Change a variable name only on the Inspector

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Can I change a variable name so that it shows its original name inside my script but on the Inpector some other name from my preference?

For example, I wanna change this variable name so that is shows some other name on the Inspector alt text

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Answer by Hellium · Apr 01, 2018 at 10:21 AM

For sure you can! And it's not that hard!

Create a first script called RenameAttribute.cs and copy paste the following code:

 using UnityEngine;
 
 public class RenameAttribute : PropertyAttribute
 {
     public string NewName { get ; private set; }    
     public RenameAttribute( string name )
     {
         NewName = name ;
     }
 }

Then, create an other script called RenameDrawer. Place this script in a folder called Editor

 using UnityEngine;
 using UnityEditor;
 
 [CustomPropertyDrawer(typeof(RenameAttribute))]
 public class RenameEditor : PropertyDrawer
 {
     public override void OnGUI( Rect position, SerializedProperty property, GUIContent label )
     {
         EditorGUI.PropertyField(position, property, new GUIContent( (attribute as RenameAttribute).NewName ));
     }
 }

Finally, in your original script, add the attribute we've just created:

 [Rename("My super properties!"]
 public TPC_Properties properties;

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llfranco712 · Apr 01, 2018 at 11:39 PM 0

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It doesn't recognize the function Rename :/

All my scripts are inside the namespace SA, and I already tried taking all of them out of this namespace and putting the scripts you shared with me inside of this namespace as well and none worked.

I did put the scripts inside of a folder called Editor, so I don't really know what else I could do. I'm using 2 scripts to draw the components of a scriptable object on the Inspector and they work just fine.

Any thoughts?

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Hellium llfranco712 · Apr 02, 2018 at 08:54 AM 0

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The name of the 2nd script should be RenameEditor ins$$anonymous$$d of`RenameDrawer` (or change the name of the class), my bad, sorry
The RenameAttribute.cs file, should be outside of the Editor folder

The namespaces should not be a problem. But the two classes in your namespace if it's more convenient for you.

Kali2048 Hellium · Jan 26, 2019 at 10:44 AM 0

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Is there any way to make this work with Array ? Right now it seems to be renaming each element of the array but not the array itself. Thanks

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llfranco712 · Apr 02, 2018 at 05:37 PM 0

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It worked now! Thanks bro, cheers from Brazil :))

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Answer by RVDL_IT · Apr 01, 2018 at 12:45 AM

No, you can't. If you really want to you can make the variable private and make a new variable that is the same.

 public bool PublicBool;
 private bool OriginalBool;
 
 PublicBool = OriginalBool;

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