simplest way to add an option to right click menu

Hello all,

I never scripted anythig regarding the editor itself. so even though I am familiar with C# and read the documentation, I am not completely sure the best way to do what I intend:

I use a lot of xmlFiles, and I want to add the option "create xml file" to the same right click menus that allow th euser to create a new C# file.

What is the best way for me to do that? Is it viable to find the code for that menu, and only copy the code for the C# script and alter the file creating part?

Thank you for your time.

 

You should read a little about menu items.

This post was also uploaded to the Unity learn site (https://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/topics/interface-essentials/unity-editor-extensions-menu-items)

In a nutshell:
you create a (static) editor method and decorate it with the [MenuItem] attribute
Inside this method, implement the logic you need for creating a new XML asset, etc.

I have also created an open source project in the past for supporting new file templates. It actually provides the foundation for your scenario, you should check it out: https://bitbucket.org/liortal/code-templates

Let me know if this helped

 

Helped quite a bit, thanks. Specifically th epart that shows hot to adress the right click menus, instea dof the top bar.

 

Hey,

I am in an initial research phase for a pipeline/Asset management tool right now.

Would this be a valid method for accessing an external database to update a flag item on an asset in my database?

 

Why does it need to be static? For example, under Hierarchy there is UI -> Dropdown - if I wanted to add a MenuItem inside of the UI submenu, it wouldn't be static - it would be instantiable, no? So MenuItem decorator would need to be on the constructor?

 

Your blog link has directed me to a mallicious website

 

Anyone wanting to add context menu (in general):

Them you want a: [MenuItem("MyMenu/Do Something")]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MenuItem.html

Anyone who just want to add a right clic in any monobehaviour:

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. [ContextMenu("Do Something")]
3. void Method ()
4. {
5. //Stuff
6. }
7.  

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/ContextMenu.html

 

This script needs to be titled "CustomMenu.cs" and go into a project folder named 'Editor' .

It adds a menu item for "Create Empty Parent" and does just that.
Scale, position, rotation, and place in hierarchy should all be preserved.
I used the examples in the resources above.
I'd like to thank everyone above for the years of work that have been put into creating this.

CustomMenu.cs

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using UnityEditor;
3.  
4. public class CustomMenu
5. {
6.     // Adding a new context menu item
7.     [MenuItem("GameObject/Create Empty Parent", true)]
8.     static bool ValidateLogSelectedTransformName()
9.     {
10.         // disable menu item if no transform is selected.
11.         return Selection.activeTransform != null;
12.     }
13.  
14.     // Put menu item at top near other "Create" options
15.     [MenuItem("GameObject/Create Empty Parent", false, 0)] //10
16.     private static void EmptyParent(MenuCommand menuCommand)
17.     {
18.         // Use selected item as our context (otherwise does nothing because of above)
19.         //GameObject selected = menuCommand.context as GameObject;
20.         GameObject selected = Selection.activeObject as GameObject;
21.  
22.         // Create a empty game object with same name
23.         GameObject go = new GameObject(selected.name);
24.  
25.         // adjust hierarchy accordingly
26.         GameObjectUtility.SetParentAndAlign(go, selected.transform.parent.gameObject);
27.         go.transform.position = selected.transform.position;
28.         go.transform.rotation = selected.transform.rotation;
29.         GameObjectUtility.SetParentAndAlign(selected, go);
30.  
31.         // Register the creation in the undo system
32.         Undo.RegisterCreatedObjectUndo(go, "Parented " + go.name);
33.  
34.         // Yea!
35.         Debug.Log("Created a Parent for "+ selected.name + ".");
36.     }
37.  
38. }