Utilities PrettyHierarchy - Color hierarchy objects

PrettyHierarchy allows you to assign colors to your hierarchy objects.

To use, simply add a PrettyObject component to any of your GameObjects.

Note : I designed it to match the hierarchy post-2019.3. You'll most likely get visual artifacts if you try to use it with an earlier version.

https://github.com/NCEEGEE/PrettyHierarchy/tree/main

I hope you'll find it as useful as I do


Hierarchy




Component

 

Very cool, just started using it. I added a toggle for Background Color, which greatly improved my experience.

Thanks for making it and sharing!

 

Works like a charm, hope it gets up to date for long time

 

Sorry man just updated to 2020.3.2f1 and stopped working ... good job anyway!

Assets\PrettyHierarchy\Utils\EditorUtils.cs(7,62): error CS0103: The name 'EditorWindow' does not exist in the current context
Assets\PrettyHierarchy\Utils\EditorUtils.cs(7,100): error CS0103: The name 'EditorWindow' does not exist in the current context
Assets\PrettyHierarchy\Utils\EditorColors.cs(32,57): error CS0103: The name 'EditorGUIUtility' does not exist in the current context
Assets\PrettyHierarchy\Utils\EditorColors.cs(36,71): error CS0103: The name 'EditorGUIUtility' does not exist in the current context
Assets\PrettyHierarchy\Utils\EditorColors.cs(40,84): error CS0103: The name 'EditorGUIUtility' does not exist in the current context
Assets\PrettyHierarchy\Utils\EditorColors.cs(44,59): error CS0103: The name 'EditorGUIUtility' does not exist in the current context
Assets\PrettyHierarchy\Utils\EditorColors.cs(50,51): error CS0103: The name 'EditorGUIUtility' does not exist in the current context
Assets\PrettyHierarchy\Utils\EditorColors.cs(54,65): error CS0103: The name 'EditorGUIUtility' does not exist in the current context
Assets\PrettyHierarchy\Utils\EditorColors.cs(58,78): error CS0103: The name 'EditorGUIUtility' does not exist in the current context
Assets\PrettyHierarchy\Runtime\PrettyObject.cs(36,13): error CS0103: The name 'EditorApplication' does not exist in the current context
...

 

Hey, thank you for letting me know! I'll investigate...

 

I have not been able to reproduce your issue. Installed 2020.3.2f1 and it works out of the box. It might be something specific to your project.

 

Weird! i just updated Unity and nothing more, i'll try again, do i have to put it in any "special" folder?

Now if i import it into the project i get this warning:
There are inconsistent line endings in the 'Assets/PrettyHierarchy/Runtime/PrettyObject.cs' script. Some are Mac OS X (UNIX) and some are Windows.
This might lead to incorrect line numbers in stacktraces and compiler errors. Many text editors can fix this using Convert Line Endings menu commands.
UnityEngine.GUIUtilityrocessEvent (int,intptr,bool&)

I'm using windows.

 

Putting it directly in your assets folder is fine

That warning should be safe to ignore, I'll get around to fixing that.

Is the warning all you get? Errors are gone?

 

Ok so the error ONLY happens when i try to build the game, not in editor mode, i tried to put ALL scripts in the EDITOR folder and that makes the compilation error dissapears but then the component PrettyObject is gone.. so basically...
A. If i just import the project in assets "PrettyHierarchy" folder with subfolders etc i can't build the game because i get those errors.
B. If i take all scrips out of their folders and i put them all together in the Editor folder i can build the game but i can't use the PrettyObject component because Unity cannot find it.

So i'm on a deadend :/

 

Yeah, that's on me. Thank you for raising this issue!

If you want to use it before I release the fix, reorganize the folders by dragging the "Utils" folder into the "Editor" folder and then edit the "PrettyObject" script by replacing this :

Code (CSharp):

1. private void OnValidate()
2. {
3.     EditorApplication.RepaintHierarchyWindow();
4. }

with this :

Code (CSharp):

1. #if UNITY_EDITOR
2.         private void OnValidate()
3.         {
4.             EditorApplication.RepaintHierarchyWindow();
5.         }
6. #endif

Alternatively, if you rather wait, I'll get around to fixing this and I'll update this thread when I do

 

Sure pal, i'll wait, i'm really grateful, thanks for the great utility and support , you should upload it to the asset store!

 

This is such a great, simple utility! Thank you so much for sharing!

 

This is wonderful! Thank you so much!

 

Thank you very much, very useful !

 

Glad you like it Thank you!

 

Thanks bro, looks cool, was looking for something like this for a while <3

 

Thank you! I appreciate the kind words

 

Thank's Bro! It help me a lot, working on a organized project make all the difference!

 

Thank you, I appreciate it

 

So glad I came across this. I've a number of paid assets that kind of do this but are so much more bloated. Thanks for sharing.

I've a suggestion which I've added as an issue on github:
Request for faded color when Hierarchy Object is disabled
Once PrettyObject is added, there is no longer a visual cue as to that object's Active state. (Default editor colors fade out the name to designate disabled objects)

Would be awesome if this could be added! Thanks.

 

Thank you for letting me know. Updated with fix.

Small issue, multi editing is now disabled. I'll upload a fix soon as I can.

 

All fixed!

 

Thanks Works great.

And moving that Utility folder into an Editor folder doesn't break Builds either.

Working great now.

 

Can't seem to get it to work. I just drag the whole folder into the asset folder yea? (Unity 2020.3)

 

And then add the PrettyObject script onto whichever GameObject you want highlighted in the Hierarchy. Pick your colour in the component's Inspector.

 

Hi there @ADNCG , is it correct that when I select a pretty object in the hierarchy, it's background color disappears? Or do I have something set up wrong? Mine is set to red, but when I click it in the hierarchy it disappears while it's active.

not selected:


selected:


(sorry idk why the images are so small but they should get bigger if you click them!)

 

It's been a bit since I've touched this but iirc that was by design to be consistent with unity's different selection states.

You can modify that by opening up the PrettyHierarchy.cs script and modifying the PaintBackground method.

For instance, if you replace it with this one, it'll give you the middle color between your custom color and the default selected background color for your current unity theme

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. private static void PaintBackground(HierarchyItem item)
3. {
4.     Color32 color = item.PrettyObject.UseDefaultBackgroundColor ? EditorColors.GetDefaultBackgroundColor(EditorUtils.IsHierarchyFocused, item.IsSelected) : item.PrettyObject.BackgroundColor;
5.  
6.     if (item.IsSelected)
7.     {
8.         color = Color.Lerp(EditorColors.GetDefaultBackgroundColor(EditorUtils.IsHierarchyFocused, item.IsSelected), color, 0.5f);
9.     }
10.  
11.     EditorGUI.DrawRect(item.BackgroundRect, color);
12. }

 

Ahhhhhh that's perfect, thanks so much! I've been messing around and enjoying how pretty my hierarchy is now, great asset!

 

So awesome for organizing my projects! Thanks

 

Awesome !
Works on 2021 dark theme, thanks !!!

 

Works great. Doesn't looks like it's updated anymore but any chance we'll get an "apply to children" toggle?^^