Question Field labels are unreadable when using nested arrays, how to change field width ?

I'm using quite a complex scriptableObject which has nested arrays, the problem is that after getting a few levels deep the field labels are no longer readable even though there is adequate space to fit both in quite comfortably.



Is there any way to change the field size for all the nested fields ? most will be numeric values up to 100 so having the field inputs be 60px wide would be more than sufficient. Removing the imo unnecessary indentation from the arrays would help gain a bit of space also.

Elements are an array of custom classes, I have tried fiddling with the the `
CustomPropertyDrawer` but i'm not sure it's the correct solution as it appears to only effect the `Rect` of the drawer and not the children. I have no prior experience with creating custom Unity editors, so I may be wrong here.

 

AFAIK there's no super-pretty easy way to do this.

Does it get any better if you make the Inspector window super-wide? Or just it just reach a "useless" limit?

Some custom serializers such as Odin / AdvancedInspector might do better, but don't quote me on that.

I suspect the Unity Way(tm) would involve a CustomPropertyDrawer, or at the minimum a custom Editor for the outer type that handles each of these inner fields in a nicely-spaced way, but it is kind of a super-high-maintenance route.

 

If I make the window wider yes it does eventually fit but it's not ideal having to resize the window each time. Seems almost like a bug, I can't imagine I'm the first one to nest 2 arrays aha.

From what I saw while looking up solutions going into custom editors looks like a lot of work. If there was an easy solution than maybe I would have looked into it, but if not tbh I'd rather spend that time focusing on game dev.

I was just looking at Odin and it looks pretty powerful, that may be my best solution. I'll have a look at what AdvancedInspector has to offer also. Thanks for the help!

 

It should be possible to do with a decorator drawer: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/DecoratorDrawer.html

Otherwise yeah, Odin Inspector has a

[LabelWidth]

attribute built in if you're not looking to implement this stuff yourself.