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Seldomly, when I am dragging things from the quick search windows Unity would hard crash. It's not 100%, but it crash while I am not releasing the mouse yet. The Editor.log contains this message :

Code (CSharp):

1. Receiving unhandled NULL exception
2. Obtained 33 stack frames.
3. #0  0x000001087ccdf3 in GUIView::ProcessInputEvent(InputEvent&)
4. #1  0x0000010b74effd in -[GUIRenderView doDrag:type:]
5. #2  0x0000010b74f1be in -[GUIRenderView draggingExited:]
6. #3  0x007fff29833f15 in -[NSDragDestination _draggingExited]
7. #4  0x007fff295b5ee3 in NSCoreDragTrackingProc
8. #5  0x007fff2a41c06c in DoTrackingMessage
9. #6  0x007fff2a41c4da in DragInApplication
10. #7  0x007fff2a41b4dc in CoreDragStartDragging
11. #8  0x007fff295b537b in -[NSCoreDragManager _dragUntilMouseUp:accepted:]
12. #9  0x007fff295b3caf in -[NSCoreDragManager dragImage:fromWindow:at:offset:event:pasteboard:source:slideBack:]
13. #10 0x007fff295b30f9 in -[NSWindow(NSDrag) dragImage:at:offset:event:pasteboard:source:slideBack:]
14. #11 0x0000010b70a8a0 in -[DelayedDrag DoStart]
15. #12 0x0000010b70a978 in DragAndDrop::ApplyQueuedStartDrag()
16. #13 0x0000010b721112 in GUIView::OnInputEvent(InputEvent&)
17. #14 0x000001087cce12 in GUIView::ProcessInputEvent(InputEvent&)
18. #15 0x0000010b74e5a4 in -[GUIRenderView processCollapsedMouseEvent]
19. #16 0x0000010b70c549 in -[EditorApplication TickTimer]
20. #17 0x007fff2de59ceb in __NSFireTimer
21. #18 0x007fff2bbcca60 in __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_TIMER_CALLBACK_FUNCTION__
22. #19 0x007fff2bbcc60c in __CFRunLoopDoTimer
23. #20 0x007fff2bbcc152 in __CFRunLoopDoTimers
24. #21 0x007fff2bbad362 in __CFRunLoopRun
25. #22 0x007fff2bbac8be in CFRunLoopRunSpecific
26. #23 0x007fff2ae9896b in RunCurrentEventLoopInMode
27. #24 0x007fff2ae986a5 in ReceiveNextEventCommon
28. #25 0x007fff2ae98436 in _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter
29. #26 0x007fff29232987 in _DPSNextEvent
30. #27 0x007fff2923171f in -[NSApplication(NSEvent) _nextEventMatchingEventMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:]
31. #28 0x007fff2922b83c in -[NSApplication run]
32. #29 0x007fff2921ad7c in NSApplicationMain
33. #30 0x0000010b74b1dc in EditorMain(int, char const**)
34. #31 0x0000010b74b4a9 in main
35. #32 0x007fff57adb3d5 in start
36. Launching bug reporter

 

I caught it again on video, but this time it happen long after mouse release, and after the game object instantiated on the scene. (The first time occur even before releasing, I remembered sweeping across Project and Hierarchy dock back and forth)

If I use Quicksearch to ping then drag from Project to Hierarchy, I never get this crash so far. Also I am using a track pad not a mouse.

 

Thank you! Although it no longer show the line to aim where I drop things, is this an expected side effect?

 

No, I meant on the Hierarchy view. This blue line or blue highlight is gone when dragged from the quicksearch. So I don't know whether it will land as a child of something or as a sibling until I release left click.

 

I just uninstalled the package again because it keeps freezing the unity editor when I close it (interestingly this only happens if i never hit play before). This is very unfortunate because I really liked the package!

I am on Unity 2018.4.2 (MacOS) with the package being up to date with `1.2.6-preview`.
I also checked back in 1.2.4 and 1.2.3 - same behaviour.

It always freezes when I hit CMD+Q and save unsaved assets with the 'Save Assets' dialog being empty rendered:

 

Thanks for the quick response! Keep up the awesome work!

 

Hi, I have some feedback on 1.2.7. Often, the direct match entry returned way down below than expected. In this gif there is an object named exactly "TrialDialog", but upper entries returned are instead children of it. In VSCode Cmd+P for example, shortest direct match would come before things with longer suffix.

 

Thank you, I tried but it seems to not make a difference.



Oh! One more thing, if I use Alt+Left+R to activate a scene while something require a save, the dialog appears on the back of the popup. I could press enter/space blindly but ideally the popup should disappear.

 

A very nice addition to the Unity toolbox!

I've just started testing, but some things I've noticed:

• How do I specify that I only want results with an exact match? E.g. I'm looking for an object Hat but it also gives me HatHouse etc. Would it be possible to allow syntax like "Hat" which indicates that it must be exactly this name without any additions?
  
• Mouse hover pre-selection is not instantly updated when the mouse moves. It lags behind. Is this to improve performance? It makes the window feel unresponsive to me.
• Type queries should be supported, but not all types work, e.g. "t:Camera". I assume this will be added over time, but just in case, I wanted to point it out.
• Can we extend the ability to combine different search filters? I saw that it's possible to combine t:Script and a script name (although some types are missing), but can we also, for example, search for a GameObject within only a specified scene. We often have multiple scenes open when working and I know I'm looking for the main character prefab instance in level x. I can imagine something like: MainCamera inScene:Level_1.1 or some sort of special syntax to support this feature.
• Searching for GameObjects when there are 9 scenes open with a few hundred objects each takes up to 80ms. I think that's ok, but it's indicated in red, so probably it is expected to be even faster?

 

t: only search for asset type from Assets folders like t: on the Project tab, but Camera is a component on GO so it doesn't work. It's not the same as t: on the Hierarchy search box. (So t:SpriteAtlas is valid on QS while t:SpriteAtlas is never valid on Hierarchy. Conversely t:Animator won't work on QS but works on Hierarchy )

 

Thank you, the scoring seems to be as I expected now so far. However I notice that I seems to get a mix of Asset provider while I am using scene provider. Here the path says "/" but there is no such object on the prefab root that I am working on. The ping occur in Project panel, the context menu is the one from scene provider (has "select object in scene"), but executing that select the one in Asset panel.

 

Suddenly that problem seems to fix itself and h: has just scene objects now...

But I found an another problem, when I am in the prefab the result contains those of the scene instead of inside the prefab stage. This results in not pinging what's in the prefab, plus you could select and inspect what's outside which is not possible to do normally.

 

A piece of feedback:

The quick search stores what I searched for last, and this persists over domain reloads. So if I search for SomeLargeName, close quick search, enter play mode, exit play mode, and then open quick search again, it automatically searches for SomeLargeName again.

This is good, but that search takes a while, as (I assume) some kinds of caches are lost. This means that there's a large delay before the quick search opens - much longer than if there's not a search result that's stored.

My suggestion is to wait until you have gotten the quick search window painted before you do whatever blocking action is causing it to wait for search results. It'd cause the search results to be empty for a short while before they show up, but it'd feel a ton more responsive.

 

Thank you! One more thing, I can't Cmd+Z undo the prefab instantiated from dragging from Quick Search. (Where if I ping and drag from project, I could)

 

Here's an initial version of the documentation search provider:
https://github.com/sttz/unity-quicksearch-docs

 

When I open up Quick Search, the console floods with this error until it is closed:

Code (CSharp):

1. NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
2. Unity.QuickSearch.QuickSearchTool.SetSelection (System.Int32 selection) (at Library/PackageCache/com.unity.quicksearch@1.2.9-preview/Editor/QuickSearch.cs:599)
3. Unity.QuickSearch.QuickSearchTool.DrawToolbar (Unity.QuickSearch.SearchContext context) (at Library/PackageCache/com.unity.quicksearch@1.2.9-preview/Editor/QuickSearch.cs:1094)
4. Unity.QuickSearch.QuickSearchTool.OnGUI () (at Library/PackageCache/com.unity.quicksearch@1.2.9-preview/Editor/QuickSearch.cs:558)
5. System.Reflection.MonoMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj, System.Reflection.BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) (at <7d97106330684add86d080ecf65bfe69>:0)
6. Rethrow as TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.
7. System.Reflection.MonoMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj, System.Reflection.BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) (at <7d97106330684add86d080ecf65bfe69>:0)
8. System.Reflection.MethodBase.Invoke (System.Object obj, System.Object[] parameters) (at <7d97106330684add86d080ecf65bfe69>:0)
9. UnityEditor.HostView.Invoke (System.String methodName, System.Object obj) (at C:/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/HostView.cs:335)
10. UnityEditor.HostView.Invoke (System.String methodName) (at C:/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/HostView.cs:329)
11. UnityEditor.HostView.OldOnGUI () (at C:/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/HostView.cs:141)
12. UnityEngine.UIElements.IMGUIContainer.DoOnGUI (UnityEngine.Event evt, UnityEngine.Matrix4x4 parentTransform, UnityEngine.Rect clippingRect, System.Boolean isComputingLayout, UnityEngine.Rect layoutSize) (at C:/buildslave/unity/build/Modules/UIElements/IMGUIContainer.cs:278) (at ?)
13. UnityEngine.GUIUtility:ProcessEvent(Int32, IntPtr)
14.  

Looking forward to using Quick Search.

edit: This error seems to appear before the one above.

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. ArgumentException: The scene is not loaded.
3. UnityEngine.SceneManagement.Scene.GetRootGameObjects (System.Collections.Generic.List`1[T] rootGameObjects) (at C:/buildslave/unity/build/Runtime/Export/SceneManager/Scene.cs:97)
4. UnityEngine.SceneManagement.Scene.GetRootGameObjects () (at C:/buildslave/unity/build/Runtime/Export/SceneManager/Scene.cs:81)
5. Unity.QuickSearch.Providers.SceneObjectsProvider.<.ctor>b__17_2 () (at Library/PackageCache/com.unity.quicksearch@1.2.9-preview/Editor/Providers/SceneObjectsProvider.cs:94)
6. Unity.QuickSearch.SearchService.Enable (Unity.QuickSearch.SearchContext context) (at Library/PackageCache/com.unity.quicksearch@1.2.9-preview/Editor/SearchService.cs:681)
7. Unity.QuickSearch.QuickSearchTool.OnEnable () (at Library/PackageCache/com.unity.quicksearch@1.2.9-preview/Editor/QuickSearch.cs:348)
8. UnityEngine.ScriptableObject:CreateInstance() (at ?)
9. Unity.QuickSearch.QuickSearchTool:ShowWindow() (at Library/PackageCache/com.unity.quicksearch@1.2.9-preview/Editor/QuickSearch.cs:1331)
10. Unity.QuickSearch.QuickSearchTool:OpenQuickSearch() (at Library/PackageCache/com.unity.quicksearch@1.2.9-preview/Editor/QuickSearch.cs:1503)
11. UnityEditor.EditorApplication:Internal_CallGlobalEventHandler() (at ?)
12.  

I'm guessing because of unloaded scenes!

 

Thanks, this improved my search results. My example is now working. When searching for "Hat" it gives me "Hat" first and "HatHouse" second. Overall, the search finds most objects very well, e.g. a "Background" prefab, etc.

However, there is still one case where the prefab root object simply doesn't show up in the search results, no matter what I try. Here are two screenshots showing my search and the hierarchy where the prefab root with the exact name should be found and shown as the first item in the search results, but it doesn't appear there.


The first image is with fuzzy search on, the second off.

The prefab variant instance "Puk_Level_1.2" is unique in all open scenes, but the search window only shows child objects (e.g. the Curl or Hair GameObjects which are direct children of the root.).

When I place the place the prefab in a new empty scene, the search finds one of the components on the root and puts it first.

I've tested the newest version with our project and the search time went down from 80 ms to under 15 ms.

 

I installed the current 1.3.2 version in Unity 2018.4.4f1 but the compiler spits out

The type 'Tuple<T1, T2>' exists in both 'ExCSS.Unity, Version=2.0.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' and 'mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'

.NET scripting runtime version is set to 4.x and API compability level is also .NET 4.x.

Any ideas? It also happens with older versions of the package :S

 

Hi! Any chance I could extend a new provider by continuing from an existing provider? For example, I would like to do exactly like the scene provider complete with all the fuzzy logic and all the prefab stage/scene behaviour, except that I want to filter only a game object with a certain component where that component contains some specific field values, and also change all item's raw name to what I want based on that component so fuzzy search match against it instead of path, for example.

 

Excellent request, @5argon
I also have uses for that and actually needed to modify the scene provider too.