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GetChildrenCount(in HierarchyNode)

Gets the number of child nodes that a hierarchy node has.
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Definition

  • Type: Method
  • Namespace: Unity.Hierarchy
  • Assembly: UnityEngine.HierarchyCoreModule

GetChildrenCount(HierarchyNode)

public int GetChildrenCount(in HierarchyNode node)

Parameters

The hierarchy node.

Returns

Type

Description

intThe number of children.

Remarks

The following example displays how many children each collapsed item has in the Hierarchy window. It uses
GetChildrenCount
to check whether a collapsed item has children before displaying the label. To use this example, save the script in a folder called
Assets/Editor/CountWhenCollapsed
. Scripts in an
Editor
folder can use the Hierarchy module API without additional setup. If you save the script outside of an
Editor
folder, you must enable the Hierarchy built-in module in the Package Manager window, which also adds the module to your Player builds.

Examples

using Unity.Hierarchy;using Unity.Hierarchy.Editor;using UnityEditor;using UnityEngine.UIElements;namespace Unity.HierarchySamples.Editor{ class CountWhenCollapsed { const string k_ChildrenCountUssClassName = "hierarchy-children-count"; [InitializeOnLoadMethod] static void Initialize() { HierarchyWindow.BindViewItem += OnBindViewItem; } static void OnBindViewItem(HierarchyWindow window, HierarchyView view, HierarchyViewItem item) { HierarchyNode node = item.Node; int childrenCount = view.ViewModel.GetChildrenCount(node); Label label = item.LeftCustomContainer.Q<Label>(className: k_ChildrenCountUssClassName); if (childrenCount > 0 && view.ViewModel.DoesNotHaveFlags(node, HierarchyNodeFlags.Expanded)) { if (label == null) { label = new Label(); label.AddToClassList(k_ChildrenCountUssClassName); item.LeftCustomContainer.Add(label); } label.text = $"({childrenCount})"; label.style.display = DisplayStyle.Flex; } else { if (label != null) label.style.display = DisplayStyle.None; } } }}