Feature Request Tuple in inspector

to bring the inspector up to speed with what c# can do these days which is

Code (CSharp):

1. public List<Tuple<Research_SO, Button, Image>> things;

instead of

Code (CSharp):

1. [Serializable]
2. public class ThisTupe
3. {
4. public Research_SO research;
5. public Button button;
6. public Image image;
7. }
8. public List<ThisTuple> things;

 

this and being able to display Lists and dictionaries would make the inspector so much better!

 

You can already see lists in the inspector though?

Unity can't display dictionaries because it can't serialise them. Unity's serialisation is limited for a reason.

 

So, here's what I gather is the general philosophy of the Unity Editor. The Editor is extensible. If it can be done by somebody other than Unity team, then they seem to prefer that approach. They implement what is absolutely necessary.

There are extensions that implement List drawers. There are extensions that implement Dictionary drawers. You could write an extension that implements a Tuple drawer in just the same way. Heck, if you do a good enough job, you could sell it as an Asset on the Asset Store.

Every line of code that Unity provides inside the Editor is a source of bugs and compatibility concerns going forward. Rather than having them see themselves as adding every wish of everybody out there, they just give the extensible API so you can do it yourself.

 

Agreed.

Unity does 75-90% of the work for us in most of its packages. The remaining space is for use to implement in a way that works to our particular needs/style. Unity is the toolbox, and we're the tradie.

And there's plenty of packages out there that can do what you need with a small purchase/download. If you want to serialise dictionaries, the Odin Serialiser is open source (that won't draw them in the inspector, but halfway there).

 

Speaking of which one already exists that can do all of that: Odin Inspector and Serializer.




https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/utilities/odin-inspector-and-serializer-89041