PField: FREE Unity Generic UI Editor for SerializeReference Fields.

Project is located on GitHub, link:
https://github.com/EnesShahn/PField

A while ago I've started taking different approach writing game systems.
I wanted a character data collection that is stored as Scriptable Object, it contains data regarding each character in a list, pretty simple.
the problem was that characters in my game could be of any form, So I had the idea to have some sort of polymorphic list of character data that's can be edited through the inspector.
Using [SerializeReference] attribute would solve the problem regarding the serialization of polymorphic data, but there were no official support of a UI that would allow the developers/designers to select the type of the element (Character Data).

Great minds from the Unity community already made tools to do just that. Unfortunately, they all lacked a common feature: making sure that new/duplicate elements automatically had their reference point to an actual new instance not other element in the list. e.g. I add a new element to the list and the new element referenced the element that preceded it. so changing values on element at index 1 would change the values of element at index 0.

Another important feature for me was the ability to have nested lists for different collection of polymorphic data.

So long story short, I've made this tool to support these features.

UI showcase? :

Field editor


List Editor:


List Editor (Nested):



Instead of using List<BaseClass> use PList<BaseClass>

Code (CSharp):

1. using EnesShahn.PField;
2. public class Example
3. {
4.     public PList<BaseClass> list;
5. }

Code (CSharp):

1. using EnesShahn.PField;
2. public class Example
3. {
4.     [SerializeReference, PField] public BaseClass var;
5. }

Looking forward to your feedback!

Cheers.