Resolved UI Elements Inspector ApplyModifiedProperties / Refresh Inspector View ?

Hello,

Trying to figure out the proper way to "refresh" the inspector after a value is changed using this new system. The inspector does not seem to refresh... so my fields are not changing to the desired look.

Code (CSharp):

1. public override VisualElement CreateInspectorGUI()
2.         {
3.             var tar = (BlobAnimationPlayerAuthoring)target;
4.             var ser = serializedObject;
5.             var storage = ser.FindProperty("storage");
6.             var clip = ser.FindProperty("clip");
7.             var inspector = new VisualElement();
8.             var storageField = new PropertyField(storage);
9.             storageField.RegisterValueChangeCallback(_ => ser.Update());
10.             inspector.Add(storageField);
11.  
12.             if (storage.objectReferenceValue == null)
13.             {
14.                 inspector.Add(new Label("Please Assign Storage"));
15.                 return inspector;
16.             }
17.             var pop = new PopupField<string>("Clip", tar.storage.GetNames(), clip.intValue);
18.             pop.RegisterValueChangedCallback(_ => { clip.intValue = pop.index; ser.ApplyModifiedProperties(); });
19.             inspector.Add(pop);
20.             return inspector;
21.         }

Any help appreciated. Thanks,

 

Thanks for the reply. Is there any specific methods that draws the inspector elements? Since CreateInspectorGUI only gets called once...I do not know what to call to "refresh" the elements. I tried using your inspector.schedule and I couldnt get it to redraw anything....I got it to debug console commands so it does loop though. Is there some sort of VisualElement inspector variable that I can "Reset" or anything like that?

I tried Initialize() but it throws an error.

 

@uBenoitA I am running into another issue when tracking property values and trying to add elements in the inspector. Using attributes, I am trying to do a ShowIfAttribute, which only displays a property field if another property field is true.

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using UnityEngine.UIElements;
3.  
4. #if UNITY_EDITOR
5. using UnityEditor;
6. using UnityEditor.UIElements;
7. #endif
8.  
9. public class ShowIfAttribute : PropertyAttribute
10. {
11.     public string property;
12.  
13.     public ShowIfAttribute(string property)
14.     {
15.         this.property = property;
16.     }
17. }
18.  
19. #if UNITY_EDITOR
20. [CustomPropertyDrawer(typeof(ShowIfAttribute))]
21. public class ShowIfAttributeDrawer : PropertyDrawer
22. {
23.     public override VisualElement CreatePropertyGUI(SerializedProperty property)
24.     {
25.         var root = new VisualElement();
26.         //get properties
27.         var target = attribute as ShowIfAttribute;
28.         var conditionProp = property.serializedObject.FindProperty(target.property);
29.         // Create property container element.
30.         var variableContent = new VisualElement();
31.         RefreshContent(variableContent, property, conditionProp);
32.         root.Add(variableContent);
33.  
34.         variableContent.TrackPropertyValue(conditionProp, (e) =>
35.         {
36.             RefreshContent(variableContent, property, e);
37.         });
38.  
39.         return root;
40.     }
41.  
42.     private void RefreshContent(VisualElement element, SerializedProperty property, SerializedProperty conditionProp)
43.     {
44.         element.Clear();
45.         var propField = new PropertyField(property);
46.         if (conditionProp.boolValue)
47.         {
48.             element.Add(propField);
49.             Debug.Log($"{property.name} should be displayed!");
50.         }  
51.     }
52. }
53. #endif

There is no problem clearing the property instantly on value change [false], but does not add the property field on [true] instantly. I need to deselect the object and reselect to update the inspector and show the property.

Any ideas?

 

That did it! Thanks!

Code (CSharp):

1. private void RefreshContent(VisualElement element, SerializedProperty property, SerializedProperty conditionProp)
2. {
3.     element.Clear();
4.     var propField = new PropertyField(property);
5.     if (conditionProp.boolValue)
6.         element.Add(propField);
7.     propField.Bind(property.serializedObject);
8. }