How Can I change the label of an array property with UIElements?

Hi,

I'm attempting to change the label of a programmatically generated property in UIElements. Take the following code snippet:

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2.  
3. // Create the Serialized Property
4. var pf = new PropertyField(sp);
5.  
6. // Override the label with our own string
7. pf.label = label;
8.  
9. // Add the property field to the visual element
10. myVisualElement.Add( pf );
11.  
12.  

Setting the label seems to work on any single serialized property except arrays. When the SerializedProperty is an array (with a foldout), the label is always the name of the unity-processed version of the variable name ( example: myString becomes "My String").

Am I missing anything here?

Thanks!

 

Hi @uDamian,

Yeah, I thought it might be a bug. No worries, I'll upload a bug report with a small sample project.

Is it safe for me to assume this will be fixed soon in a Unity update? If so, I can just leave that part of my code for the moment and wait.

Thanks!

 

Thanks!

 

Here is a workaround extension method for VisualElement if you want to use it. It will operate on any BaseField<T>, PropertyField or array bound Foldout and change the label appropriately:

Code (CSharp):

1.         public static void SetFieldLabel(this VisualElement field, string label)
2.         {
3.             if (field is PropertyField propertyField)
4.             {
5.                 propertyField.label = label;
6.  
7.                 // if label is being cleared it will be automatically set to the property name on binding so it then needs to be reset
8.                 // TODO: figure out a better way to do this
9.  
10.                 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(label))
11.                 {
12.                     field.schedule.Execute(() =>
13.                     {
14.                         propertyField.label = label;
15.                         var baseField = field.Q(className: BaseField<int>.ussClassName);
16.                         baseField.SetFieldLabel(label);
17.                     }).StartingIn(0);
18.                 }
19.             }
20.             else if (field is Foldout foldout)
21.             {
22.                 foldout.text = label;
23.  
24.                 // clear the binding of the property to the foldout label
25.                 var foldoutToggle = foldout.Q<Toggle>(className: Foldout.toggleUssClassName);
26.                 var foldoutLabel = foldoutToggle.Q<Label>(className: Toggle.textUssClassName);
27.  
28.                 foldoutLabel.bindingPath = null;
29.                 foldoutLabel.binding.Release();
30.             }
31.             else if (field.GetType().InheritsGeneric(typeof(BaseField<>)))
32.             {
33.                 // label is public but this allows access without knowing the generic type of the BaseField
34.                 field.GetType().GetProperty("label", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public).SetValue(field, label);
35.             }
36.         }

 

Thanks for sharing!