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AddComponentMenu

Namespace: UnityEngine

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Description

The AddComponentMenu attribute allows you to place a script anywhere in the "Component" menu, instead of just the "Component->Scripts" menu.

You use this to organize the Component menu better, this way improving workflow when adding scripts. Important notice: You need to restart.

// Javascript example
@script AddComponentMenu ("Transform/Follow Transform")
class FollowTransform extends MonoBehaviour {
}
// C# example:
[AddComponentMenu("Transform/Follow Transform")]
public class FollowTransform : MonoBehaviour
{
}

Variables

componentOrder The order of the component in the component menu (lower is higher to the top).

Constructors

AddComponentMenu The script will be placed in the component menu according to menuName.