Selection.activeTransform

static var activeTransform : Transform

Description

Returns the active transform. (The one shown in the inspector).

This will never return prefabs or non-modifyable objects.

    // C# Example
// Duplicates the selected object and places it at the origin
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEditor;
public class SelectionActiveTransform : ScriptableObject {
[MenuItem ("Example/Duplicate at Origin _d")]
static void DuplicateSelected() {
Instantiate(Selection.activeTransform, Vector3.zero, Quaternion.identity);
}
//The menu item will be disabled if nothing, is selected.
[MenuItem ("Example/Duplicate at Origin _d", true)]
static bool ValidateSelection () {
return Selection.activeTransform != null;
}
}