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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.

@script AddComponentMenu ("Transform/Follow Transform")
class FollowTransform extends MonoBehaviour {
}
using UnityEngine;

[AddComponentMenu("Transform/Follow Transform")] public class FollowTransform : MonoBehaviour { }

Variables

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

Constructors

AddComponentMenuAdd an item in the Component menu.