Prevent Prefabs from being changed by overrides

I could not find how to do this and did not find a thread either, but it seems like a basic functionality so maybe I'm missing something.

I want to be able to declare a prefab as "final" in the sense that I don't want to be allowed to apply overrides. I want to be only allowed to change the prefab if I actually open the prefab object itself.

Why? Mainly when nesting e.g. UI elements, it sometimes happen that I accidentally apply the overrides to a wrong level (e.g. instead of a button variant the override applies to a core button) and in more complex cases this is almost impossible to undo without painstakingly going through all affected higher-level prefabs.

Any suggestions?

 

See the FAQ entry about "Can we get the ability to treat Prefabs as “black boxes” or "encapsulated" where by default properties can't be edited (overridden) on instances of the Prefab?"

 

Thank you for the info - I see that the text is over 4 years old with the statement:

Both are things we have been looking into, and would like to do for future releases.

Is there any update on the topic since?

 

Additionally - I find it hard to believe nobody has developed an extensions to this if it's not possible in the editor itself. Anybody would have a suggestions for an appropriate extension please?

 

I saw Unity demo this very feature years ago but it never came out with the new prefab system. Did they abandon it? If so why?

 

The text has been updated continuously and is up to date. Encapsulated Prefabs is something we've actively been working on this year, but it's not at a point where we can say what release it might ship in.

 

Sorry, my, bad I misread Joined as Posted.

Thank you for the info again. I hope it will come soon than as I really find it quite difficult to work with nested prefabs with a bigger team without that.