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How do I declare a public member that doesn't show up in the inspector?

Discussion in 'Scripting' started by darkhog, Jan 1, 2016.

  1. darkhog

    darkhog

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    I need to declare few public members of MonoBehaviour I'm making, however since those are meant to be changed by other scripts only, I don't want them to be shown in the Inspector. How do I do it?
     
    darkhog, Jan 1, 2016
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  2. kietus

    kietus

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    Hello,

    You can use HideInInspector .
    Or, If you declare your member as property it should not be shown in inspector.
    Code (csharp):
    1.  
    2. public int MyProperty {get;set;}
    3.  
     
    kietus, Jan 1, 2016
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  3. passerbycmc

    passerbycmc

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    Use a property or the HideInInspector attribute.
    If you want a private field in the inspector you can use the SerializeField attribute on it.
     
    passerbycmc, Jan 1, 2016
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  4. Yash987654321

    Yash987654321

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    property will have one more advantage. It will be show up in debug mode with a weird name.
     
    Yash987654321, Jan 2, 2016
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