Question Custom Scripted Importer editor showing my scriptable object in read only mode

I'm creating a custom scripted importer to import questionnaires into my project and build a scriptable object out of them. In the inspector side of things I'm trying to have the importer show the scriptable object editor in order to add images and other missing information to complete de questionnaire. The editor however, is being drawn read only.

I'm doing the following:

My scripted importer

Code (CSharp):

1. [ScriptedImporter(2, "quest")]
2.     public class QF_QuestionnaireImporter : ScriptedImporter
3.     {
4.         public QF_Questionnaire quest;
5.         public Page[] pages;
6.  
7.         public override void OnImportAsset(AssetImportContext ctx)
8.         {
9.             if (quest == null)
10.                 quest = ScriptableObject.CreateInstance<QF_Questionnaire>();
11.            
12.             quest.pages = JsonUtility.FromJson<ImportQuest>(File.ReadAllText(ctx.assetPath)).pages;
13.             pages = quest.pages;
14.             ctx.AddObjectToAsset("Questionnaire", quest);
15.             ctx.SetMainObject(quest);
16.         }
17.     }

And then my editor, for now just to simplify

Code (CSharp):

1. [CustomEditor(typeof(QF_QuestionnaireImporter))]
2.     public class QF_ImporterEditor : ScriptedImporterEditor
3.     {
4.         QF_QuestionnaireImporter importer;
5.         SerializedProperty questionnaire;
6.         Editor questionnaireEditor;
7.  
8.         public override void OnEnable()
9.         {
10.             base.OnEnable();
11.  
12.             importer = target as QF_QuestionnaireImporter;
13.             if (importer.quest == null) importer.quest = ScriptableObject.CreateInstance<QF_Questionnaire>();
14.         }
15.  
16.         public override VisualElement CreateInspectorGUI()
17.         {
18.             return base.CreateInspectorGUI();
19.         }
20.  
21.         public override void OnInspectorGUI()
22.         {
23.             questionnaire = serializedObject.FindProperty("quest");
24.             if (questionnaire != null)
25.             {
26.                 if (questionnaireEditor == null)
27.                 {
28.                     CreateCachedEditor(questionnaire.objectReferenceValue, null, ref questionnaireEditor);
29.                 }
30.                
31.                 questionnaireEditor.OnInspectorGUI();
32.             }
33.             // DrawDefaultInspector();
34.  
35.             ApplyRevertGUI();
36.         }
37.     }

Q1.: Am I thinking about this problem correctly? Scripted Importer seems like a good option for ease of use on the user end, requiring only to drop in the custom file and fill in any sprites and other assets from inside the project.

Q2.: What's happening in the scripted importer that is making my scriptable object editor read only? I don't understand and would like to know a solution for this. This problem is what is making me ask myself question 1

Thanks for the help!

 

Same issue here. Did you ever figure out a good way to do this?

In my case I don't even want to edit the data, I just want to write a custom inspector with usable buttons to control how the data is displayed, but the whole inspector is greyed out.

 

Ok, so I ended up just writing my custom ScriptedImporterEditor with a button to select the corresponding created scriptable object. You can add buttons to control the data inside the OnInspectorGUI of your Custom Editor class that extends `ScriptedImporterEditor`