Question by MasterLetch · Feb 12, 2013 at 12:16 AM · editor inspector serializable drawer

Serializable class with interactivity

I'm curious to know, is it possible to call functions from serializable classes similar to the a custom editor for creating buttons and toggles.

example

 [CustomPropertyDrawer(typeof(PathNode))]
 public class PathNodeDrawer : PropertyDrawer {
     
     
      public override void OnGUI (Rect position, SerializedProperty property, GUIContent label) {
         EditorGUIUtility.LookLikeControls ();
         position.xMin += 4;
         position.xMax -= 4;
         
         //EditorGUI.BeginProperty (position, label, property);
         position = EditorGUI.PrefixLabel(position,GUIUtility.GetControlID (FocusType.Passive), label);
         property.FindPropertyRelative("location").vector3Value = EditorGUI.Vector3Field(new Rect (position.x, position.y - 16, position.width, position.height),"", property.FindPropertyRelative("location").vector3Value);
         //EditorGUI.EndProperty ();
         
     }    
 }

creates something that looks like this in the inspector (see image)

where the class "location" Vector3 is I want to place a button that does a function for the in the scene

so i have some ideas on how i should do that, (like storing the functions and variables for the editor in the class itself). anyone else have a cleaner method?

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iwaldrop · Feb 12, 2013 at 06:51 AM 0

You can create your own static class with helper methods which you can call from anywhere.

MasterLetch · Feb 12, 2013 at 11:38 AM 0

this is true, but that doesn't work in this case. i essentially need a button in custom gui so that i can activate widgets in the scene that change the fields you see there

iwaldrop · Feb 12, 2013 at 04:26 PM 0

Buttons can call static methods in external classes...

MasterLetch · Feb 12, 2013 at 04:55 PM 0

I'm sorry i wasn't very clear lol, I need a button that can act on an array of instances of something that has been created in a class through inspector (like waypoints in a pathing system that each have special ways of setting them but still need to do it through inspector)

iwaldrop · Feb 12, 2013 at 09:27 PM 0

Well I'm afraid I'm still not clear on your problem. You mention in your question something about a "location" class, but nothing like that is visible in the screenshot you posted. So I'm unsure now if you're talking about a button in the scene or in the inspector. Either way, having a button in the inspector that calls a method in a static class should be doable. That method would poll the scene for whatever kind of object you're interested in and do its work on n number of objects found. You shouldn't dirty up your game code with values that will only be used in the editor. :)