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What to the colors mean in the hierarchy panel?

Discussion in 'Getting Started' started by cephalo2, Jun 24, 2016.

  1. cephalo2

    cephalo2

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    Some items are in black text, some items are in blue text, and some items are in light blue text. The visible game objects with blue text are visible in the game scene, but the light blue ones are hidden.

    I'm messing with the 'Network Lobby' example from the asset store, and when something get's messed up because it can't continue, the UI state seems to be saved and become permanently broken.

    What do the colors mean?
     
  2. boolfone

    boolfone

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    Here’s what I suspect:

    Black: normal object
    Grey: normal object that is inactive

    Blue: prefab
    Light blue: prefab that is inactive
     
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  3. macorig

    macorig

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    That's exactly it!
    If the text is blue, the object is actually a prefab instance.
    If it is grayed out (greyish or blueish), it's disabled/inactive.
     
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  4. Kiwasi

    Kiwasi

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    To add to the above

    Red - Missing prefab
     
  5. Fritsl

    Fritsl

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    And if it's Black, even if it's a prefab, it's because Unity 5.3x apparently has a bug that causes this in some cases.
     
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  6. monkeybrainz

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  7. SimonJoslin

    SimonJoslin

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    If it's yellow?