Question Is it possible to use "FillDefaultInspector" in an Overlay script?

I'm trying to create a "command list" editor which would allow you to select commands in the regular inspector, and show the currently selected command's properties inside an overlay in the SceneView.

The problem is InspectorElement.FillDefaultInspector requires an Editor parameter, which Overlay seems to not inherit from.
Is there any other way to display a default inspector inside an overlay window?

 

I think it still works if you pass null as the editor.

 

Thanks.
While it does seem to create the elements, it appears they're invisible.

I'm trying to show an inspector for this WaitCommand.Data class:


The Wait.Data object is inserted into the overlay via the Show function:


Using the UIToolkit debugger I can confirm the inspector elements are created and inserted into the root element:


But it seems like they're not visible nor interactable? I tried forcing their height to be non 0 through the debugger, but they still wouldn't show up.

Am I missing something very basic here, or is it the result of using "null" in the editor parameter?

 

I realized InspectorElement can also be instantiated and used with a constructor, so I tried that instead:


Now I can properly see the labels of the inspector, but not the fields that let me edit their values

 

I also had the problem that the PropertyFields generated by InspectorElement.FillDefaultInspector() were not visible and found a fix for it.
Maybe it will still help someone.

When looking at the constructor of PropertyField(SerializedProperty property) it says:
"Providing a SerializedProperty in the construct just sets the bindingPath. You will still have to call Bind() on the PropertyField afterwards."

It seems like the FillDefaultInspector() method doesn't do this and just creates a new PropertyField by passing the SerializedObject.

I fixed this by calling a method afterwards that calls Bind() on every PropertyField in a VisualElement.

Code (CSharp):

1. _container = root.Q<VisualElement>("container");
2. var dataSo = new SerializedObject(_selectedData);
3.  
4. InspectorElement.FillDefaultInspector(_container, dataSo, null);
5. SetPropertyFieldBindings(_container, dataSo);

Code (CSharp):

1. public static void SetPropertyFieldBindings(VisualElement container, SerializedObject serializedObject)
2. {
3.     var propertyFields = container.Query<PropertyField>().ToList();
4.     foreach (var propertyField in propertyFields)
5.     {
6.         propertyField.Bind(serializedObject);
7.     }
8. }

 

Thank you, I didn't notice it at first.
Calling Bind() on the root container directly worked too.

Code (CSharp):

1. InspectorElement.FillDefaultInspector(_container, dataSo, null);
2. _container.Bind(dataSo);