How to display an enum in UI with spaces

I have tried accessing the System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations namespace, but it seems that it does not exist.

I have tried the following without the specified namespace and I get and error:

Code (CSharp):

1. public enum QuestState
2. {
3.     Available,
4.     NotAvailable, [Description("Not Available")]
5.     InProgress,
6.     Finished,
7.     Completed,
8.     NA
9. }

Error:


Any help is appreciated!

I assume when I perform enum.ToString(); after specifying the description of the enum, it will be displayed with a space as specified in Description?

 

Is there any reason that the System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations namespace does not exist?

 

Still cant find a fix

 

If this is editor-only code, you might try UnityEditor.ObjectNames.NicifyVariableName().

 

I just did this and it worked just fine:

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. using UnityEngine;
3. using System.ComponentModel;
4.  
5. public class TestScript01 : MonoBehaviour {
6.  
7.     // Use this for initialization
8.     void Start ()
9.     {
10.         Debug.Log(GetPrettyName(QuestState.NotAvailable));
11.         Debug.Log(GetPrettyName(QuestState.Completed));
12.     }
13.  
14.  
15.     public static string GetPrettyName(System.Enum e)
16.     {
17.         var nm = e.ToString();
18.         var tp = e.GetType();
19.         var field = tp.GetField(nm);
20.         var attrib = System.Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(field, typeof(DescriptionAttribute)) as DescriptionAttribute;
21.  
22.         if (attrib != null)
23.             return attrib.Description;
24.         else
25.             return nm;
26.     }
27.  
28.     [Description("Quest State")]
29.     public enum QuestState
30.     {
31.         [Description("Available")]
32.         Available,
33.         [Description("Not Available")]
34.         NotAvailable,
35.         [Description("In Progress")]
36.         InProgress,
37.         Finished,
38.         Completed,
39.         NA
40.     }
41.  
42. }
43.