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ContextMenuItemAttribute

class in UnityEngine

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Inherits from:PropertyAttribute

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Description

Use this attribute to add a context menu to a field that calls a named method.

@ContextMenuItem ("Reset", "ResetBiography")
@Multiline (8)
var playerBiography : String = "";

function ResetBiography () {
    playerBiography = "";
}

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class ExampleClass : MonoBehaviour {
    [ContextMenuItem("Reset", "ResetBiography")]
    [Multiline(8)]
    public string playerBiography = "";
    void ResetBiography() {
        playerBiography = "";
    }
}

Properties

functionThe name of the function that should be called.
nameThe name of the context menu item.

Constructors

ContextMenuItemAttributeUse this attribute to add a context menu to a field that calls a named method.

Inherited Members

Properties

orderOptional field to specify the order that multiple DecorationDrawers should be drawn in.

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