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public static function CreateEditor(obj: Object, editorType: Type = null): Editor;
public static Editor CreateEditor(Object obj, Type editorType = null);
public static def CreateEditor(obj as Object, editorType as Type = null) as Editor
public static function CreateEditor(objects: Object[], editorType: Type = null): Editor;
public static Editor CreateEditor(Object[] objects, Type editorType = null);
public static def CreateEditor(objects as Object[], editorType as Type = null) as Editor

Description

Make a custom editor for obj or objects.

By default an appropriate editor is chosen that has a matching CustomEditor attribute. If an editorType is specified, an editor of that type is created instead. Returns NULL if obj doesn't have a custom editor class defined.

Consider a script WaypointPathEditor for editing the Transforms of a wayPoint array.

import System.Linq;

@CustomEditor (WaypointPath) class WaypointPathEditor extends Editor { var currentTransformEditor; var waypoints : Transform[]; var selectedTransform :Transform; var optionsList : String[]; var index = 0; var myWayPath : WaypointPath;

function GetWaypoints () { var myWayPath = target as WaypointPath; // Gets only the valid objects from WaypointPath if (myWayPath.wayPointArray != null) { waypoints = myWayPath.wayPointArray.Where (function(obj) { return obj != null; }).ToArray (); optionsList = waypoints.Select (function(obj, index){index.ToString () + ". " + obj.name;}).ToArray (); } } function OnInspectorGUI () { GetWaypoints (); DrawDefaultInspector (); EditorGUILayout.Space (); EditorGUI.BeginChangeCheck (); if (optionsList != null) index = EditorGUILayout.Popup ("Select Waypoint", index, optionsList); if (EditorGUI.EndChangeCheck ()) { var tmpEditor; if (index < waypoints.Length) { selectedTransform = waypoints[index];

//Creates an Editor for selected Component from a Popup tmpEditor = Editor.CreateEditor (selectedTransform); } else { selectedTransform = null; } // If there isn't a Transform currently selected then destroy the existing editor if (currentTransformEditor != null) { DestroyImmediate (currentTransformEditor); } currentTransformEditor = tmpEditor; }

//Shows the created Editor beneath CustomEditor if (currentTransformEditor != null && selectedTransform != null) { currentTransformEditor.OnInspectorGUI (); } } }

And the script attached to a waypath GameObject:

//WaypointPath.js
// This is not an editor script.
var wayPointArray : Transform[];