout doesn't have BeginArea

[wispy delta]

Ah okay then that’s an exception as well haha

Rule of thumb is to use the editor version if it exists and fallback to the runtime versioning if not

[pale sequoia]

I think I'm close to the finishing line.

Although there are a couple of things

1: The scrollbars are not visible but I can scroll...
2: ...to a degree? I have 40 labels, but it stops at 28.

Ah nevermind, it got all 40

But

I still can't see the actual scrollbars.

[wispy delta]

Can you paste your full script again

[pale sequoia]

private void OnGUI()
{
    lineTex = new Texture2D(1, 1);
    leftPanelRect = new Rect(new(0, 0), new(leftPanelHorizontalSpace, position.size.y));
    consoleWindowRect = new Rect(new(leftPanelHorizontalSpace + 2f, 0), new(position.size.x, position.size.y - 2f));
    GUI.color = grey;
    GUI.DrawTexture(leftPanelRect, lineTex);
    GUI.color = darkGrey;
    GUI.DrawTexture(consoleWindowRect, lineTex);
    GUI.color = Color.white;
    int counter = 0;

    GUILayout.BeginArea(consoleWindowRect);
    scrollViewPosition = EditorGUILayout.BeginScrollView(scrollViewPosition);
    EditorGUILayout.BeginVertical();
    foreach (string line in consoleText)
    {
        EditorGUILayout.LabelField(line);
        counter += 1;
    }
    EditorGUILayout.EndVertical();
    EditorGUILayout.EndScrollView();
    GUILayout.EndArea();
}

[wispy delta]

What is the position field?

[pale sequoia]

position field?

[wispy delta]

The one you use when constructing the console rect

[pale sequoia]

That is a field inherent to EditorWindows. It's their position in Screenspace.

[wispy delta]

ok I see. Wasn’t sure in what context this OnGUI script was being called

[pale sequoia]

In EditorWindows all the time

Even setting "alwaysShowHorizontal" and "alwaysShowVertical" to true still doesn't show the scrollbars

Oh I solved it

It's a buffer issue. There isn't enough room.

[wispy delta]

Ah okay word. Yea it looked right to me

[pale sequoia]

Problem is, I want the window to be expandable "forever" whether it's docked or not.

But I can't quite figure out what the logic is for that.

Here the window is docked. But as you can see on the right side, the bar extends beyond the frame.

Here the window is undocked, but you can see that the horizontal scrollbar extends off into infinity and the vertical is still not visible.

This line is responsible.
consoleWindowRect = new Rect(new(leftPanelHorizontalSpace + 2f, 0), new(position.size.x - 4f, position.size.y - 4f));

[lethal imp]

Ok, so in the end there is no workaround for serialized reference duplication, on the editor ? Unless a build for every case I need it

[wispy delta]

You can’t make a [CustomPropertyDrawer(typeof(List<>)), true]? Sorry I’m on mobile and can’t check

[lethal imp]

What is this use for children that is setting to true

[wispy delta]

Are you setting the width of the Area rect correctly? That should be the width of the window, the scroll view should let its contents grow indefinitely

[lethal imp]

I read it but i can’t understand it

[wispy delta]

Might not be necessary, but you said you wanted it to work for all Lists, so I figure including derived classes would satisfy that

[pale sequoia]

I am unsure. The Rect that I calculate goes here GUILayout.BeginArea(consoleWindowRect); to ensure that the scrollview only grows within that rect.

[wispy delta]

Hmm. I’m grabbing lunch now but I’ll check back in a bit and give it a closer look

[pale sequoia]

position.size.y - 4f gives a slight buffer right above the frame of the bottom of the windows max length.
So that seems to be correct.
But the width is...not working the same for some reason.

[lethal imp]

Hm i used but the duplication still happen, I guess unity just copy paste the serialize object with everything in it, including the serialize reference

Is there any callback that is, on this object creation so when unity duplicate I can set it to null ?

[pale sequoia]

Okay, turns out that the padding I was needed was equal to the padding I had "added" when I created the rect 🤦‍♂️

That is so silly.

leftPanelRect = new Rect(new(0, 0), new(leftPanelHorizontalSpace, position.size.y));
consoleWindowRect = new Rect(new(leftPanelHorizontalSpace + 2f, 0), new(position.width - leftPanelHorizontalSpace, position.height));

Watch how I subtract leftPanelHorizontalSpace from the position.width

Now to figure out why the horizontal scrollbar doesn't actually conform to the overflow

Ah okay. Just need to add Width to the Labels

Although some type of overflow system would be nicer 🤔

[wispy delta]

Yes it’s the addition callback I was referring to. I don’t see any docs for the class (thanks Unity 🙄) but I think it’s list.onAddCallback

I’m think it would look something like. Not at a computer so idk what the exact implementation is

    private void OnAdd(ReorderableList list)
    {
        if (Attribute.IsDefined(fieldInfo.FieldType.GetElementType(), typeof(SerializeReference)))
        {
            // If [SerializeReference] is used, then add a new element using your own logic 
            return;
        }

       // add a duplicate
    }
}

[wispy delta]

I might be off-base here, but does the BeginVerticalLayout function have an overload for GUILayoutOptions? If so, maybe you need to add the arg GUILayout.ExpandWidth(true)

[pale sequoia]

Well the real issue is that I want word wrapping in the label/text areas.

but that doesn't seem to be an option

[wispy delta]

For that you just need to make a GUIStyle, enable word wrap, and pass it as an arg to the LabelField method

You can do something like

var logEntryStyle = new GUIStyle(EditorStyles.labelField){
word wrap = true // idk what the field name is
};

[pale sequoia]

Unity did not like that

UnityException: set_wordWrap is not allowed to be called from a ScriptableObject constructor (or instance field initializer), call it in OnEnable instead. Called from ScriptableObject 'HostEmulatorWindow'.
See "Script Serialization" page in the Unity Manual for further details.
HostEmulatorWindow..ctor () (at Assets/Editor/HostEmulator/HostEmulatorWindow.cs:19)

Is that because I cached the style?

private readonly GUIStyle consoleStyle = new GUIStyle() { wordWrap = true };

[waxen sandal]

Yes

[wispy delta]

Yea putting it there means it gets created from the ctor

[pale sequoia]

Ugh, how annoying. Can't organize anything, Unity will fight you 🥲

[wispy delta]

do it from OnEnable or in OnGUI you can use null coalescing op to only create it if it’s null

style ??= new GUIStyle(…

[pale sequoia]

I just did it in OnGui

Although, all the text is black now.

[wispy delta]

What does its constructor look like?

For the style

[pale sequoia]

consoleStyle ??= new GUIStyle() { wordWrap = true };

[wispy delta]

Look at how I did it in my first example

[pale sequoia]

That did it, yea.

Thanks.

[wispy delta]

I passed EditorStyles.labelField which means the new style is a copy of the label style. If you don’t pass a style to copy it will be a default style

[pale sequoia]

Now I guess the question is, if I want text I can copy from this console window I'm constructing

Would I need to use a bunch of text areas?

Because you can't mark a label

[wispy delta]

I think there’s a SelectableLabel?? 🤔

[pale sequoia]

But does a label like that also support wordwrap?

[wispy delta]

The style is independent from the function

Doesn’t matter if it’s LabelField or SelectableLable

Or at least it should t

[pale sequoia]

I had an ephiphany

Why not just mash all text together and put in one TextArea

🤦‍♂️

private void DrawConsoleWindow()
{
    int counter = 0;
    StringBuilder sb = new();
    consoleStyle ??= new GUIStyle(EditorStyles.textArea) { wordWrap = true };

    GUILayout.BeginArea(consoleWindowRect);
    scrollViewPosition = EditorGUILayout.BeginScrollView(scrollViewPosition, alwaysShowHorizontal: true, alwaysShowVertical: true, GUILayout.ExpandWidth(true));
    EditorGUILayout.BeginVertical();
    foreach (string line in consoleText)
    {
        sb.Append(line);
        counter += 1;
        if (counter < consoleText.Count)
        {
            sb.Append("\n");
        }
    }
    EditorGUILayout.TextArea(sb.ToString(), consoleStyle);
    EditorGUILayout.EndVertical();
    EditorGUILayout.EndScrollView();
    GUILayout.EndArea();
}

[wispy delta]

Idk if that’s the move tbh. Text areas are meant to be editable by the user. You could disable it but might still be weird. And idk if it can be culled optimally. I think it will run slowly for lots of text whereas individual (selectable)labels won’t be drawn if they’re “offscreen”

Any reason not to use selectable label?

[pale sequoia]

I just wanted a text area that could be selected so you can copy the text from there that you'd want 🥲

Like a normal console window

[wispy delta]

And SelectableLabel doesn’t work?

[pale sequoia]

I mean I can make many labels

But the issue is that you'd have to select every line individually.

Which would be quite tiresome if you needed to copy multiple lines

[wispy delta]

What is the context for the text? Like what type of info are you trying to display

[pale sequoia]

It logs traffic between a host and client.

[wispy delta]

So you want to be able to select the text of more than one log at a time? I didn’t think you could do that in the builtin console, but if you do want to do that you might need to use text area - or just use a selectable label and concatenate the strings

[pale sequoia]

No like the command line

Not Unity's console

Just like a command line window, you can copy any number of lines

[wispy delta]

I gotcha. Yea then I I think a disabled TextArea, like you said, is what you’d need to do.

[pale sequoia]

How do I disable being able to edit but can still copy-paste?

Or sorry, not copy paste

but just copy the text in it

[waxen sandal]

SelectableLabel

?

Or just don't assign the return value

[wispy delta]

For a lot of text do you know off the top of your head which would be faster? I figured text area might be but wasn’t sure

[waxen sandal]

Probably doesn't matter?

More about UI/UX

[wispy delta]

Yea I wasn’t sure if SelectableLabel wasn’t meant for large amounts of text, but if it doesn’t chug for your needs +1 to selectable label.

TextArea ux = select/type
SelectableLabel ux = select

[pale sequoia]

I have made a simple system for culling. I can set an int in my script to a number and the Queue I am using will start dequeueing entries until the size of the queue is the size of the max size I set. This should mean that the log should never overflow to the point of slowing down rendering in cases where the TextArea might grow too big.

[wispy delta]

That might mess with the scroll bar no? Unless you’re okay with not showing older entries

[pale sequoia]

Well, it's a tradeoff

Since you mentioned TextArea can't cull

If the TextArea grows to the maxmium number of lines I set it to, then the scrollbar will never change size from that point on anyway.

[wispy delta]

Oh that’s not what I was saying - I just wasn’t sure how either handled culling

Sorry for confusion. I would just let it show the whole contents and if perf becomes a problem revisit it. You could paginate it or find a more complex solution

[pale sequoia]

This is what happens if I use SelectableLabel instead btw

It shrinks vertically for some reason

I can still scroll in that little box so I can see that all the text is present

But the container itself is just very squished

[wispy delta]

So it’s not word wrapping and the selectable label has its own inner scroll view?

Might need to pass GUILayout.ExpandWidth and/or Height

[pale sequoia]

ExpandHeight makes it take up the parent containers height, however it does not have any scrolling past what the parent container has.

I think at this point I'll be satisfied with just having the TextArea

Already spent too much time on what is admittedbly a very small UX thing in this tool 🥲

Thanks for the help though

[wispy delta]

Np. If you do wanna continue down the ux rabbit hole, I think you can fix it by doing consoleStyle.CalcSize(new GUIContent(sb.ToString());

Which calculates the unconstrained size of the text content for the given style

and then set the size of the selectable label to the calculated size using GUILayout.Width/Height

[hushed peak]

When you decide to use reflection and recursion to deeply compare two ProjectBrowser objects 🙃

[median drum]

How can I add to the Tile Palette brush settings on a custom brush? I want to put some text or images that hint at usage of the brush in red area. (it would need to be referenced too often to just be in documentation)
I'm guessing it has to do with TilePaletteBrushInspectorElement and/or TilePaletteBrushInspector but I don't know how to add to or edit that (besides adding variables in the brush class)

[shrewd parrot]

yo! i couldn't find out what this window was called so I couldnt google it correctly. I wanted to know if there was a way I can add my own categories here. Something similar along the lines of [CreateAssetMenu] kinda thing

[waxen sandal]

MenuItem

Sub menus just have a / in the path

[reef garnet]

hmm, is it possible that if i put Editor folder in Plugin folder it does not get ignored when i build cuz i am getting exceptions, or maybe cuz it is under assembly ?

[waxen sandal]

under assembly?

asmdef?

[reef garnet]

asmdef yep

[waxen sandal]

Editor folders in asmdefs are ignored, you should create an asmdef for the editor folder that is only included in editor time

[reef garnet]

ok will try that

[pale sequoia]

I'm trying to make a dropdown but I can't quite make it work. When I click my button, nothing happens.

// The relevant code that calls the OpenTypeDropdownMenu
...
if (EditorGUILayout.DropdownButton(new(Enum.GetName(typeof(DataType), layout.Type)), FocusType.Keyboard))
{
    OpenTypeDropdownMenu(layout.Type, index);
}
...

private void OpenTypeDropdownMenu(DataType checkedType, int entryIndex)
{
    DataType[] values = (DataType[])Enum.GetValues(typeof(DataType));
    List<string> names = Enum.GetNames(typeof(DataType)).ToList();
    int checkedIndex = names.IndexOf(Enum.GetName(typeof(DataType), checkedType));

    int picked = EditorGUILayout.Popup(checkedIndex, names.ToArray());
    if (values[picked] == checkedType) return;
    else
    {
        dataEntries[entryIndex].Type = values[picked];
        switch (values[picked])
        {
            case DataType.Void: dataEntries[entryIndex].Value = ""; break;
            case DataType.Bool: dataEntries[entryIndex].Value = "false"; break;
            case DataType.Int: dataEntries[entryIndex].Value = "0"; break;
            case DataType.Float: dataEntries[entryIndex].Value = "0.0"; break;
            case DataType.Long: dataEntries[entryIndex].Value = "0"; break;
            case DataType.String: dataEntries[entryIndex].Value = ""; break;
            case DataType.Vector2: dataEntries[entryIndex].Value = "0.0,0.0"; break;
            case DataType.Vector3: dataEntries[entryIndex].Value = "0.0,0.0,0.0"; break;
            case DataType.Color: dataEntries[entryIndex].Value = "1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0"; break;
            case DataType.Quaternion: dataEntries[entryIndex].Value = "0.0,0.0,0.0,1.0"; break;
        }
    }
}```

[visual stag]

EditorGUILayout.Popup is an immediate-mode selection field, it requires it be called continously so it can be drawn and recieve events

[pale sequoia]

So do I just need to track a boolean for that then?

Or can I do it some other way?

I tried with GenericDropdownMenu but I couldn't make it work because it kept asking me for a VisualElement root

[visual stag]

if you want to draw a blocking dropdown, use a GenericMenu

[pale sequoia]

Where it says "String" I want a dropdown to appear with other types.

[visual stag]

GenericDropdownMenu is for UI Toolkit, which you could also use, but it's a different UI system and would require you port your editor UI generally

[pale sequoia]

Yeah okay. Didn't want to port at least. I was just trying to get a dropdown which seems like a hard ask 😅

[visual stag]

Just use GenericMenu as I mentioned

[pale sequoia]

Okay. Will try that.

[visual stag]

Though, if this whole thing is just an EnumPopup, use that instead of this "dropdown button" concept

[pale sequoia]

Is that a separate class?

[visual stag]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/EditorGUILayout.EnumPopup.html

[pale sequoia]

As long as I can do something once the type is picked then it's probably fine

[visual stag]

You can use a https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/EditorGUI.ChangeCheckScope.html

[pale sequoia]

Seems there is a problem with using the EnumPopup or I'm using it wrong.

I have multiple entries that each might have different types

However when I use the EnumPopup as in the example, it changes the type of all the types currently in my entries list at the same time.

[visual stag]

The problem is likely to do with your code

[pale sequoia]

contextMenuTypePicked = (DataType)EditorGUILayout.EnumPopup("", contextMenuTypePicked);
if (EditorGUILayout.DropdownButton(new(Enum.GetName(typeof(DataType), layout.Type)), FocusType.Keyboard))
{
    OpenTypeDropdownMenu(layout.Type, index);
}

I use it like so.

And the menu does appear as expected

however it changes the type of every entry in my list

This is just default. But if I change the Void to an Int for example.

It changes both

[visual stag]

your code isn't showing how this loop works

[pale sequoia]

private void DrawDataEntries()
{
    for (int index = 0;index<dataEntries.Count; index++)
    {
        DataEntryLayout layout = dataEntries[index];
        EditorGUILayout.BeginVertical();
        EditorGUILayout.BeginHorizontal();
        GUILayout.Label("Type");
        contextMenuTypePicked = (DataType)EditorGUILayout.EnumPopup("", contextMenuTypePicked);
        if (EditorGUILayout.DropdownButton(new(Enum.GetName(typeof(DataType), layout.Type)), FocusType.Keyboard))
        {
            OpenTypeDropdownMenu(layout.Type, index);
        }
        GUILayout.EndHorizontal();
        GUILayout.BeginHorizontal();
        GUILayout.Label("Key");
        layout.Key = GUILayout.TextField(layout.Key);
        GUILayout.EndHorizontal();
        switch (layout.Type)
        {
            case DataType.Void: continue;
            case DataType.Bool:
                GUILayout.BeginHorizontal();
                if (bool.TryParse(layout.Value, out bool result))
                {
                    layout.Value = $"{GUILayout.Toggle(result, "")}";
                }
                else
                {
                    layout.Value = $"{result}";
                    GUILayout.Toggle(result, "");
                }
                GUILayout.EndHorizontal();
                break;
            case DataType.String:
                GUILayout.BeginHorizontal();
                GUILayout.Label("Msg");
                layout.Value = GUILayout.TextField(layout.Value);
                GUILayout.EndHorizontal();
                break;
        }
        if (GUILayout.Button("-"))
        {
            for (int layoutIndex = dataEntries.Count - 1; layoutIndex > -1; layoutIndex--)
            {
                if (dataEntries[layoutIndex] == layout)
                {
                    dataEntries.RemoveAt(layoutIndex);
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
        EditorGUILayout.Separator();
        EditorGUILayout.EndVertical();
    }
}

The code was exactly 5 characters too long ugh. Had to remove some spaces.

[visual stag]

I don't understand, contextMenuTypePicked is not in this scope, so of course it will affect every instance of the loop, it's not even declared in the loop

[pale sequoia]

It's declared outside of it, just like the example...

[visual stag]

But the example isn't doing what you're doing; it's an example

[pale sequoia]

Well yes. That is why I'm asking for help. To rectify the issue.

Do I need to use an enum value per entry instead?

[visual stag]

Yes, presumably layout.Type in your case

[pale sequoia]

Alright.

That seems to work at least. Thanks.

[shrewd parrot]

thanks a bunch!

[reef reef]

Hi, how do I make the editor show me a message when i try to build? I usually forget to update the version numbers and such for my game-

[willow jackal]

Use a custom edtior instead of the build function or automate the process

[fiery canopy]

I'm working on an editor tool to help me make levels for my game and I'm wondering is there a way to make it so when you Instantiate an object in the editor prevent the new object from being selected by the Selection.activeobject variable?

[willow jackal]

I would expect that they are not ? You could always save the Selection.activeobject value and reinitialize it after you instantiate the object.

[fiery canopy]

Yeah that seemed to work, but I had to do it in a weird way because the instantiation of the new object would make the selection instantly take focus away from the object I wanted selected.

But since the object I wanted selected needs to be run in a certain case I just checked if the Selection.activeobject was equal to the gameobject I wanted selected and if it wasn't just set it.

[worthy wyvern]

I have an asset that I use to store some data that I create with AssetDatabase.CreateAsset. I want to save a list of some other data in the same asset file, so I'm using AssetDatabase.AddObjectToAsset for each list element.
When I want to load them back I'm doing AssetDatabase.LoadAllAssetRepresentationsAtPath and then casting the results to the other data type, but I get an InvalidCastException. Are these the wrong functions or is it something else?

[willow jackal]

Seem to me that you try to cast the wrong asset. Inspect the type of the object to see what you are actually loading.

[buoyant verge]

I wanna do a custom editor for a custom tile palette, then i would like to show the texture and then select tiles of the palette with the mouse and then modify specific attributes of selected tiles. How can i do a canvas on the window where i can interact with the mouse?

[unborn wagon]

            baseTriggerGroup = EditorGUILayout.BeginFoldoutHeaderGroup(baseTriggerGroup, "Base Trigger");
            if (baseTriggerGroup)
            {
                EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(_showInPlayMode);
                EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(_triggerOnce);
                EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(_triggerMask);
                EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(_isProp);
                EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(_dependentOn);
                EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(_remoteTrigger);
                EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(_deactivatedBy);
            }
            EditorGUILayout.EndFoldoutHeaderGroup();

I have this code to create a foldout group. However _deactivatedBy is a List<> is creating an error in the inspector. I understand the problem but I wonder how I can still bring a list, which is also some kind of foldout, into a custom editor foldout? What's the way to do it then?

[queen wharf]

Is it a bug that this Closing event doesn't trigger on this errror but Opening does?

        PrefabStage.prefabStageOpened += OnPrefabOpen;
        PrefabStage.prefabStageClosing += OnPrefabClose;

[ebon helm]

Any idea how to get AssetPreview.GetAssetPreview() to work with hdrp decal projectors that are prefabs ?

[mystic wigeon]

Does anyone know if there's a way to obtain the context of a log if not specified in case Im making my own ILogHandler?

[real spindle]

Can't you just use normal buttons? Like GUI.Button/GUILayout.Button with the tile's texture as the content (if you are using IMGUI).

[buoyant verge]

uhm that is a good idea but maybe could be a bit slow

i will try

in that way

[real spindle]

Idk what would be faster. Maybe UIToolkit but I'm not familiar with that

[buoyant verge]

Uhm other questiln in unity custom editor it is possible put a lot of elements o a panel that can be scrolled ? Because if i do osmal idea i will need to put all those buttons in the inspector

[real spindle]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/GUILayout.BeginScrollView.html

[buoyant verge]

thank you

[flint garnet]

so this example from Unity UI Builder, and when we click those button in red circle....unity open the relative file scripts in text editor....my question is HOW?

[waxen sandal]

OpenAsset

[ebon helm]

I'm looking to create a direction gizmo that I can manipulate in the sceneview. Kinda like some of the gizmos in the vfx graph. Any ready made thing I can yoink. Plowing through the gizmo code for the vfx graph is kinda tough

[ebon helm]

Would be reaaaaal nice if VFXGizmo wasnt private

😦

[willow jackal]

https://github.com/needle-mirror/com.unity.visualeffectgraph/blob/master/Editor/Gizmo/VFXGizmo.cs

[ebon helm]

I have the code. The class itself is private I cant do MyCoolGizmo:VFXGizmo

[willow jackal]

You can duplicate the package or simply recreate the class

[ebon helm]

sure but I dont want to do that just for a silly gizmo

[willow jackal]

Then deal with it... You have two solution, if you do not want to use them it is your choice. The class being private make sense, in my opinion to be honest. It has not been made to be use in other context.

[astral hemlock]

I'm in the process of making a Perception component that has a list of Senses (Serializable objects). Each Sense has a confidence evaluator (also a Serializable object). This evaluator has a custom PropertyDrawer that uses a ReorderableList so that I can include custom functionality on the AddDropdownCallback. However, when I add an item to an evaluator in a Sense, it is also added to all other Senses. Is there a way to stop this so that each sense can have a unique evaluator?

[short tiger]

You have to be careful about caching data in a PropertyDrawer. It's reused by default.

[astral hemlock]

If this is the case, then how can I use a ReorderableList with a GenericMenu? To my understanding, the ReorderableList needs something cached in order to know what to draw; and the GenericMenu needs something cached in order to know where to add items.

[short tiger]

You can disable caching by overriding CanCacheInspectorGUI. Or you can cache your data in a static Dictionary<SerializedProperty, TValue>.

[astral hemlock]

Is it possible to force the inspector to repaint from a PropertyDrawer?

[astral hemlock]

I catch an exception in my GetPropertyHeight method, which is resolved once I manually manipulate the Inspector or return to the object after selecting a different object in the Hierarchy.

[snow pebble]

how do you listen for changes to serialized properties ?

is that possible?

serializedObject.FindProperty("_scale").OnChange += something like this but it doesnt have such an option

[waxen sandal]

uitk binding does something like this iirc

[snow pebble]

yeh but dont want a ui element involved

[waxen sandal]

I mean you can look at how they do it

[snow pebble]

i dont see any example of where unity do it

[steady pilot]

Is there anyway to customize the style of EditorGUI Slider? Specifically I want to draw an IntSlider in my editor window and I want it looks like a ruler with scales

and question 2: anyway to split the editor window into 2 pages side by side?

[cobalt hill]

hey there

where can I ask a question for dummies ?

☹️

[shell pagoda]

what unity classes / functions / methods do I need to look into to make something like this

This is how the menu of a scriptableObject looks, but I want to recreate something similar as a Custom Editor for a script I have

[waxen sandal]

Reorderablelist

[glacial solar]

I'm creating a "context menu tree" of options via EditorGUILayout.Popup() (by specifying child options with the slash.) This works fine except the context menu looks like it's a straight Windows control - totally different appearance than the rest of the IMGUI controls (such as the dropdown created by EditorGUILayout.EnumFlagsField().) Does Unity have something with similar functionality that utilizes the normal IMGUI visuals?

[real spindle]

Not the exact thing you asked for but just letting you know that this exists https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/IMGUI.Controls.AdvancedDropdown.html

Neat customizable dropdown with a search. Not sure if it supports selecting items, though. You know, the checkmark

Similiar to what shadergraph has. Or the add component -menu

[glacial solar]

I had seen that but haven't yet played with it. Will give it a closer look.

[willow jackal]

Probably a style. You can look into https://github.com/DefaultLP/UnityEditorStyles

[unborn wagon]

How can I customize this Script Icon? I'd like to add my custom icons so it's visually more separatable

[normal ocean]

Simply select the script in the project folder
In the top left of the inspector you should see a button to change the icon
From there select one of the default icons or anything that you want!

[unborn wagon]

ah thanks easier than expected

[unborn wagon]

Can you maybe give me a last hint how to disable the Gizmo Icon rendering by default? Cause I intentionally just want the icons to be visible in the GameObject's component view and not necessarily in the scene itself since it's quite spammy

[random ingot]

I have 2 arrays of the same length. I want to render them where both arrays appear combined for each corresponding item. So like a box group with one field and then another field. Is there an easy way to do this without creating another array with the data paired up?
I tried using a property drawer but it seems to apply the attribute on each element rather than the array field itself.

[normal ocean]

Sorry for thr late reply, I was sleeping 🥱

You can go under the gizmos drop-down on the scene view tab
And there you can either change the size of all 3d icons
Or if you scroll down you should be able to disable giz os for only that script

[waxen sandal]

Creating an editor for the component is your best bet if you don't want to create one type that has both arrays

[north sphinx]

Any idea what's wrong here? i breakpoint SetLabels call, it does happen, but no labels are added to prefab

    public class Kek : AssetPostprocessor
    {
        private void OnPostprocessPrefab(GameObject g)
        {
            var isGhost = g.TryGetComponent(out GhostAuthoring _);

            var labels = AssetDatabase.GetLabels(g);
            const string ghostLabel = "GhostPrefab";
            if (!labels.Contains(ghostLabel))
            {
                if (isGhost)
                {
                    var newLabels = new string[labels.Length + 1];
                    for (int i = 0; i < labels.Length; i++)
                    {
                        newLabels[i] = labels[i];
                    }

                    newLabels[^1] = ghostLabel;
                    AssetDatabase.SetLabels(g, newLabels);
                }
            }
            else
            {
                if (!isGhost)
                {
                    var list = labels.ToList();
                    list.Remove(ghostLabel);
                    AssetDatabase.SetLabels(g, list.ToArray());
                }
            }
        }
    }

[glacial solar]

How do you instantiate a custom IMGUI control, e.g. https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/TreeViewAPI.html ?

[glacial solar]

That's one of the examples at which I'm looking. It instantiates an entire window, though. How do you create such a control in identical fashion to something like GUILayout.Button()?

Unrelated question...I get the super basic "EditorGUILayout is intended for the editor" and "GUILayout" is intended for the game...but not why there's both a GUILayout.Toggle and EditorGUILayout.Toggle but only a GUILayout.Button and not an EditorGUILayout.Button. Can anyone clarify?

[glacial solar]

@waxen sandal ...actually, to be clear...I'm doing all of the serialized setup noted in the text you posted. My issue is that I'm in the middle of something else's OnGUI() and need to be able to inject the tree list into that - e.g. after a few buttons, toggles, etc.. Should I just call its OnGUI() from within that other OnGUI as is being done in your text? I've tried that - not seeing the list and it's breaking some other functionality. Would help narrow the issue down if I knew that yes, in fact, calling the tree list's OnGUI() from another thing's OnGUI() is the recommended way of rendering such things.

[waxen sandal]

The tree view needs to maintain state and thus it has to be kept somewhere outside of OnGUI

Where you call OnGUI on it doesn't matter all that much

[glacial solar]

I have done that - works in similar fashion to the text you noted above.

@waxen sandal ...found the problem - control flickering to life. Thanks.

[waxen sandal]

What was it?

[glacial solar]

I'm integrating all of this into an XNode graph. The problem was that while new nodes were getting their serialized data structure initialized the old ones were not.

[waxen sandal]

Ah that would explain

[glacial solar]

What's the recommended method of positionally integrating a custom control like this into an existing layout of controls? That is...TreeView's OnGUI() requires a Rect, which is absolute and completely overrides any current IMGUI control positioning. So, it just plows over any Buttons, etc. that I've already rendered. I'm assuming - but haven't yet found - that there's some sort of IMGUI control position - the location where the next control would be placed - that I could read and use to seed the Rect fed to the TreeView, and then manually update (e.g. IMGUI.Position.X+=TreeView.Height) so that the controls I place after the TreeView were rendered below it. Is there a better way?

[waxen sandal]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/EditorGUILayout.GetControlRect.html

Lets you reserve a space for your tree

[glacial solar]

Thanks again.

[glacial solar]

I'm calling GetControlRect(). Seems to always pass back (0,0,1,1) so not sure exactly how it's supposed to function. By default passing that Rect into the custom TreeVIew does place it correctly but it's only a single line high. So, I set the height of the Rect returned from GetControlRect() to EditorGUIUtility.singleLineHeight*3.0f and, as expected, the TreeList is now three lines tall. So, that's all good. The only issue is that the next control rendered in the OnGUI() function now overlaps the TreeList - shows up one line below the start point. So, I am getting the custom control positioned right but the proper amount of space isn't being skipped. Any ideas?

[unborn wagon]

Ah ok yes I was aware of that. I thought of something more default configured since I don't want to spam the scene of users of my asset right away 😄

[waxen sandal]

Uhh I think that is probably something about XNode causing that

[glacial solar]

Ok, so on the assumption that my problem might be with XNode I'm now aiming to just inject the custom TreeList into a normal component. So, I created a TestComponent that inherits from GameObject that contains the custom TreeList, and then an associated PropertyDrawer for that TestComponent. The PropertyDrawer overrides the CreatePropertyGUI() function, instantiates a root "VisualElement" container, instantiates a PropertyField for each variable, and then adds those to the root container. All of that is working fine. How, though, would I add a custom control like the TreeList to the PropertyDrawer? The variables are straightforward - declared in the component and no further initialization needed. The TreeView and TreeViewState need to be instantiated, though, and the TreeViewState passed as a parameter to the TreeView. How would that be done in this paradigm?

[waxen sandal]

PropertyDrawers generally shouldn't keep state that's not on the target

There might be a UITK treeview though that works for you

But I'm not super well aware of that

[glacial solar]

@waxen sandal ...I got the TreeList working with XNode via combining EditorGUILayout.GetControlRect() with GUILayoutUtility.GetRect(). Seems too weird to be the recommended way of doing this.

[uneven raft]

Hi! I have some problem about UIBuilder with Editor. For example, if I have a TextField in my UXML, but I don’t want to directly assign it to a type in MonoBehaviour, but rather process it internally in the editor class first, turning it into other data before passing it to MonoBehaviour, does that mean I can’t use Bind? Or can I bind to the fields of the Editor class? Or Do I have to write such complex silly hard code like root.Q("ElementName").Q("ElementName").Q("ElementName").text to get the value of TextField?

[gloomy chasm]

Does anyone know how to get the second line of text like there is here?

[waxen sandal]

Whaat unity using an api that they don't expose? that's crazy

[gloomy chasm]

LOL

I was going to see if I can search for "Waiting for Unity's code to finish executing" to see if it was on the C# side by some chance...

Maybe a waste of time

Figures, nothing 😦

[waxen sandal]

I'd reckon it's on editorutility somewhere

But wouldn't surprise me if it's native only

There's DisplayDialogComplex somewhere in EditorUtility

Maybe that

[gloomy chasm]

Lots of interesting methods, but looks like it is native only 😦

[short tiger]

I think I remember reading a forum post from a Unity developer explaining the logic behind which callstack gets shown there. I think there must be an attribute or a method that can be used to register a callstack to be used here, sort of like ProfilerMarker, but I don't remember reading about one.

[gloomy chasm]

I could imagine that. Truly no idea where I would find it though.

[peak bloom]

Inspect it via GetExecutingAssembly, it often returns garbage tho

[short tiger]

Found this, looks like aras first implemented this. Still reading through the replies.
https://forum.unity.com/threads/lots-of-busy-hold-on-etc.833644/#post-5512300

Getting closer: https://forum.unity.com/threads/lots-of-busy-hold-on-etc.833644/page-2#post-5606401

@gloomy chasm This seems to be the last mention of it in this thread, unfortunately:
https://forum.unity.com/threads/lots-of-busy-hold-on-etc.833644/page-2#post-5644144

[gloomy chasm]

Yeah, I was on page 7 and not really seeing anything. Guess they never ended up adding it to the C# side 😦

Thanks for looking! 😄

[short tiger]

Sure. MartinTilo, who is the UI dev for profiling tools, appears to be still active on the forum, with a post today. He might reply to a thread or a PM.

[gloomy chasm]

I should probably not just quote reply to this thread though huh?

[short tiger]

Eh, this thread is mainly about something else though, people thinking that the new dialog is causing their slow downs.

But I'd definitely link to his last post about it in the new thread, maybe even ping him directly.

[gloomy chasm]

Well here it is if ya wanna watch it or anything https://forum.unity.com/threads/how-to-show-progressbar-window-with-second-line-of-context-like-the-busy-progress-bar.1512770/

[languid epoch]

Is there a way to change the LOD screen percentage of the fbx file without manually editing the .meta file?

[snow pebble]

when i hit my ui button for my custom editor which is for a scriptable object the code creates a bunch of assets for the scriptable object. at the end of the code i put this:

Selection.activeObject = target as TestObj;

yet i still lose focus in the inspector for my scriptable object which is very annoying. why is this? and how do i fix it?

[blissful burrow]

maybe the asset hasn't imported yet?

in which case you can prolly force a refresh with AssetDatabase.Refresh() or whatever it's called

and then change activeObject afterwards

also I have a question - does unity's undo system support saving/loading states directly?

more specifically, I have a chain of (a varying number of) undoable user actions, and I want to be able to jump back to a specific point in the history of that object

hmm maybe I can use the https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Undo.RevertAllInCurrentGroup.html thingies

yeah I think that's what I want

[gloomy chasm]

You can't undo a specific object, only the top operation in the stack unfortunately.
You can group multiple undo operations together and undo/redo all of them at once. Which is what the linked method does.

[glad cliff]

Isnt it possible to bind a property field to a ScriptableSingleton?

public class TextsList : ScriptableSingleton<TextsList>
    {
        [SerializeField] public List<string> Texts = new();

        public void SaveData()
        {
            Save(true);
        }
    }
public class TextsEditorWindow : EditorWindow
    {
        private void CreateGUI()
        {
            var root = rootVisualElement;
            var list = new PropertyField();
            var serializedObject = new SerializedObject(TextsList.instance);
            list.BindProperty(serializedObject.FindProperty("Texts"));
            root.Add(list);
            Button button = new Button(() => TextsList.instance.SaveData()) { text = "Save" };
            root.Add(button);
        }
    }

Cause I get a list that cant be edited

[gloomy chasm]

You need to call Bind(serializedObject) on the root as well

[glad cliff]

var serializedObject = new SerializedObject(TextsList.instance);
root.Bind(serializedObject);

it changes nothing :/

[blissful burrow]

yeah that's what I need

[gloomy chasm]

Ahh okay I misunderstood then. Yeah that method is what you want exactly then.

[glad cliff]

such use case for ScriptableSingleton is not documented at all so I was forced to use a hammer, no bindings, just setting up values manually

public class TextsEditorWindow : EditorWindow
    {
        private void CreateGUI()
        {
            var root = rootVisualElement;
            List<string> textList = TextsList.instance.Texts;
            var list = new ListView(textList)
            {
                showFoldoutHeader = true,
                showAddRemoveFooter = true,
                showBorder = true,
                showBoundCollectionSize = true,
                reorderable = true,
                reorderMode = ListViewReorderMode.Animated
            };
            list.makeItem = () => new TextField();
            list.bindItem = (el, i) =>
            {
                (el as TextField).SetValueWithoutNotify(textList[i]);
                (el as TextField).RegisterCallback<ChangeEvent<string>>(e => textList[i] = e.newValue);
            };
            root.Add(list);
            Button button = new Button(() => { TextsList.instance.SaveData(); }) { text = "Save" };
            root.Add(button);
        }
    }

[sterile glade]

Something is not working for me, I would like to make the IfCode array appear only when "if" is entered in the CodeLine

using UnityEngine;

[CreateAssetMenu(fileName = "New EnemyAI", menuName = "Mod Tool/Enemy/New AI")]
public class AIScriptableObject : ScriptableObject
{
    public string AI_Name;

    [SerializeField] public Classes[] VoidFixedUpdate;

    [System.Serializable]
    public class Classes
    {
        public string CodeLine;

        public Classes[] IfCode;
    }
}

[CustomEditor(typeof(AIScriptableObject))]
public class AIScriptableObjectEditor : Editor
{
    public override void OnInspectorGUI()
    {
        DrawDefaultInspector();

        AIScriptableObject aiScriptableObject = (AIScriptableObject)target;

        for (int i = 0; i < aiScriptableObject.VoidFixedUpdate.Length; i++)
        {
            SerializedProperty codeLineProperty = serializedObject.FindProperty("VoidFixedUpdate").GetArrayElementAtIndex(i).FindPropertyRelative("CodeLine");
            SerializedProperty ifCodeProperty = serializedObject.FindProperty("VoidFixedUpdate").GetArrayElementAtIndex(i).FindPropertyRelative("IfCode");

            EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(codeLineProperty, new GUIContent("CodeLine"));

            if (codeLineProperty.stringValue == "if")
            {
                EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(ifCodeProperty, true);
            }
            else
            {
                ifCodeProperty.ClearArray();
            }
        }

        serializedObject.ApplyModifiedProperties();
    }
}```

[clear hollow]

ScriptableSingleton seems worse than using a normal, singleton ScriptableObject. The latter auto-saves, whereas ScriptableSingleton forces me to call Save() when changes are made

Why does ScriptableSingleton require Save and use InternalEditorUtility.LoadSerializedFileAndForget and InternalEditorUtility.SaveToSerializedFileAndForget?
Seems more difficult

[gloomy chasm]

A plain ScriptableObject doesn't auto save unless you dirty it or use SerializedObject to modify it.
To persist between sessions, a ScriptableObject must be in the assets folder. This causes AssetDatabase updates, requires a hard path to retrive the asset, and cannot be saved to user settings or preferences.

[clear hollow]

oh ok, that makes more sense

I was also thinking, a ScriptableSingleton that does not persist -- you just want a singleton in memory -- is really easy, I now see the benefit

[gloomy chasm]

Yeah, if you want it just during the session it is not needed. But really, I find it nicer and cleaner to use still

[clear hollow]

Persisting state across domain reloads is super-helpful

I used to rely on an EditorWindow to do that, IIRC

[gloomy chasm]

Yeah it really is nice!

There is also SessionState if you just need some simple data

[glad cliff]

I saw some people exposing some references to the editor in their EditorWindow script so they could assign a VisualTreeAsset for example upon which editor window is built. Before that I didnt know you can expose public variables to editor scripts and I cant find anything documented about it to learn more. I see my public variables for script extending EditorWindow but not for Editor or anything other related to editor only scripts. How does it work, are there any resources about it?

Mostly im interested on what classes can have default references set in inspector. It is a cool idea to assign lets say VisualTreeAsset or a Stylesheet as a default reference for editor window, so it doesnt need to search for it (which is pain to make it relative), but it cant be done for lets say a class extending PopupWindow or Editor :/

[gloomy chasm]

The class must inherit from UnityEngine.Object, and only serialized fields in it that inherit from UnityEngine.Object will be exposed

public class MyEditor : Editor
{
  // This can be assigned because `ScriptableObject` inherits from `UnityEngine.Object`.
  [SerializeField] private ScriptableObject _myObject;
}

[timid coyote]

can i change the display from none to flex of a visual element when i hover over the :root ?

[glad cliff]

just register pointer over event

[ebon helm]

Anybody know how I can create a custom scene draw mode that renders based on some data the objects in the scene have. For example Render all object with a certain component green and those without red. Just like the Contributors / Receivers debug mode works. It seems custom debug modes work only with global shader properties. So the question is how to put the per instance data there, if they even support per instance data. I cant seem to find the source for the build in shader anywhere

[karmic ginkgo]

does it have to be built in shader based? any would do, just use untextured standard with color

a way to hack around the per instance data can be, i havent tested, adding code that gets called when object is being rendered

then you can set global shader var color before rendering each object based on whatever you need

just tested, wont work

[willow jackal]

If I would guess, the only possible way I seem to find to change the SceneView rendering is: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SceneView.SetSceneViewShaderReplace.html which would be like, if I am right, https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/SL-ShaderReplacement.html

The actual other Debug Mode seem to be hardcoded: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SceneView-cameraMode.html

That is, if you use the built in renderpipeline. Scriptable Rendering Pipeline are open source and could be modified if needed. (If there is no actual way to achieve what you want)

(And yes, you can use per instance data that are already present in the original material such as color or texture)

[ebon helm]

As far as I can tell the scene view debug modes have nothing to do with the srp. I couldn’t even get a hlsl or shader graph to render anything. Only the CG version worked. And when you said you can use per instance data… I was asking how?

[willow jackal]

You can replace the shader that is being render for every object of the scene by using the function I listed. And, as I stated, you can then use the data in the original materials to feed your shader.

[ebon helm]

how exactly are you proposing to use said data in original materials ?

besides the data I'm interested in visualizing is not on the material it's on the Renderer

[willow jackal]

From my experience, you would have to draw the scene whenever you implement a custom ScriptableRendererPipeline. Whenever you start a project with no rendering pipeline, the scene is absolutly dark.

https://catlikecoding.com/unity/tutorials/custom-srp/custom-render-pipeline/

[ebon helm]

I'm using HDRP not a custom render pipeline

[willow jackal]

Then, I'm afraid it might be something else you want to do.

[willow jackal]

I was making a point that you could copy HDRP and modified it how you want.

[ebon helm]

no I want to recreate the Contributors/Receivers debug mode but for Static/Non Static shadow casters

[ebon helm]

and I'm telling you HDRP does not render the scene view debug modes

[willow jackal]

And I'm telling you that you have to render the scene yourself whatever RenderPipeline you use.

So, somewhere in HDRP, it most do that.

Which means, that you could modified that bit of code to do whatever you want.

[willow jackal]

This is what you are refering to. Arent you sure that it does not use data that is being feed to the shader ?

[ebon helm]

I'm not at all sure how it is implemented, the furthest I got was a call to the c++ internals

[willow jackal]

Sorry, I had to go. I wanted to say that if you use URP, you can simply use a RenderFeature. I'm not sure if there is an equivalent here for HDRP. Maybe you could try to add a Custom Post Processing Effect.

Also, my point still stand that you could modified HDRP to your needs if you truly want. https://github.com/needle-mirror/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition

[ebon helm]

I want to create a custom scene debug mode, not change things at runtime

Forget about it

[waxen sandal]

Quickest turn around

[willow jackal]

You fail to understand that the render pipeline is used to draw the scene aka, in the editor not runtime.

[north sphinx]

Is there a way to get all prefabs in AssetDatabase that specifically have specific mono behaviour on root game object?

[gloomy chasm]

Nope, not unless you use the new Search (QuickSearch). I think you also need to toggle on that feature in the index manager

[north sphinx]

I need it from code

basically need to avoid creating game object

I need as much performance as possible

and for some reason labels don't work

at least, setting them from code

[gloomy chasm]

I don't follow. Can you explain what you are wanting to do?

[north sphinx]

I need to get all prefabs with X mono at root

I do it frequently

so I need it to be as performant as possible

and avoid accessing prefabs that don't have it

I do it via

AssetDatabase.FindAssets

[gloomy chasm]

Right... so you use the Search API. After building the index (slow, but one time) it can find it

[north sphinx]

nah

no search api or anything

purely from code

[gloomy chasm]

haha yeah it 100% has a API I use it for my asset on the asset store 😉

[north sphinx]

it runs on background instance of Unity editor even. Literally. But that's not relevant to topic too much

What API is that?

[gloomy chasm]

https://docs.unity3d.com/2021.1/Documentation/ScriptReference/Search.SearchService.html

[north sphinx]

is it fast even?

[gloomy chasm]

Yuup, very. Faster than the AssetDatabase.Find, as it is actually indexed and multithreaded

[north sphinx]

Is it synchronious though?

can't use async

[gloomy chasm]

No async only. Why doesn't that work?

[north sphinx]

because I run in a very special context

which is already a background task of Unity

async is no use there

[gloomy chasm]

I think you can still run it, no?

[north sphinx]

if I can't get result synchronoisly, then it's no use

if it blocks main thread for a while- it's fine

once again, this is background task

[gloomy chasm]

Idk what you mean when you say "background task" in this case

[north sphinx]

literally another instance of Unity editor running in parallel to main one

[gloomy chasm]

Huh

[north sphinx]

you know, like the ones used for light baking

this one is for baking our prefabs

[gloomy chasm]

Not sure why you couldn't suspect the task why it waits for the results?

Regardless, your only other options is to use AssetDatabase.Find and load and unload, checking for the component, or read the asset files to check for them

[north sphinx]

because task is not mine and I don't have a control over it, as it's partially part of c++ side

yeah, sadly

I want to use labels so bad

[gloomy chasm]

oooh

[north sphinx]

I want to add them automatically in post import

but they just don't get added here

AssetDatabase.SetLabels(g, labels);

does nothing

[gloomy chasm]

They for sure should...

[north sphinx]

yet they don't

2022.3.12f

[gloomy chasm]

You can use SearchService synchronously it looks like after all https://docs.unity3d.com/2021.1/Documentation/ScriptReference/Search.SearchFlags.Synchronous.html

[north sphinx]

#↕️┃editor-extensions message

here I reported code

oooooh

I'm stuped

I think I need to pass game object

not monobeh

Wonder what'll be faster then

[gloomy chasm]

Huh?

[north sphinx]

AssetDatabase with labels vs search api

I want to add labels during post import

so basically the lag is spread over time in a way you don't notice

and then AssetDatabase uses c++ side filtering

and avoid creating garbage game objects

which is likely the biggest contributor to speed of my code

nope

that's not it

labels just don't want

-_-

        public class Kek : AssetPostprocessor
        {
            private void OnPostprocessPrefab(GameObject g)
            {
                var isGhost = g.TryGetComponent(out GhostAuthoring _);

                var labels = AssetDatabase.GetLabels(g);
                const string ghostLabel = "GhostPrefab";
                if (!labels.Contains(ghostLabel))
                {
                    if (isGhost)
                    {
                        var newLabels = new string[labels.Length + 1];
                        for (int i = 0; i < labels.Length; i++)
                        {
                            newLabels[i] = labels[i];
                        }

                        newLabels[^1] = ghostLabel;
                        AssetDatabase.SetLabels(g.gameObject, newLabels);
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    if (!isGhost)
                    {
                        var list = labels.ToList();
                        list.Remove(ghostLabel);
                        AssetDatabase.SetLabels(g.gameObject, list.ToArray());
                    }
                }
            }
        }

SetLabels get called 100%

newLabels contains 1 element with GhostPrefab 100%

yet no label

[astral oar]

how do I make centered button with UITK

with IMGUI I can just insert FlexibleSpace before and after button but I can't find anything for uitk

[tough cairn]

anyone knows where is the "Jump To State" code in the CsReference ?

( context menu item only visible when in play mode )

[tight geyser]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Animator.Play.html

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Animator.CrossFade.html

Do you need play or cross fade @tough cairn

[tough cairn]

no i just want to force play

Animator.Play doesn't work

[tight geyser]

try crossfade?

[tough cairn]

this how my graph looks like

i don't have any connections

[tight geyser]

thats fine

I use playmaker to play states and this is the action :

it plays the state direcly

even when there are no connections

[tough cairn]

what's normalizedTime ?

ok that worked

[tight geyser]

normalized time:

[tight geyser]

great!

[tight geyser]

does this work?

/* CenteredButton.uss */
container {
flex-direction: column;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
}

[astral oar]

yes, ty

[winter snow]

Hi there 👋

I'm fairly new to the custom editor system and I'm trying to figure out something:

Why should I use serializedObject.FindProperty for each property I want, rather than just do _myScript = serializedObject.targetObject and then access all of my public properties from it ? Is it just so we can access to private serializedProperties ?
Because for now I'm using both but it does not feel right.

[waxen sandal]

So with SerializedProperties, you can access private serialized fields and a bunch of things like Undo are automatically handled for you

[winter snow]

Ok thanks, and could you tell me how I can edit my properties without doing _myScript.health = 10 ?
I'm looking for example, or even documentation but I didn't find anything

[waxen sandal]

Is this a custom editor or propertydrawer?

[winter snow]

CustomEditor

Annnd I had to ask you to finally land on this https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SerializedObject.html

So I just have to serializedObject.FindProperty("health").floatValue = 10; and then serializedObject.ApplyModifiedProperties();

[waxen sandal]

Yeah, serializedObject.FindProperty("health").intValue = 10

Ah there you go

[winter snow]

Ok thank you and sorry for my inability to look for the right doc ^^'

[mossy pike]

EditorApplication.update is keeps running of the plastic scm making unity 2022 editor unusable at all. does anyone has the same issue?

[waxen sandal]

Your sentence makes no sense

[chilly steeple]

Anyone got a clue why m_navmeshOrigin is null

surface is not null, m_navmeshSurface is not null

[rain loom]

Hey guys! I have a project with prefabs and codes and I wanna turn it into a package so I can import it to another project. Just like packages from the asset store. How is that possible?

[waxen sandal]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/CustomPackages.html

[rain loom]

thank you!

[gloomy chasm]

Is there a callback for if assets are importing or something? I got a really niche issue. I havea package that has a Overlay that opens by default. It loads UXML. The issue is that when you first add a package, all the scripts are loaded first, before the assets are imported. So the overlay will try to load the UXML before it has imported.

[willow jackal]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AssetPostprocessor.html

[gloomy chasm]

Yeah I was thinking about trying that, though might not happen soon enough. Will be worth a try even if it is a bit of a junky setup

[crude forge]

I'm working on a GUI where the scrollview updates (and is updated by) values when they are changed. I can't seem to find out how to 'get' the scrollview off of the reordered list, nor how to give it a callback when the scrollview's horizontal bar is clicked on

any clue on how to do both of these things?

[karmic ginkgo]

legacy GUI?

[tough cairn]

public override void OnGUI(Rect position, UnityEditor.SerializedProperty property, GUIContent label)
{
    // DRAW lave with extra " leftWidth "  
    // ...
    if (Event.current.type == EventType.Repaint)
    {
        leftWidth = position.width - current_x;
    }
}

Am i using the right event here ? or is it just the fact that the draw x position is getting recurrently modified in the loop ?

[waxen sandal]

What are you doing

Why are you messing with events

[tough cairn]

not sure , but i think i seen something like this in the CsReference where the UnityEditor.EditorGUI.PrefixLabel been implemented

OnGuI gets executed multiple times , one of which is run with a EventType.Layout event

[waxen sandal]

Yeah I know that but if you're just doing something basic like drawing text/buttons/input fields using the normal APIs you do't have to mess with them

[tough cairn]

trying to figure out how much space is left over after the GUI layout have been run

so i can offset the label with the left over width

[waxen sandal]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/GUILayoutUtility.GetLastRect.html

But you can't really edit the position during one "cycle"

[tough cairn]

this will return the dimensions for the current GUI width

yes

this will only be known after the gui on the right side from the first label has been computed

just wondering if there is a way to capture data post layout event

hence why i tried force the set leftWidth only at repaint stage

should be possible somehow ... GUILayout.FlexibleSpace is a thing after all

ah well its not too important , ill just leave empty white space at the right hand side

[unborn wagon]

I have no idea what is going on. I can't add a field of my FooBar class as a drawn property via the FooBarPropertyDrawer.

Here is the Drawer

    [CustomPropertyDrawer(typeof(FooBar))]
    public class FooBarDrawer : PropertyDrawer
    {
        public override void OnGUI(Rect position, SerializedProperty property, GUIContent label)
        {
            EditorGUI.BeginProperty(position, label, property);
            position = EditorGUI.PrefixLabel(position, GUIUtility.GetControlID(FocusType.Passive), label);
            var indent = EditorGUI.indentLevel;
            EditorGUI.indentLevel = 0;
            var rect = new Rect(position.x, position.y, 30, position.height);
            EditorGUI.PropertyField(rect, property.FindPropertyRelative("test"), GUIContent.none);
            EditorGUI.indentLevel = indent;
            EditorGUI.EndProperty();
        }
    }

    public class FooBar : MonoBehaviour
    {
        [SerializeField] private string test = "123";
    }

And here the usage of the class as property

public class ResourcerScanner : MonoBehaviour
    {
        [SerializeField] private RenderTexture renderTexture;
        [SerializeField] private int resWidth = 1920;
        [SerializeField] private int resHeight = 1080;
        public FooBar foobar;
    }

I receive the error NullReferenceException: : SerializedProperty is null (as seen in the screenshot).

Can someone explain me what I am doing wrong?

[dusk portal]

have you put [Serializable] on FooBar?

[unborn wagon]

I did not since it's inheriting from MonoBehaviour I thought it's implied.
I now added it but the error still persists

[dusk portal]

oh right, i didn't notice that somehow

i'm guessing property.FindPropertyRelative("test") in that code returns null? 🤔

[pure coral]

i have a property drawer with a custom delete button (calls property.DeleteCommand if said button is pressed).

This drawer then is used for my elements inside my listview, but after deleting a property im meant to rebuild the listview and im kinda confused as to how to achieve this since the button lies inside the property drawer and the SerializedPropertyChangedEvent isnt working (its invoked constantly & rebuilding causing recursion)

i wanted to use onItemsAdded / removed but those only work if i add and remove elements from the listview and not from adding to the item source (and usually my add logics are done inside classes instead of the editor for my use case)

any suggestions?

[pure coral]

you are using a custom property drawer for mono behaviour, its not a property, its a serialized object

its a bit more complex than outright doing it like that and i had headahes with something similar a couple days ago

https://forum.unity.com/threads/custompropertydrawer-and-monobehaviours.448060/

To tl;dr make a custom editor for your mono behaviour (instead of a property drawer) and draw the editor inside your other class

[unborn wagon]

Ohhh ok thanks man! I wouldn't have figured it out on my own

[unborn wagon]

I have a UnityEvent property in my inspector for my component.
I need to access the Type and Method being referenced in the property.
Any idea how I can access it? I only managed to get the method name but to use reflection properly I need the Type, Namespace and Method name

[peak bloom]

there's static helper for that
var methodInfo = unityEvent.GetValidMethodInfo(MyMethod);

[unborn wagon]

Yeah I found that one - but that's not enough. I need to find the Type info as well which is unfortunately isolated in the UnityEvent instance.

[peak bloom]

then do it via GetInvocationList

foreach (Delegate delegate in unityEvent.GetInvocationList())
{
    MethodInfo methodInfo = delegate.Method;

    string methodName = methodInfo.Name;
    //Do the rest with the methodInfo
}

note it would behave slightly differently if you're subscribing to it annonymously/via lambda

[unborn wagon]

I give it a try. Thanks so far 🤝

[unborn wagon]

        [SerializeField] private UnityEvent<string, string> onResult;

        private void Start()
        {
            onResult.GetInvocationList();
            AddResourcerScannerFront();
        }

GetInvocationList() is not available for me. What Unity version are you using?

[peak bloom]

wdym? you're using it there, no?

[unborn wagon]

Nah it's not resolvable

[peak bloom]

proly I was brainfarted here, @waxen sandal or @gloomy chasm can we do GenInvocationList on UnityEvent? pretty sure we can

[waxen sandal]

Nah UnityEvent isn't a delegate

You can probably find it through serializedproperties

So find these https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/UnityCsReference/blob/master/Runtime/Export/UnityEvent/UnityEvent.cs#L748

Then get this https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/UnityCsReference/blob/master/Runtime/Export/UnityEvent/UnityEvent.cs#L537

Then you get this data https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/UnityCsReference/blob/master/Runtime/Export/UnityEvent/UnityEvent.cs#L377

[peak bloom]

well there you go @unborn wagon see @waxen sandal answer

[peak bloom]

just this (see the example) 😄
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Events.UnityEventBase.GetPersistentListenerState.html

[waxen sandal]

Also the UnityEventTools class

[tall path]

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UIElements;
using UnityEditor;

public class InspectorView : VisualElement
{
    public new class UxmlFactory : UxmlFactory<InspectorView, UxmlTraits> { };

    Editor editor;

    public InspectorView()
    {

    }


    internal void UpdateSelection(NodeVisual node)
    {
        Clear();

        UnityEngine.Object.DestroyImmediate(editor);

        editor = Editor.CreateEditor(node.data);

        IMGUIContainer container = new IMGUIContainer(() => 
        {
            if (editor.target)
            {
                editor.OnInspectorGUI();
            }
                
        });
        Add(container);
    }
    
}

i have an inspector window in an editor window i have but it refuses to use custom editors does anyone know why

[winter snow]

Hi there 👋

I have a strange behaviour in my CustomEditor.
In OnSceneGUI I do a Physics.OverlapBox and it detects all colliders that are inside 👍
But if my GameObject is a CharacterController, it does not detect it anymore :/
It detects it as soon as I start editing one of the CharacterController properties or if I manually simulate Physics (which I don't want to since Rigidbodies will be impacted)

Do you know why it behaves like that and how I can fix it ?

[real spindle]

This is just a guess, but try calling Physics.SyncTransforms first

[winter snow]

I had hopes, but no :/

It's really frustrating, all other colliders are working correctly

And in Play Mode I don't have the issue at all

[real spindle]

Yeah CharController can be weird

Have you tried modifying some values of the CC from the script?

If modifying it in the inspector works, that might work too

[winter snow]

I can't, I'm working on a tool that displays a List of Colliders inside an area.
I don't know in advance what kind of Components will be present

I fear that changing some values, even during one frame, breaks something user's side

[tall path]

Custom Editor in Custom Editor Window Inspector Not working

Custom Editor in Custom Editor Window Inspector Not working

[plucky knot]

Can a custom editor not be applied to a base type with a child that is a generic, or to the generic type directly, without either inheriting UnityEngine.Object? Seeing examples of custom editors for generic bases but they are monos, so just curious if that restriction is actually a restriction or just an edge case that sometimes works.

[winter snow]

Here is what I did in case other stumbles onto that:

// in OnSceneGUI()
var ccs = GameObject.FindObjectsOfType<CharacterController>();
foreach (var cc in ccs)
{
   cc.slopeLimit = cc.slopeLimit;
}

With this I change pretty much nothing and CharacterController is finally detected

if a Unity dev is passing by, a little explanation would be highly appreciated 🙂

[unborn wagon]

Ah that's what I was looking for 👍

[karmic ginkgo]

iirc same thing happens at runtime if the mesh under cc is updated/reimported

my guess it has to do with the fact that cc works on precomputed data baked into triangles

something fails to rebake it or something similar

[twin dawn]

Is there any callback that runs when removing a component from an object in the editor?

[willow jackal]

Pretty sure there is no straight forward OnComponentRemove function. There is three solution that can think of:

1. Use CustomEditor with OnDisable with the target == null.
2. Use ExecuteInEditMode.
3. Use a manager that periodically looks for if a component has been removed. In other words, there is a script somewhere that check the difference between the component that it knows of and the component that is actually there.

[twin dawn]

SO the problem with 1. and 2. is they only seem to work on scene objects. Not on prefabs

I'm using a variety of #3 - basically my custom editor window

and will probably do a pass on build or something

[willow jackal]

Is it a component being added on a prefab particulary ?

[twin dawn]

Yes

The whole concept of what I'm building involves adding a component to a prefab to get it to do something special

[willow jackal]

I'm usually doing scene pass, sometimes prefab pass as well before building.

Notably for the platform variation

[twin dawn]

What do those mean? I'm new to build preprocessing

[willow jackal]

Not something unusal

[twin dawn]

I was looking at doing https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Build.IPreprocessBuildWithReport.OnPreprocessBuild.html

is there more I should look at?

Basically I just want a ScriptableObject to contain a reference to every prefab with this particular component in the project.

[willow jackal]

A concrete example would be that some platforms do not support reflective floor. So, on those platform I swap the floor at build time.

[willow jackal]

Have you try to use Addressable ?

That seem like a use case for that.

[twin dawn]

I don't want to use Addressables, as I'm building an editor tool for other people to use

hoping to avoid adding dependencies

But I'm actually curious how addressables would make this work better?

To avoid loading all these prefabs in memory?

[willow jackal]

You could address your prefabs in a fashion that would helps you find them back.

[twin dawn]

Ah see that would require extra work and configuration for my users

The goal here is dead simplicity

you add the component, and it works

[willow jackal]

And yes, addressable is a most for smaller platform to reduce the memory usage.

However, I really doubt that you would be memory intensive

[twin dawn]

I will take another pass later at reducing memory usage. Most use cases for this will involve only a few such prefabs being marked per project

[willow jackal]

Why do you need to have access to those prefab ?

I've seen something simular in the Netcode for GameObject API.

There is two way of doing it, manually dragging them in a list or adding them whenever you want.

This is a necessary to remove the hicup of memory allocation

(You wouldnt want to load every asset necessary when you first load the network library)

[twin dawn]

I'm trying to go with a low maintenance approach:

• Add to the list in OnValidate() for the component
• Recheck/repopulate the list in a build preprocessor
• Perhaps recheck/repopulate on https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/EditorApplication-playModeStateChanged.html as well

The first use case I'm going for is for small games with less than 10 of these things

I'm not that worried about the memory impact for now

though I will see how bad this can get because I could see this causing a lot of angst in the editor for large projects

Anyway I'm guessing there's no real way to get an On Removed callback for a prefab component

so I think I have what I need. I'm just curious about build preprocessors

and what you meant by "scene pass" and "prefab pass"

[willow jackal]

You could look at: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AssetPostprocessor.OnPostprocessPrefab.html

Never used it this one specifically

I used the audio and texture to force specifics settings on the importation previously.

[twin dawn]

Ah interesting

so it will run once per prefab in the project? That might be helpful...

[willow jackal]

From my experience, you can easily do a "scene pass" with https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Build.IProcessSceneWithReport.html

[twin dawn]

Although I wonder if it wouldn't be faster/simpler just to do one big AssetDatabase.FindAssets to find them all and build the list at once.

[willow jackal]

The prefab needs to be worked whenever you build the bundles. (Given that you use AssetBundle)

[twin dawn]

Ok these are cool though, so thank you

[willow jackal]

Also, note that the IProcessSceneWithReport does trigger in the Editor when you play it as well.

Really useful

[twin dawn]

AssetBundles are an interesting use case

I think I will tackle that at a later point but these give me ideas for how to handle them

Going to start with a proof of concept for simple projects without bundles/addressables etc

[willow jackal]

Addressable is a wrapper on the assetbundle. But, yeah, as a consume of a 3rd party I would prefer if you were to use AssetBundle directly instead of the Addressable

[native geode]

In hierarchy, Upper MicroAudio object is blue because it is connected with prefab
Bottom one is not becasue i created it with editor code, how can i link it with prefab from folder, i have the guid

This is the code for creating it in editor with right click menu

So my question is how to basically make bottom MicroAudio object blue

[willow jackal]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/PrefabUtility.html

Maybe you could look at: ConvertToPrefabInstance and InstantiatePrefab.

[native geode]

Hmm those are public static yet dont work for me, can find them in docs tho

Just changed this line and it works

Thanks for help, didnt know prefab utility was a thing

[plucky cairn]

I'm experiencing some verry weird behaviour. Under a specific setup the initialization of the MonoBehaviour is Awake, OnEnable, OnDisable, OnEnable, Start. Changes done to the MonoBehaviour in Awake are reverted between the second an OnDisable, OnEnable.

Setup:

• The MonoBehaviour includes a [ExecuteAlways] or [ExecuteInEditMode]
• Duplicating a Prefab (containing this MonoBehaviour) with Ctrl+D, Ctrl+C + Ctrl+V or context menu).
• The prefab is parented to another gamobject.

It can be replicated with the attached script.

I already posted on the forums about it https://forum.unity.com/threads/class-with-executealways-initializes-with-awake-onenable-ondisable-onenable-start-for-parented.1515419/, https://discussions.unity.com/t/class-with-executealways-initializes-with-awake-onenable-ondisable-onenable-start-for-parented-prefabs-in-editor-mode/311315.

Anyone here know what is going on?

[plucky cairn]

I'm experiencing some verry weird

[pure coral]

Anyone can help me to my post from yesterday?

if not ill have to post on unity forums and wait 2 weeks again sigh*

[pure coral]

this one

[astral oar]

can't you just set flag and reset it after rebuilding

I know it's hacky but entire unity UI is completely hacky, especially if you're on older version of unity

[sharp sigil]

I want to make custom inspector for my serializable class that contains Dictionary with at most 6 key-value pairs, should I use Editor or PropertyDrawer?

[gloomy chasm]

So the PropertyDrawer has a button to remove itself from a list?

[gloomy chasm]

Well, Dictionaries are not serializable. But basically Editor is for anything that inherits from UnityEngine.Object (like MonoBehaviour does), and PropertyDrawer is for normal C# classes.

[pure coral]

Yea basically (i have a check that filters out the button if its not an array member from its path)

the reason im trying the above is just to force a rebuild cause my layout cant keep up and needs forced rebuilding

[gloomy chasm]

Yeah you are not meant to use PropertyDrawers like that

[pure coral]

how do you set the flag though <__<

is there a way to inject a custom delete button on a property drawer then?

cause thats what im going for

and i understand there is a way but its so freaking ugly

(basically using a hard reference of the casted target variable)

which defeats the entire point of serialized properties...

[gloomy chasm]

Just set the makeItem callback along with the bindItem callback on the ListView

And add the button there

[pure coral]

You cant ^^

i already spoke with unity directly on that

serialized properties do not support custom views (when bound)

unity told me to directly make a hard reference if i want to do that

[gloomy chasm]

Makea hard reference?

[pure coral]

im not sure if thats the term but basically getting the variable through something like (MyType)target.myVariableList*

[gloomy chasm]

Oooh, why would you do that the heck

[pure coral]

Cause thats what they officially told me

my first attempt to begin with was to make a bindItem / makeItem solution with BindProperty

but that crashed my editor

cause "its not supported"

[gloomy chasm]

What version are you on?

[pure coral]

2021.3 LTS

[gloomy chasm]

Ahh, hmm. Do you have a forum link to the conversation you had with Unity, or was it else where?

[pure coral]

yea sec

actually the conversation is half like that i wonder where the hell is the other part

https://forum.unity.com/threads/listview-adds-empty-visual-element-on-container-when-property-bound-bound-list-is-empty.1443817/#post-9058342

im searching for where i discussed hard references (if it was in discord or somewhere else)

but the core point is that i am using hard reference methods to handle editor logic inside some classes i have so i wanted to have access to those as well so i guess thats where it also stemmed from

Anyway i will sidetrack way to much if i begin over analyzing the topic

i just wanted to see whats my alternative to this problem

[astral oar]

at this point I just gave up and realized that unity internals are terribly designed so I just go with w/e solution is working even if it's extremely ugly

because most of the time I have to go through reflection to unity internals and there isn't many things uglier than that anyway

[gloomy chasm]

This is on 2022.3 and works just fine. Give it a go if you want https://gdl.space/abibohurun.cs

[pure coral]

Doesnt work on 2021.3 thats what matters for my project :/

which is weird if it works for you on 2022.3

wth changed

[gloomy chasm]

The code I just linked specifically doesn't work on 2021.3? Or do you just mean in general?

[pure coral]

Idk for me it leads to some weird GUI artifacts / buggy warnings (check the forum page) and also sometimes it would say "layout is struggling to keep up"

[gloomy chasm]

So the code I just linked specifically doesn't work? I am asking because it can be quirky and so if it is not set up specifically a certain way, it will not work.

I am very familiar with the ListView code. Unity's implementation has been fully rewritten about 3 times since it was first added. I have reimplemented my self once to get performance and features I needed. Iirc, one of those rewrites was 2021 > 2022

[pure coral]

ill check out once i got time cause im kinda spend tbh

im at it the entire day

ill let you know by pinging you

[gloomy chasm]

Oof, understadnable. Been there haha

[red fossil]

Any idea why when I open a project in Unity 2023.1.16f1 it hangs on loading the project? Only for one project, as I tried with others and it works. And if I open copies of the project that get blocked, they don't open either. I need urgent help

need help

[safe sorrel]

I have a serializable class, Progression, that stores all of my save data. I can serialize it to JSON and deserialize it back into an instance of the Progression class.

I want to make editor window that can load a save file, let me edit the object, and then write it back to disk.

I'm stuck on how I'd do this, though. I can produce a Progression instance, but...how can I display that in the editor window? It's not a serialized property, so I can't use a PropertyField.

[visual stag]

Serialize it into the window

And create a serializedobject from the window (this)

[safe sorrel]

Ah, that makes sense.

the editor window is a unity object, after all

I'm a little fuzzy on what to do if I directly modify the field instead of going through the serialized object

    void OnGUI()
    {
        if (GUILayout.Button("Load"))
        {
            progression = Serializer.Deserialize<Progression>("save");
        }
        
        EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(serializedObject.FindProperty(nameof(progression)));
        serializedObject.ApplyModifiedProperties();
    }

do I need to do something to make Unity understand that I've modified the field?

[visual stag]

Call Update

[visual stag]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SerializedObject.Update.html

[safe sorrel]

Got it 👍

[twin dawn]

Anyone know where I can find a description of these categories? In particular what is "Essentials" and how does that differ from "Other"?

This is from the Asset Store Tools validator window.

[karmic ginkgo]

best bet is to look at what unity puts in those, i guess

[twin dawn]

This helps thanks

[winter snow]

Hi there 👋

I'm working on a CustomEditor and when I RegisterValueChangedCallback on a Toggle, the callback is called each time I Select / Unselect my component, even though toggle value has not changed.
Here a snippet:

public override VisualElement CreateInspectorGUI()
{
    _visualElement = new VisualElement();
    _visualElement = visualTreeAsset.Instantiate();
    _visualElement.Q<Toggle>("copyMasterAnimation").RegisterValueChangedCallback(OnCopyAnimationToggle);
    return _visualElement;
}

My guess is _visualElement has not finished its Binding process when I register the callbacks and when Binding is done it triggers the Change Event.

So my question is:
How can I ensure Binding is done before registering my Callbacks ?
For now I'm registering my Callbacks in _visualElement.schedule.Execute() and it's working but I'm not sure this is the right way of doing things.

[sharp sigil]

Is there some workaround for dictionaries? Can I just make EditorGUI.IntField and when that changes, I just add that value to dictionary?

[gloomy chasm]

Generally people just write a serializable dictionary. If it cannot be serialized, the values will not be saved.
I wrote one my self if ya wanna use it, can even just rip it out and slap it in your project. Or see what I did and do your own thing https://github.com/MechWarrior99/Bewildered-Core

[sharp sigil]

Ok, I will see your github repo

[tulip epoch]

Trying to add a right click context menu to my scene view. While the menu works, in 2022, it seems to force the scene view camera into orbit/pan mode. I saw this topic on Unity forums but no solution posted. https://forum.unity.com/threads/survey-and-discussion-right-click-contextual-menu-in-the-scene-view.1332795/

[pure coral]

anyone knows how to stop a TrackPropertyValue?

i want to unsubscribe from one before deleting a property

[pure coral]

For future guys who are facing the same problem of "Binding Quaternions" or "TrackPropertyValue" error with deleted property:

I avoided binding into the quaternion itself and instead have 2 levels of binding to avoid any unity crashes anymore:

• Binding into 4 hidden float fields for x/y/z/w of the quaternion (relative property of the quaternion property) and registering a callback that writes all of the 4 fields values on change without notify on the Vector3 field of mine (could also use vector4 for this one)
• Value change callback into the quaternion float3 field which writes back into the serialized property and applies the modified properties

why does unity not natively support in ui toolkit quaternions its beyond me

but anywho thats my solution that doesnt crash or throw errors

[rigid jewel]

Man, I jumped into this this morning, and I'm already feeling so fed up with this. I'm using Dreamteck's splines, and there's a problem rendering a simple 3D cube along a mesh, and for some reason, whenever I create a new 3D cube and try to apply it to a spline channel, Unity is applying my first 3D cube mesh, instead (different pattern/color). It's extruding a sphere just fine, though.

[rapid bronze]

Hello! Posted this in code-general but just saw this channel heh. So, I've been trying to get to grips with overlay scripting but can't wrap my head around subscribing to duringSceneGUI only once. I essentially have a method that draws lines between each selected objects, and call it through my button, but it keeps getting called on repeat. If I try to unsubscribe to my event after my iteration is done the handles aren't drawn. Any insight would be great🥺

[gloomy chasm]

The way it works is this basically

// += means basically 'add this method to a list of methods to call when duringSceneGUI is invoked.
SceneView.duringSceneGUI += MyDrawMethod;

// The basic implementation in SceneView.cs ...

private void OnGUI()
{
  // Draw RenderTexture of scene from camera...

  // This is where MyDrawMethod will now be called, every frame.
  duringSceneGUI.Invoke(this);

  // Some other drawing code.
}

[rapid bronze]

Thank you! So I see this is executed on a per-frame basis, I'm now troubled as I want permanent handles drawn but only redrawn once I hit my button again. I am indeed a bit lost💀

[gloomy chasm]

Hmm, maybe you can share a bit more of what you are doing (maybe some of the code too?)

[rapid bronze]

You are right yes, due to the nature of the work however I'm not sure I can.(I know it's trivial but better safe than sorry I guess😅 )

I'll sum it up however:
void GetObjects{
for all selected objects add them to an array and draw a handle line between them}

override CreatePanelContent{
Create buttons/panels etc.
hook up my button to a toggle method which in turn calls GetObjects via sceneview event subscrition
}

[gloomy chasm]

So in the draw method, you just loop over the elements in the array, no?

[rapid bronze]

Yes

I'm sorry if this is a bit trivial but I'm quite new to overlays/editor scripting🥹

[gloomy chasm]

No, no all good. We all start some where! So are you not sure how to do that, or is there more to it that you don't know how to do?

[rapid bronze]

Well that's the thing I've got the code down, it draws my handles etc, but once the array has been processed and the handles drawn the GetObjects method keeps getting called. I'm assuming this is due to the per-frame nature of duringsceneGUI?

[gloomy chasm]

So GetObjects is being called in duringSceneGUI, and it gets all the selected objects and puts them in a array? And the button is actually a toggle, which toggles this on and off?

[rapid bronze]

Yes, yes indeed!

[gloomy chasm]

Yeah durngSceneGUI is indeed 'every' frame.

Is there a issue that it causes?

[rapid bronze]

Weell not really no, just thought there'd be another way hehe

Like if I debug my objects position things get scary..

[gloomy chasm]

There is! You can also add a callback to Selection.selectionChanged and do GetObjects from there instead (and call GetObjects once when the toggle is activated)

[rapid bronze]

Ah I see so I would move the callback in my GetObjects method?

[gloomy chasm]

Nope, you would have two

// In the initializing method or whatever...
SceneView.duringSceneGui += DrawConnections;
Selection.selectionChanged += OnSelectionChanged;

// Later...

private void DrawConnections(SceneView sceneView)
{
  foreach(var go in _objects ) 
  {
    // Draw connections...
  }
}

private void OnSelectionChanged()
{
   GetObjects();
}

Something like that @rapid bronze

[rapid bronze]

I see, thank you so much!

[gloomy chasm]

You're very welcome! 😄

[tender olive]

Anyone know how to add prefab instances to the scene from script without unpacking the prefab? PrefabUtility.InstantiatePrefab unpacks it unfortunately.

[sharp sigil]

Can somebody help me with this? Trying to make propertyDrawer but only for Dictionary with some types. SerializedProperty.FindPropertyRelative("...") is confusing

[gloomy chasm]

All looks pretty good. In your property drawer, try removing line 35 to start with.

[void night]

Just learned the hard way that vertx's serializedRefrenceDropdown and Odin do not play well together. Is there a way around this? (Stack Overflow and/or hard crashes)

[tired hound]

Not sure how to stop the value boxes from appearing to the side like that. Or how to configure the massive gap

If i overwrite the text of the GUIContent it looks like this, there must be a middle ground

[gloomy chasm]

You are looking for EditorGUIUtility.labelWidth (maybe it is EditorGUI don't remember)

[tired hound]

Amazing

[hushed peak]

Does anyone have any way to reference different Project tabs in a manner that persists between editor restarts? I've found the .dwlt file which holds the overall layout between restarts, but I can't quite get a handle on how to map that to the different Project tabs after load, aside from probably just re-parsing it myself.

Basically I need to associate some custom data with each Project tab and store this in a ScriptableSingleton.

There are a few hacks I have tried like encoding a decimal value in the float of the maxSize fields, but that gets reset to a hardcoded 10000 every domain reload.

[gusty heath]

When drawing a completely custom component or drawer manually, how do I let the editor know what size the rect that contains my element is ? The Rect that is returned when calling EditorGUILayout.GetControlRect() has proper position and width, but is only a few pixels height, while the component I'm drawing is around 500 pixels high

Nevermind, I think I found what I was looking for. I used EditorGUILayout.GetControlRect() to know where my control is going to be positionned and its width, then used GUILayout.BeginArea() to define the space I was going to occupy

[rustic kernel]

Can someone explain to me if I am totally off the rails in what I am trying to do, because I'm struggling to make it work, or even find documentation related to what I am trying to do, and I don't know if thats because I'm doing something you're not meant to do or if it's because I don't know what terms to google.

I want to make an object that I can edit through a custom editor window to store information that I will later use in game scripts. I have read that a ScriptableObject is probably the best place to store this. I have create a new class , TileSet, that inherits from ScriptableObject that has a single property on it, public string Test { get; set; }

I have created a editor class, TilesetEditor : EditorWindow which has the screenshotted code.

I have added two TileSet objects to my assets folder. When I open my TilesetEditor I can switch between those two objects using the EditorGUI.ObjectField I defined. I can also type in the GUI.TextField, and switching between the two objects shows the relevant text that I have typed as if it is saving it. If I close unity and re-open it, the text has not persisted against the ScriptableObjects, they are back to being blank.

What am I doing wrong?

[willow jackal]

is tileSet.Test serialized ?

[real spindle]

Pretty sure you have to use EditorUtility.SetDirty on the target after the value changes (and Undo.RecordObject before, to support undo). Or just use EditorGUI.PropertyField

[rustic kernel]

It is, yeah

[rustic kernel]

In honesty the text field is just for testing because it wasn't working - in reality it wants to be a list or array of a new Tile class that will have multiple properties itself, which is why I'm not using PropertyField

[willow jackal]

Is it part of a prefab ? May be try to use a property field (https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/EditorGUILayout.PropertyField.html) to test as well instead of a GUI.TextField.

[rustic kernel]

Yeah alright - I'll have a play with it next time I have the project open

[gusty heath]

Why is the Begin/EndArea() I created being completely ignored here please ?

   private Rect lastRect;
    protected override void DrawPropertyLayout(GUIContent label)
    {
        GUILayout.Box("This is above my custom control");
        Rect controlRect = EditorGUILayout.GetControlRect(); // This doesn't work by itself
        if (controlRect.x != 0 && controlRect.y != 0)
        {
            lastRect = controlRect;
        }

        GUILayout.BeginArea(new Rect(lastRect.x, lastRect.y, 1272, 620));
        for (int y = 0; y < unitGrid.height; y++)
        {
            float offset = y % 2 == 0 ? 0 : tileWidth / 2;

            for (int x = 0; x < unitGrid.width; x++)
            {
                UnitSlot slot = unitGrid.grid[x, y];

                Rect tileRect = new Rect(x * tileWidth + 15 + offset, y * (tileHeight * (InnerDiameter / 1.2f)) + 10, tileWidth - 30, tileHeight - 20);
                Rect dragDropRect = new Rect(x * tileWidth + 25 + offset, y * (tileHeight * (InnerDiameter / 1.2f)) + 25, tileWidth - 50, tileHeight - 50);
                GUI.DrawTexture(tileRect, hexagon);

                slot = DragAndDropUtilities.DropZone(dragDropRect, slot);
                slot.unit = DragAndDropUtilities.DropZone<Unit>(dragDropRect, slot.unit);
                slot = DragAndDropUtilities.DragZone(dragDropRect, slot, true, true);
                unitGrid.grid[x, y] = slot;

                DrawSlot(dragDropRect, slot);
            }
        }
        GUILayout.EndArea();
        GUILayout.Box("This should be below my custom control");
    }

[gloomy chasm]

Because BegainArea has the opposite meaning to how you are using it. It is for doing layout within a defined area, not for doing defined rects in a layout.
You want to use GUILayoutUtility.GetRect to get a rect that is reserved by the layout system. And then draw your stuff within that rect.
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/GUILayoutUtility.GetRect.html

[gusty heath]

Ha great, that's exactly what I needed, thanks !

[rustic parcel]

Has anyone managed to get UI toolkit extensions working with Timeline clips? I'm on 2022.3 with Timeline 1.7.6, and it seems like it just ignores any CreatePropertyGUI() or CreateInspectorGUI(), showing "No GUI Implemented" for them. The IMGUI functions like OnInspectorGUI() are working, however. Is there any way to get it to work with UIE?

[rustic kernel]

problem all along with my issue with serialisation and the likes was I was using properties on my class and not fields...

[rustic kernel]

Actually no, that's not true. Even using fields instead of properties, even using SerializedObject and its respective API instead of access the object and its fields directly, it still doesn't work

no wait no it is working, finally 😅

[outer kraken]

Does somebody know how i'd change the Skybox for the Scene of a PreviewSceneStage?
RenderSettings doesn't work, that's changing the Scene of the Main Stage

[cosmic ibex]

How can I add an extra tab to the ModelImporterEditor with extra settings? Most of the code for that is stuck behind an internal keyword

[cosmic ibex]

That or is there a way to not break the existing ModelInspectorEditor by doing something similar to DrawDefaultInspector?

[lilac cargo]

    [CustomEditor(typeof(Item))]
    public class ItemEditor : Editor
    {
        public override void OnInspectorGUI()
        {
            base.OnInspectorGUI();

            Item item = (Item) target;

            if (item._stackable)
            {
                item._maxStack = EditorGUILayout.IntField("Max Stack", item._maxStack);
            }
        }
    }

im trying to make the inspector only show the max stack property when stackable is true but this dosnt show anything wether it is true of false

not sure if this makes a difference but in the IDE

it says both the ItemEditor class and the OnInspectorGUI have 0 references

[gloomy chasm]

I would try using SerializedObject and SerializedProperty instead of directly getting and setting the values from the Item

[rustic parcel]

Haven't tried making an editor for these again yet, but I found that APEX that's a dependency of AI Tree by Renowned Games will break all property drawers, which was probably causing everything to be done with IMGUI instead of UIE, which was the cause of this issue.

[wheat notch]

That time I couldn't bother with this crap anymore and just decided to set both the serialised property and the values of the object directly.

[cosmic ibex]

I was able to achieve what I wanted using reflection, but I keep getting “did not dispose properly” errors about a previous editor when I call OnEnable and OnDisable. How do I prevent those errors and dispose properly? I’m obtaining the editor by doing CreateEditorWithContext — CreateCachedEditorWithContext didn’t make a difference— and I’m calling DestroyImmediate after I call the ModelImporterEditor’s OnDisable method

[vocal onyx]

I'm unsure if this is the right channel, but I'm using atteneder/glTFast to export gameObject as GLB file. I want to do this during runtime. But I'm stuck on setting the reference on glTFast and glTFast.Export. This is what they say in the documentation:

Note: The GLTFast.Export namespace can only be used if you reference both glTFast and glTFast.Export Assemblies in your Assembly Definition.

I've created an asmdef file in Unity with the assembly definition references to the glTFast and glTFast.Export but I got still in my code the following error: Cannot resolve symbol 'Export'. On this line of code: using GLTFast.Export;

Does someone have an idea how I can fix this?

[north sphinx]

Is there any built in tooltip functionality for MonoBehaviours themselves? I want to add tooltips for level designers, so they can understand what component is about by simple doing mouse over or something like that

[obsidian wing]

Hey folks, is there a way to know the last scene that was opened before playmode? I'm using SetPlayModeStartScene which makes everything forget what scene I was actually looking at before... I need it for a custom editor

[muted cave]

If you are talking about fields, there is [Tooltip("text)]

[muted cave]

you could save it in a static variable

[barren moat]

Does anyone know how to alphabetize this?

[real spindle]

Manually with the order parameter in CreateAssetMenu

[visual stag]

Update to 2023, where all menus are searchable and things have been totally reorganised 😄

[glad cliff]

Im trying to do something in my editor that involves a lot of reflections because of lacking API, and I would really use some help :/ (I know i shouldnt because it wont be stable, but I need it for just one project)
I have AssetReference field (from Addressables) and there is no special fields for this type, so im forced to use PropertyField which creates IMGUIContainer, as its drawer doesnt implement UI Toolkit field. The question is: how can I get the instance of that drawer that draws this property field?
I already have a type

System.Type scriptAttributeUtilityType = typeof(Editor).Assembly.GetType("UnityEditor.ScriptAttributeUtility");
        System.Reflection.MethodInfo getDrawerTypeMethod = scriptAttributeUtilityType.GetMethod("GetDrawerTypeForPropertyAndType", System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Static | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic);
        Debug.Log((System.Type)getDrawerTypeMethod.Invoke(null, new object[] { assetReferenceProperty, typeof(AssetReference) }));

now I need to get the instance of that type that is used to draw this

SerializedProperty assetReferenceProperty = serializedObject.FindProperty("imageReference");
var assetReferencePropertyField = new PropertyField(assetReferenceProperty);

[glad cliff]

lol I think I got it but it took a lot of reading code I do not uderstand XD

        System.Type scriptAttributeUtilityType = typeof(Editor).Assembly.GetType("UnityEditor.ScriptAttributeUtility");
        System.Type propertyHandlerType = typeof(Editor).Assembly.GetType("UnityEditor.PropertyHandler");
        System.Reflection.MethodInfo getDrawerTypeMethod = scriptAttributeUtilityType.GetMethod("GetFieldInfoFromProperty", System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Static | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic);
        System.Reflection.MethodInfo getHandlerMethod = scriptAttributeUtilityType.GetMethod("GetHandler", System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Static | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic);
        FieldInfo fieldInfo = ((FieldInfo)getDrawerTypeMethod.Invoke(null, new object[] { assetReferenceProperty, null }));
        object handler = getHandlerMethod.Invoke(null, new object[] { assetReferenceProperty });
        Debug.Log(handler.GetType().GetProperty("propertyDrawer", BindingFlags.Instance|BindingFlags.NonPublic).GetValue(handler));

[cosmic ibex]

You could fetch all the names, put them into a SortedList and add them back

[barren moat]

How do you do that? I only know about the attribute.

MenuItemAttribute

Is there a context in which you can reorder them?

[gloomy chasm]

No, there isn't any way to modify them*

* in some versions there are internal methods you could get to add and remove them, but I have been there and it is a massive pain which I do not recommend doing at all.

[barren moat]

There is a "priority" property on menu item that is used for sorting

I might write a script that automatically edits to sort

[gloomy chasm]

Right... how are you going to get them, and sort them in a way that the menu respects?

[barren moat]

Literally edit the cs files

With a script

[gloomy chasm]

You're own .cs files? Cause you can't touch Unity's

[barren moat]

Yeah they're mine

[gloomy chasm]

Oh I thought you mean just the menu items in general!

[barren moat]

Well still I'd prefer not to resort to code generation

[gloomy chasm]

Yeah priority property on the attribute is what you want.

[olive escarp]

When creating custom property drawers that use UI Toolkit (by overriding the CreatePropertyGUI method) is it supported to hold a reference to the SerializedProperty and use it later? As long as you call serializedObject.Update and serializedObject.Apply appropriately?
I'm running into an issue where my custom PropertyDrawer breaks down when rendering these Properties within a serialized list, after initialization (VisualElement CreatePropertyGUI(SerializedProperty) call) the SerializedProperty always ends up referencing the last element in the list if I hold a reference to it. I'm using Unity 2022.3.10f1.

[gloomy chasm]

That is because Unity reuses the same drawer instance for each field that it needs to draw

A simple and cheep way to get the reference to the property is to set the .userData of the VisualElement to the SerializedProperty so you can get it later

[worn ibex]

hey man, any luck with this? it is today I stumbled upon this bad guy.

[worn ibex]

anyway I solved this, just remove the 'Multiplayer Tools' from your package manager.

[zinc pier]

hello, I'm trying to create new custom nodes for Unity Visual Scripting.
I'm struggling writing custom inspectors for my classes.
If i have a CustomDataType which has only an int as data member, how can I create the interface so that int can be specified directly in the unit or provided by another unit having an int literal?

Right now I have the same behavior of the AotList. I specified the data type is an int, but I can not set the value by linking a int literal coming from another unit.
See screenshot. I would like to have both, to be capable of setting in the int in the unit or to link another unit having a literal of that (or any other unit returning that data type).

I know in this example it seems useless as it is just an int literal...but the main goal is to use any other more complex data type

the actual problem I'm trying to resolve is the following: I have a custom unit (FactorialDesign) that takes as input a list of some custom data type (DiscreteBalancedVariable).
When creating the units for this custom data types (which I'd prefer to create them as a flow of units instead of using a single unit), I have no way to link them to the custom unit accepting a list of them.

[tough cairn]

is there a way to show the material preview in the bottom of the inspector without using mesh renderer ?

my component is using GL functions to draw and doesn't need mesh filter / renderer , would be nice to have a the standard material editor to be displayed

[tough cairn]

something like this ( this obviously doesn't work when I directly create material editor and set its target )

#if UNITY_EDITOR
    [UnityEditor.CustomEditor(typeof(GLRender))]
    class Inspector : UnityEditor.Editor
    {
        public override void OnInspectorGUI()
        {
            base.OnInspectorGUI();

            UnityEditor.MaterialEditor materialEditor = new UnityEditor.MaterialEditor();

            var script = target as GLRender;

            if( script == null || script.openGL_mat == null ) return;

            materialEditor.target = script.openGL_mat;

            materialEditor.DrawDefaultInspector();
        }
    }

#endif

i think i got it

#if UNITY_EDITOR
    [CustomEditor(typeof(GLRender))] class Inspector : Editor {
        public override void OnInspectorGUI() {
            base.OnInspectorGUI();
            var script = target as GLRender;
            if( script == null || script.openGL_mat == null ) return;
            Editor E = Editor.CreateEditor(script.openGL_mat, typeof(MaterialEditor ) );
            E.OnInspectorGUI();
        }
    }
#endif

[waxen sandal]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Editor.CreateCachedEditor.html

Should use that

[tough cairn]

how would you properly use it ? i tried implementing it like so but each time the scripts gets recompiled its showing me the error :

IndexOutOfRangeException: Index was outside the bounds of the array.
UnityEditor.Editor.get_target () (at <a53e7cd0bf8c4035ac3e78fb7b43c4a6>:0)
UnityEditor.MaterialEditor.OnEnable () (at <a53e7cd0bf8c4035ac3e78fb7b43c4a6>:0)

public override void OnInspectorGUI() 
{    
    base.OnInspectorGUI();

    Editor.CreateCachedEditor( GLR.openGL_mat, typeof(MaterialEditor), ref catchedEditor);

    catchedEditor.OnInspectorGUI();
}
private void OnDestroy() { if (catchedEditor != null) DestroyImmediate(catchedEditor); }

hmmm, it has gone away when i restarted the project , reloading assemblies doesn't seem to show any errors

[waxen sandal]

Weird, that's how we use it internally

so I'd expect it to just work for you as well

(You do this because you have to destroy the cached editor otherwise you have a memory leak)

[tough cairn]

will DestroyImmediate do the trick ?

[waxen sandal]

Yeah

[astral oar]

is there a way to specify different application name and executable name for mac in build script?

for example on windows I can do

PlayerSettings.productName = appName;
var buildPlayerOptions = new BuildPlayerOptions
{
    scenes = new[] { "Assets/Main.unity" },
    locationPathName = $"{appDirectory}/{appName}/{executableName}.exe",
    target = buildTarget,
    targetGroup = targetGroup,
    options = buildOptions
};

but for mac it's

PlayerSettings.productName = appName;
var buildPlayerOptions = new BuildPlayerOptions
{
    scenes = new[] { "Assets/Main.unity" },
    locationPathName = $"{appDirectory}/{appName}.app",
    target = buildTarget,
    targetGroup = targetGroup,
    options = buildOptions
};

and I can't see a way to specify executable name (the one that goes into /Contents/MacOS in the app bundle)

[tough cairn]

can you show me an example ? i have tried in many different ways , and only sometimes it will render ( right now i only have one material and one game objects that renders , everywhere esle its just left as empty sapce )

i was also looking at csReferences to try and figure out how the inspector automatically shows the material at the bottom for anything that extends RendererEditorBase but without luck

also tried reflection to extend my editor with render editor base but doesn't seem like its possible ...

[astral oar]

the only thing I could figure out is moving $"{appDirectory}/{appName}.app/Contents/MacOS/{appName}" into $"{appDirectory}/{appName}.app/Contents/MacOS/{executableName}" but I wonder if there is a better way

[split wasp]

Hi! I commissioned someone to make some code for me. In 2019, is it possible for a GUI drag section to detect if a folder has been dragged in? The coder says he has been trying a lot but he just can't do it. Is it possible at all?

[split wasp]

Please @ me in reply

[snow pebble]

how do you make a custom editor specifically for a derived class that inherits from a generic base class

eg MyClass : BaseClass<T>

since T could be anything i dont understand how i would use [CustomEditor] attribute for it

[waxen sandal]

CustomEditor(typeof(MyClass))?

Then just use serializedproperties to iterate and draw fields

[snow pebble]

that would mean every dervied type needs a custom editor no?

[waxen sandal]

Yes

[snow pebble]

doesnt seem very efficient

[waxen sandal]

It's not 😛

[snow pebble]

plus i cant cast the target to the type either

[waxen sandal]

You can also make a base class for the generic

Then make an editor for that and derived types

[snow pebble]

hm i see

[waxen sandal]

Maybe they added support for generic editors when they added serializedReference but I don't think so

[snow pebble]

even so i still need the target casted to the type

i dont just need the serialized properties

[waxen sandal]

I mean, you can't make a generic editor for the base type and then cast to the derived types since you don't really know about those

I feel like this is an xy problem

[snow pebble]

well the base is an abstract generic

so i want the editor to just use the derived type automatically

[waxen sandal]

Maybe you can make an intermediate Editor drawing class that is generic that you create based on the type of your component?

[snow pebble]

i just tried the generic approach but the base class methods dont get called

kinda confused

OnEnable for example doesn't get called

oh i got it working

finally

hmm ui element functions dont work though

public override VisualElement CreateInspectorGUI() this method doesn't get called

so i cant add my custom ui

[full cedar]

Hi, I made this "chance list" class but I can't get it to appear in the inspector when I do:
[SerializeField] private ChanceList<GameObject> _objects;
What did I do wrong?

[short tiger]

Inheriting List<T> might be problematic. Which Unity version are you using?

I see now you have no serialized fields in ChanceList, you only have a private _maxChance field. Unity will not display any fields from List becomes it's not a serializable type. Unity has special support for array and List fields to serialize them. The serializer considers arrays and List to be the same thing. It's not expecting any types to derive from List and so doesn't have any special support for those.

[full cedar]

ok, what can I do about it?

[full cedar]

2022 lts

[short tiger]

Inheriting from List is not a great idea. It might seem convenient to and allows you to pass ChanceList around to methods that expect a List, but it doesn't work. Your new methods won't be called if you cast ChanceList to List and call those methods from there.

See here for a demonstration.

[short tiger]

You can do this instead: https://gdl.space/obopivizop.cpp

Your class wasn't accounting for all cases where the list can be modified anyway, such as AddRange, RemoveAt, assigning new values with the indexer.

Now you have strict control over how ChanceList is used and can wrap around only the methods of List that you want to be exposed.

[silent otter]

is there a way to reference internal unity classes without using reflection? Perhaps with assembly definitions? I'm trying to access internal classes of UnityEditor.CoreModule

[plucky knot]

Yeah you can have an editor/drawer like [CustomPropertyDrawer(typeof(AssetRef<>), true)] but you are forced to use OnGUI for some reason. Ran into that when I needed a custom editor for that generic type

[snow pebble]

forced to use OnGUI? wdym

[plucky knot]

Generic custom drawers don't use uitoolkit from my testing, so you have to use the imgui functions to render it

[snow pebble]

i see

[full cedar]

Hi, I can't get a class to be displayed properly in the inspector, it doesn't even seem to be using the custom editor I am writing, can somebody please help?

[real spindle]

CustomEditors are only for classes that inherit from unity classes such as MonoBehaviour or ScriptableObject

You want a PropertyDrawer if it's a plain C# class

[full cedar]

I tried to inherit MonoBehaviour and then this happened, thanks for info tho:

[real spindle]

Yeah, monobehaviours have to exist on gameobjects and that list just has references to those

You could use ScriptableObjects though

They can be instantiated just like monobehaviour

[full cedar]

Is there not a way to just get this in the inspector tho?

The entire point of taking this approach was to simplify loot tables in the long run

[real spindle]

Here

Alternatively you can draw the list elements manually from a custom editor for the class that holds that list

[full cedar]

so I tried to make a PropertyDrawer but failed miserably, even gpt is not able to help :/

[real spindle]

Hmm maybe generic property drawers are not supported, but google about that, maybe theres some hack

If not, you will have to use a concrete class (non-generic, but inherits from the generic class)

[full cedar]

I wouldn't say that's the issue.
The first int value is displayed but it starts throwing errors after that for some reason.
I am also not displaying the generic value yet so yh :/

[real spindle]

What line is the error pointing to?

[full cedar]

ca.intValue = EditorGUI.IntField(position, 0);

[real spindle]

Try printing out SerializedProperty.type and see what it is?

If it even does what I think it does

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SerializedProperty-type.html

[full cedar]

that doesn't even execute, same error:
Debug.Log(ca.type);

[real spindle]

Oh wait I think I see the issue

ChanceValue is a property. Properties are not serialized

So ca itself is null

[full cedar]

it has a getter for a serializedfield var tho

[real spindle]

It's still a property.

Use _chanceValue which is a field

[full cedar]

didn't know you could access private vars, thanks

yeah, that solved it, the issue is that the chance isn't appearing either

[real spindle]

Well it's a string but you are trying to get a float value out of it

Use the correct type

Or just change it into a float in the class, I dont see why you would want a string

[full cedar]

wdym, it's a float in both places:
[SerializeField] public float Chance;
var c = property.FindPropertyRelative("Chance").floatValue;

[real spindle]

It was a string here, I never saw your updated code for that class.

Try drawing it with EditorGUI.PropertyField instead of LabelField and reopen the inspector

[full cedar]

my bad on that

[full cedar]

I want it to be readonly but will try, thanks

[real spindle]

@full cedar Your position rect is using the total height of the propertydrawer

You should set it to single line height before you start using it to draw stuff

Talking about position.height

[full cedar]

it took all of this just to get them to display 😭

[real spindle]

Yep, propertydrawers are messy as hell

[full cedar]

the issue now is that I am not setting the ChanceAmount via the property and the onvaluechanged event is never invoked

that causes the chance to never update aswell as the rest of the chances to enver update :/

I was thinking of manually invoking it in the propertydrawer but it doesn't seem doable :/

[real spindle]

It should be possible

property.serializedObject.targetObject to get the object that this drawer is drawing

Can you cast it to (ChanceItem<>)?

[full cedar]

gtp just recommended that, will give it a try now

[full cedar]

will try

it says to cast it like this as ChanceItem<object>; but idk if it loses the generic properties then

doesn't work either way

[real spindle]

Make the class inherit from a base class like ChanceItemBase and cast to that?

Move the Action into that base class and invoke it

[full cedar]

I am suspecting that this is becuase I am not inheriting from mb, am I wrong?

[hardy apex]

Is it safe to find assets by GUID if the project/scripts are cloned across computers? Will the GUID be different, and if so, is there a better way I should be storing references to objects? Storing by path seems non-ideal since the referenced objects could easily change path

[real spindle]

Ah right, targetObject points to the MonoBehaviour holding the data, not ChanceItem itself, oops 🤦‍♂️

[full cedar]

I am guessing serializedObject is what I am looking for

[real spindle]

property.objectReferenceValue?

[full cedar]

nope, both the serializedObject and objRefVal are UnityEngine.Object

is it just me or is this system poorly implemented?

[real spindle]

There's a way to get the object, you can google it

Might not be possible... unless the hacky stuff in this answer works https://discussions.unity.com/t/call-a-function-from-custompropertydrawer-of-arbitrary-class/174387

@full cedar maybe you should just draw the ChanceItems manually in a customeditor of the monobehaviour class that holds them

Less pain

If there's further problems, make a thread so we don't flood this channel more

[full cedar]

@Enenra maybe you should just draw the

[wheat notch]

Sadly that's not how it works.
You can't cast a generic parameter to another. .

Using the as will just return null.

You can do string[] to object[] interestingly. Since Array isn't a generic type.
But you cannot cast object[] to string[] if it's originally built as an object array, even if it contains only strings.

[severe lance]

"You can't cast a generic parameter to another."
My terribly made covariant hotbar says otherwise

[wheat notch]

[severe lance]

Would type checking be easier? Yes.
Would that be faster? Probably yes too

[wheat notch]

An interface would work better maybe?

Idk what your context is.

[severe lance]

Maybe? I was just looking up ways to ease coupling data in a generic type slot without having to always type check.

Well, I do use an interface as it's required anyway

[west drum]

Question:

<uie:ObjectField label="Actor" name="actor" objectType="Conversa.Runtime.Actor" />

This doesnt seem to work, to set up the type of the objectfield in UXML

Does anyone know the right syntax?

[gloomy chasm]

Gotta be the fully qualified assembly name iirc. I normally use UIBuilder to set it.

[west drum]

@gloomy chasm In the end I had to set it via code

[full cedar]

Hi, I am trying to get a custom drawer for my ChanceList to work but it doesn't.
The add button is confirming that there are elements in the list via Debug.Log() but, as you can see on the screenshot, nothing is shown :/

I have to admit that this is maybe my 2nd or 3rd time working w a custom inspector and I am in way over my head tbh

I don't even know if this is a generics issue at this point or if my code is just straight up bad, the part where the obj is null no matter what is just beyond me.

Another thing, it's really annoying that I had to make my ChanceItem and ChanceItem<T> into a ScriptableObject/MonoBehaviour just to be able to cast the objectReference to them, if that can be avoided it'd be awesome tbh

[short tiger]

The list will default to null items, since it's an object reference to a scriptable object. Unless you're assigning the reference somewhere else, obj == null will always be true.

[short tiger]

When making custom editors and property drawers, you want to try to stick within the SerializedProperty API as much as possible. So instead of trying to convert the array element into the actual class, just use FindPropertyRelative to access _chanceAmount and Item.

[full cedar]

I see, well that's a huge issue I ran into, could easily be solved by not having to use the SO/MB but I can't figure out the cast then :/

[full cedar]

I tried to make it cleaner by doing that but will see what I can do, thanks

[short tiger]

Then you should also be able to revert the ScriptableObject inheritance change, so it's just a serializable class.

(which will never be null)

[full cedar]

Another question, the main reason I did the object cast thing is so that I could call a function that's in the list class/raise the event on the changed list element.
I couldn't figure out for the life of me how to invoke the event without directly casting it to something or even call a function, could you help me with that?

This could also be avoided if I could somehow set the value of ChanceAmount variable instead of the _chanceAmount since it has a setter that invokes the event, again, couldn't figure out how to do that and I think osmal said it's not possible.

[short tiger]

Are you sure you want to be invoking an event on a serialized class during edit mode? What's the value in that?

[full cedar]

updating all the other element's chances and order in the list

that just seemed like the most logical way to do it tbh

[real spindle]

You could just use OnValidate for that tbh

[full cedar]

it requires MonoBehaviour

I don't want that

[real spindle]

Aren't these objects stored in a mb?

[full cedar]

c# classes, no inheritance

[real spindle]

But what holds those objects?

[full cedar]

well other than from the IEnumerable and the ChanceItem itself

[full cedar]

are you asking how I am displaying them in the inspector or where ChanceItems are held?

[real spindle]

The latter

[full cedar]

ok, the ChanceList<T> has a _list variable which is literally a list of ChanceItems

[real spindle]

Where is the ChanceList object stored?

[full cedar]

chance list is stored in any other class, for example here:

the approach of writing a custom inspector for that other class is not a good one because the whole point of this was simplifying loot tables in the long run

I've also completely changed the approach of trying to draw ChanceItems to drawing the ChanceList, remember you were helping me yesterday so I thought I should let you know so that you don't have a false perception of what I am doing

[real spindle]

OnValidate doesn't even go in a custom editor script

It goes directly on the MB/SO

[short tiger]

OnValidate isn't great for this, because they want to make ChanceList<T> reusable, so each script that uses it would have to implement their own OnValidate.

[full cedar]

yes, that makes this class not completely independent which is kind of a whole point

[short tiger]

I have a similar type, but I don't do sorting or weight normalization. I calculate a percentage in the property drawer and show that next to the weight. Is it very important to you?

[full cedar]

to have the chance in the script it self? probably not

sorting would be nice but I can definitely live without that

[short tiger]

I was just talking about the sorting and weight normalization.

[full cedar]

yeah you actually took a much simpler approach to this, I'll try to implement it this way and thanks a lot

[full cedar]

sorting I don't need, weight normalization, not entirely sure what that means tbh

[short tiger]

The part where you're dividing all the chances by the max chance.

So they are all below 1, I assume

So in the case of my screenshot, you're trying to take 2, 1, 0 and change that to 0.66, 0.33 and 0.