EditorGUILayout.PropertyField does not seem to work?

So, I have created a custom editor for an overly complicated script, and put in multiple tabs full of PropertyFields. After creating them, I start trying to assign these properties and... lo and behold, they don't work! Nothing gets assigned!

What gives? With no sample syntax, I can't be sure that I've gotten the syntax right, or if it's a Unity bug, or what, all I know is that it does not assign any of these references.

Code (csharp):

1.  
2.     public override void OnInspectorGUI() {
3.         InGameMenuController igm = target as InGameMenuController;
4.         SerializedObject so = new SerializedObject(igm);
5. .
6. .
7. .
8.         EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(so.FindProperty("scoreNeedle"), true);
9. .
10. .
11. .
12.     }
13.  

 

Check the SerializedObject documentation. It is essential to call its Update method at the beginning of each frame (in your example at line 4). And you have to call ApplyModifiedProperties at the end, meaning at line 8.

 

Thank you, works perfectly.

 

What? The docs say absolutely nothing about how to use these functions AFAICT. Where did you discover the correct functions the call in the correct order at the correct times?

 

In the example code for the Editor class.

Also this thread is three years old, but I can see the confusion. I saw a Unity dev write a post where he said that we'd get a "suggest improvement" button for manual pages. That'd be great.

 

You can see ApplyModifiedProperties(); Function in the documentation