CanOpenAssetInEditor
Checks if Unity can open an asset in the Editor.
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Definition
- Type: Method
- Namespace: UnityEditor
- Assembly: UnityEditor
CanOpenAssetInEditor(EntityId)
Checks if Unity can open an asset in the Editor.
public static bool CanOpenAssetInEditor(EntityId entityId)
Parameters
The EntityId of the asset.
Returns
Type | Description |
|---|---|
| bool | Returns true if Unity can successfully open the asset in the Editor, otherwise returns false. |
Remarks
Checks if Unity can open a given asset instance in the Editor if AssetDatabase.OpenAsset is executed. Note: The asset must be written to disk, or this function always returns false.
Examples
using UnityEditor;using UnityEditor.Callbacks;using UnityEngine;[CreateAssetMenu(fileName = "MyObject", menuName = "ScriptableObjects/MyObject", order = 1)]public class MyObject : ScriptableObject{ public string myData; [OnOpenAsset] public static bool Open(EntityId entityId) { if (AssetDatabase.GetMainAssetTypeAtPath(AssetDatabase.GetAssetPath(entityId)) == typeof(MyObject)) { Debug.Log("Opening asset"); return true; } else return false; // This method doesn't handle opening of different asset types } [OnOpenAsset(OnOpenAssetAttributeMode.Validate)] public static bool WillOpen(EntityId entityId) { if (AssetDatabase.GetMainAssetTypeAtPath(AssetDatabase.GetAssetPath(entityId)) == typeof(MyObject)) { // We can open MyObject asset using MyObject opening method Debug.Log("This asset can be opened by OnOpenAsset marked method"); return true; } else return false; // The passed instance doesn't belong to MyObject type asset so we won't be able to open it using opening method inside MyObject } [MenuItem("Test/WillOpenInUnity")] public static void WillSelectionBeOpenedInUnity() { AssetDatabase.CanOpenAssetInEditor(Selection.activeObject.GetEntityId()); }}
CanOpenAssetInEditor(int)
Checks if Unity can open an asset in the Editor.
Warning
Deprecated. Please use CanOpenAssetInEditor(EntityId) with the EntityId parameter type instead.
public static bool CanOpenAssetInEditor(int instanceID)
Parameters
The instance ID of the asset.
Returns
Type | Description |
|---|---|
| bool | Returns true if Unity can successfully open the asset in the Editor, otherwise returns false. |
Remarks
Checks if Unity can open a given asset instance in the Editor if AssetDatabase.OpenAsset is executed. Note: The asset must be written to disk, or this function always returns false.
Examples
using UnityEditor;using UnityEditor.Callbacks;using UnityEngine;[CreateAssetMenu(fileName = "MyObject", menuName = "ScriptableObjects/MyObject", order = 1)]public class MyObject : ScriptableObject{ public string myData; [OnOpenAsset] public static bool Open(EntityId entityId) { if (AssetDatabase.GetMainAssetTypeAtPath(AssetDatabase.GetAssetPath(entityId)) == typeof(MyObject)) { Debug.Log("Opening asset"); return true; } else return false; // This method doesn't handle opening of different asset types } [OnOpenAsset(OnOpenAssetAttributeMode.Validate)] public static bool WillOpen(EntityId entityId) { if (AssetDatabase.GetMainAssetTypeAtPath(AssetDatabase.GetAssetPath(entityId)) == typeof(MyObject)) { // We can open MyObject asset using MyObject opening method Debug.Log("This asset can be opened by OnOpenAsset marked method"); return true; } else return false; // The passed instance doesn't belong to MyObject type asset so we won't be able to open it using opening method inside MyObject } [MenuItem("Test/WillOpenInUnity")] public static void WillSelectionBeOpenedInUnity() { AssetDatabase.CanOpenAssetInEditor(Selection.activeObject.GetEntityId()); }}