Empowering Non-Developers: Creating Editor Tools and Customizations in Unity
summary
Shows concrete Unity editor work: uses IMGUI and VisualElements with EditorGUILayout, SerializedProperty and property drawers to make custom inspectors, windows and saved state; hooks EditorApplication events (project/hierarchy) and uses reflection to grab internal assemblies and inject into PackageManager’s root visual element. Examples include a screenshot tool that cycles sizes and copies images to clipboard, a project popup that copies GUIDs and paths, and a missing-reference scanner—each implemented and working to cut repetitive half‑day tasks into seconds.
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chapters (18)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:31Editor tools for workflows
- 7:05Building Unity editor tools
- 8:07IMGUI vs Visual Elements
- 11:41IMGUI layout techniques
- 13:05Editor GUI layout
- 15:58Customizing editor styles
- 17:43Using editor icons
- 19:12Custom inspectors
- 21:39Property drawers
- 24:05Custom editor windows
- 27:18Serialized properties
- 28:21Custom property attributes
- 30:31Editor event hooks
- 33:24Advanced editor UI hacking
- 38:20Injecting custom UI
- 45:23Tool demos
- 47:00Q&A
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