# CreateEditor

> Make a custom editor for targetObject or targetObjects.

## Definition

* **Type:** Method
* **Namespace:** [UnityEditor](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor.md)
* **Assembly:** UnityEditor.CoreModule

## CreateEditor(Object, Type)

Make a custom editor for `targetObject` or `targetObjects`.

```csharp
public static Editor CreateEditor(Object targetObject, Type editorType)
```

### Parameters

**** (\[Object]\(/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object)): **** (\[Type]\(https\://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.type)): 

### Returns

| Type                                                            | Description |
| --------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| [Editor](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/editor.md) |             |

### Remarks

By default, an appropriate editor with a matching CustomEditor attribute is created. If an editorType is specified, an editor of that type is created instead. Use this if you have created multiple custom editors, and each editor shows different properties of the object. Returns NULL if `objects` are of different types or if no approprate editor was found. Editors created using this function have to be destroyed explicitly, using either [Object.Destroy](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/destroy.md) or [Object.DestroyImmediate](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/destroyimmediate.md).

Consider a script WaypointPathEditor for editing  the Transforms of a wayPoint array.

```csharp
using UnityEditor;
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;


[CustomEditor(typeof(WaypointPath))]
public class WaypointPathEditor : Editor
{
 Editor currentTransformEditor;
 Transform selectedTransform;
 string[] optionsList;
 int index = 0;
 WaypointPath myWayPath;

 void GetWaypoints()
 {
 myWayPath = target as WaypointPath;

 if (myWayPath.wayPointArray != null)
 {
 optionsList = new string[myWayPath.wayPointArray.Length];

 for (int i = 0; i < optionsList.Length; i++)
 {
 Transform wayPoint = myWayPath.wayPointArray[i];

 if (wayPoint != null)
 optionsList[i] = wayPoint.name;
 else
 optionsList[i] = $"Empty waypoint {(i + 1)}";
 }
 }
 }

 public override void OnInspectorGUI()
 {
 GetWaypoints ();
 DrawDefaultInspector ();
 EditorGUILayout.Space ();
 EditorGUI.BeginChangeCheck ();

 if (optionsList != null)
 index = EditorGUILayout.Popup ("Select Waypoint", index, optionsList);

 if (EditorGUI.EndChangeCheck())
 {
 Editor tmpEditor = null;

 if (index < myWayPath.wayPointArray.Length)
 {
 selectedTransform = myWayPath.wayPointArray[index];

 //Creates an Editor for selected Component from a Popup
 tmpEditor = Editor.CreateEditor(selectedTransform);
 } else {
 selectedTransform = null;
 }

 // If there isn't a Transform currently selected then destroy the existing editor
 if (currentTransformEditor != null)
 {
 DestroyImmediate (currentTransformEditor);
 }

 currentTransformEditor = tmpEditor;
 }

 // Shows the created Editor beneath CustomEditor
 if (currentTransformEditor != null && selectedTransform != null)
 {
 currentTransformEditor.OnInspectorGUI ();
 }
 }
}
```

The script attached to a waypath GameObject:

```csharp
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

// Note: this is not an editor script.
public class WaypointPath : MonoBehaviour
{
 public Transform[] wayPointArray;
}
```

## CreateEditor(Object\[], Type)

Make a custom editor for `targetObject` or `targetObjects`.

```csharp
public static Editor CreateEditor(Object[] targetObjects, Type editorType)
```

### Parameters

**** (\[Object\[]]\(/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object)): **** (\[Type]\(https\://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.type)):&#x20;

### Returns

| Type                                                            | Description |
| --------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| [Editor](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/editor.md) |             |

### Remarks

By default, an appropriate editor with a matching CustomEditor attribute is created. If an editorType is specified, an editor of that type is created instead. Use this if you have created multiple custom editors, and each editor shows different properties of the object. Returns NULL if `objects` are of different types or if no approprate editor was found. Editors created using this function have to be destroyed explicitly, using either [Object.Destroy](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/destroy.md) or [Object.DestroyImmediate](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/destroyimmediate.md).

Consider a script WaypointPathEditor for editing  the Transforms of a wayPoint array.

```csharp
using UnityEditor;
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;


[CustomEditor(typeof(WaypointPath))]
public class WaypointPathEditor : Editor
{
 Editor currentTransformEditor;
 Transform selectedTransform;
 string[] optionsList;
 int index = 0;
 WaypointPath myWayPath;

 void GetWaypoints()
 {
 myWayPath = target as WaypointPath;

 if (myWayPath.wayPointArray != null)
 {
 optionsList = new string[myWayPath.wayPointArray.Length];

 for (int i = 0; i < optionsList.Length; i++)
 {
 Transform wayPoint = myWayPath.wayPointArray[i];

 if (wayPoint != null)
 optionsList[i] = wayPoint.name;
 else
 optionsList[i] = $"Empty waypoint {(i + 1)}";
 }
 }
 }

 public override void OnInspectorGUI()
 {
 GetWaypoints ();
 DrawDefaultInspector ();
 EditorGUILayout.Space ();
 EditorGUI.BeginChangeCheck ();

 if (optionsList != null)
 index = EditorGUILayout.Popup ("Select Waypoint", index, optionsList);

 if (EditorGUI.EndChangeCheck())
 {
 Editor tmpEditor = null;

 if (index < myWayPath.wayPointArray.Length)
 {
 selectedTransform = myWayPath.wayPointArray[index];

 //Creates an Editor for selected Component from a Popup
 tmpEditor = Editor.CreateEditor(selectedTransform);
 } else {
 selectedTransform = null;
 }

 // If there isn't a Transform currently selected then destroy the existing editor
 if (currentTransformEditor != null)
 {
 DestroyImmediate (currentTransformEditor);
 }

 currentTransformEditor = tmpEditor;
 }

 // Shows the created Editor beneath CustomEditor
 if (currentTransformEditor != null && selectedTransform != null)
 {
 currentTransformEditor.OnInspectorGUI ();
 }
 }
}
```

The script attached to a waypath GameObject:

```csharp
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

// Note: this is not an editor script.
public class WaypointPath : MonoBehaviour
{
 public Transform[] wayPointArray;
}
```