Feature Request Project Window Search. Filter by Directory

On the one hand I can't believe this is not supported (unless I missed it), on the other hand this is the first time I ever really need it.

I really need right now to get all the files of a certain type in a certain directory and only that directory.

 

What filetypes? There are filter predefines in the Unity Project window top bar.

If you want to find specific assets of your own, such as ScriptableObject instances, just search it with t:

Code (csharp):

1. // when you make instances of this:
2. public class FooBar : ScriptableObject {}

You can see them all in any given directory (or the whole project) with

t:FooBar

in the upper corner

 

Does it matter what file type? I'm talking about directory filtering. I haven't found a way to do that. I need all images from a folder and it's subfolders.

 

I don't think Unity's project window does that. I have seen project searchers such as "find unused assets" that give you a new kind of filtered project window where you can select the individual objects. Maybe you could hack one of those to search a type in a folder.

You could also do it clumsily with source control: delete everything else but that folder, operate on the folder contents, restore all the rest. Awkward and not useful if you're trying to drag those things you want into something else that is now deleted.

 

According to Unity's documentation you can search recursively within a folder. It took me awhile to figure it out but you first have to type in what you want in the Search Bar (Project Window). Then, under that search bar some clickable words magically appear underneath:

Search: All In Packages In Assets 'SelectedFolderName'

Just click on 'SelectedFolderName' and it will lock your search to that folder (and all children). As you click around on different folders, it will automatically search in those folders for the words you typed in the Search Bar.

If you combine that with types e.g. "floor t: Prefab" then it will search for all Prefabs with those keywords within the selected directory and its children.

 

Man, I so wish I could understand what you mean here, but I don't...

I don't know what you mean by clickable words magically appearing.
How would I go about seeing all the png-files recursively placed under the folder "Assets/MyFolder"?

Thanks!

 

No worries it took me awhile to figure it out myself.

First, in your Project tab, click on the folder where you want to search. Then, type some text that is contained in the filename(s) in the search bar:


Then "magically" this list appears under your text where you can select where to localize the search. Optionally, to the right of the text search bar, if you click on the "tag" icon it shows file types you can also filter by - unfortunately you can't filter by PNG, that doesn't seem to be available in the filter list (I also wish Unity would add Assembly References).

 

Thank you for your super quick answer!
Unfortunately, no list of clickable words appears after writing a filter, at least not in Unity 2021.3
All I can do is to select to filter by texture (which adds "t:Texture"), but nowhere can I specify that the search should apply only to the selected folder.

 

btw I'm using Unity 2021.3.12f1 - maybe you have some other setting enabled that disables that? Did you try reading through the documentation I linked at the top? It's fairly decent.

 

I'm on 2021.3.8f1, no special settings that I know of. I tried reading these docs, but they contain nothing about this scenario:
https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/ProjectView.html

There is a mention of a "t:folder" here, but I'm not sure how it applies as they provide exactly zero examples:
https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/search-additional-searchfilters.html

 

Yes! That was the issue - thank you both for your quick help!

 

Hello guys, please tell me how to write correctly in the search to find all objects that do not contain "LOD Group" in the current scene?

Tried like this: -LODGroup

Tried searching based on this documentation:
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.quicksearch@2.1/manual/search-syntax.html