Tries to get an asset preview. If one is not available, waits until IsLoadingAssetPreview is false, and if preview is still not loaded, returns the result of AssetPreview.GetMiniThumbnail

Declaration

public static IEnumerator GetAssetPreview(Object asset, Action<Texture> callback)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Object	asset	The asset for which to get a preview
Action<Texture>	callback	Called with the preview texture as an argument, when it is available

Returns

Type	Description
IEnumerator	An enumerator used to tick the coroutine

GetFieldInfoFromProperty(SerializedProperty)

Get the FieldInfo which backs a property

Declaration

public static FieldInfo GetFieldInfoFromProperty(SerializedProperty property)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
SerializedProperty	property	The property from which to get FieldInfo

Returns

Type	Description
FieldInfo	The FieldInfo which backs the property

GetMemberAttributes(SerializedProperty)

Get attributes from the field which represents a property

Declaration

public static Attribute[] GetMemberAttributes(SerializedProperty property)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
SerializedProperty	property	The property from which to get attributes

Returns

Type	Description
Attribute[]	Array of attributes from property

GetMemberInfoFromPropertyPath(Type, String, out Type)

Get MemberInfo for a property by path

Declaration

public static MemberInfo GetMemberInfoFromPropertyPath(Type host, string path, out Type type)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Type	host	The type of the container object
String	path	The property path to search for
Type	type	The type of the property at path

Returns

Type	Description
MemberInfo	The MemberInfo found on the host type at the given path

MaskField(Rect, GUIContent, Int32, String[], Type)

Special version of EditorGUI.MaskField which ensures that only the chosen bits are set. We need this version of the function to check explicitly whether only a single bit was set.

Declaration

public static int MaskField(Rect position, GUIContent label, int mask, string[] displayedOptions, Type propertyType)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Rect	position	Rectangle on the screen to use for this control.
GUIContent	label	Label for the field.
Int32	mask	The current mask to display.
String[]	displayedOptions	A string array containing the labels for each flag.
Type	propertyType	The type of the property

Returns

Type	Description
Int32	The value modified by the user.

NicifySerializedPropertyType(String)

Strip PPtr<> and $ from a string for getting a System.Type from SerializedProperty.type

Declaration

public static string NicifySerializedPropertyType(string type)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	type	Type string

Returns

Type	Description
String	Nicified type string

SerializedPropertyToField(SerializedProperty)

Get the FieldInfo for a given property

Declaration

public static FieldInfo SerializedPropertyToField(SerializedProperty property)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
SerializedProperty	property	The property for which to get the FieldInfo

Returns

Type	Description
FieldInfo	The FieldInfo for the property

SerializedPropertyToType(SerializedProperty)

Guess the type of a SerializedProperty and return a System.Type, if one exists. The guess is done by checking the type of the target object and iterating through its fields looking for one that matches the property name. This may return null if you give it a SerializedProperty that represents a native type with no managed equivalent

Declaration

public static Type SerializedPropertyToType(SerializedProperty property)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
SerializedProperty	property	The `SerializedProperty` to examine

Returns

Type	Description
Type	The best guess type

TypeNameToType(String)

Search through all assemblies in the current AppDomain for a class that is assignable to UnityObject and matches the given weak name TODO: expose internal SerializedProperty.ValidateObjectReferenceValue to remove his hack

Declaration

public static Type TypeNameToType(string name)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	name	Weak type name

Returns

Type	Description
Type	Best guess System.Type