Focus an Inspector window

By default, an Inspector window displays properties for the current selection, and its focus changes whenever the selection changes. To keep the focus on a single item or group of items, regardless of the current selection, do one of the following:

• Lock the Inspector window to the current selection. When you lock an Inspector window, it no longer updates if you change the selection.
• Open a focused Inspector, which only displays the properties of the item you opened it for. In other words, it’s an inherently locked Inspector window.

Lock the Inspector

To lock an Inspector window to an item, click the lock icon in the Inspector window. The lock icon changes to show that the Inspector is now locked to the selection.

This is useful when you’re editing one item’s properties frequently or want to compare two items. For example, if you’re fine-tuning a camera’s position, you can lock an Inspector window to the camera, and open a second, unlocked Inspector that continues to match your selections.

Use a focused Inspector

A focused Inspector window is dedicated to a single GameObject, component, or asset. It always displays the properties of the item you opened it for, even if you select something else in the scene or project.

You can open as many focused Inspector windows as you want. Focused Inspector windows open in floating windows that you can reposition, dock, and resize like any other window.

Tip: The Unity Editor saves any open focused Inspectors when you close a project, and restores them when you reopen it.

Open a focused Inspector window

How you open a focused Inspector window depends on what you want to inspect. You can open a focused Inspector for:

• GameObjects and project assets.
• Components and reference properties.
• Hovered over GameObjects in the Hierarchy window.

Open a focused Inspector window for a GameObject or an asset in your project

To open a focused Inspector for one or more GameObjects or assets in the Hierarchy window or the Project window, select the item or items you want to inspect and do one of the following:

• From the main menu, select Assets > Properties.
• Right-click the item. From the context menu, select Properties.
• Press Alt+P (macOS: Option+Shift+P).
• In the Inspector window, click the More items (⋮) menu and select Properties.

Open a focused Inspector window for a component or reference

A focused Inspector window is helpful for properties or references you edit frequently, especially if the GameObject has a lot of components. For example, if you often move a GameObject but rarely change its other properties, you can open its Transform component in a focused Inspector window.

To open a focused Inspector for a component or reference attached to a GameObject:

1. Inspect the GameObject and locate the component.
2. From the component’s More items (⋮) menu, select Properties.

Set a shortcut to open a focused Inspector window for a hovered-over GameObject

You can set up a shortcut to open a focused Inspector for the item your mouse hovers over in the Hierarchy window. This lets you open a focused Inspector for an item without affecting the current selection.

To assign a keyboard shortcut to the PropertyEditor/OpenMouseOver command, use the Shortcuts Manager.

Locate a focused Inspector’s source

To locate the item whose properties are displayed in a focused Inspector, do one of the following:

• From the focused Inspector window’s More Items (⋮) menu, select Ping to highlight the item in the Hierarchy window.
• Hover over the focused Inspector window’s tab header to display a tooltip of the item’s full path.

Additional resources

• Customizing your workspace
• Keyboard shortcuts