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SendEvent(Event)

Sends an Event to a window.
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Definition

  • Type: Method
  • Namespace: UnityEditor
  • Assembly: UnityEditor.CoreModule
public bool SendEvent(Event e)

Parameters

e

Event

Returns

Type

Description

bool

Remarks

The EditorWindow.SendEvent public function passes a selected Event to a chosen visible window. The Event can be found in the EventType list.
In the following scripts 
SendEventExample
looks up the 
ReceiveEventExample
window. A 
Paste
event is then sent over when the button is pressed.

Examples

// Send an event to another editor window. The second// window needs to be visible to receive the event.using UnityEngine;using UnityEditor;using UnityEngine.UIElements;public class SendEventExample : EditorWindow{    [MenuItem("Examples/Send Event")]    static void Init()    {        SendEventExample window =            EditorWindow.GetWindow<SendEventExample>(true, "Send Event Window");        window.Show();    }    void CreateGUI()    {        var buttonSendEvent = new Button();        buttonSendEvent.text = "Send Event";        buttonSendEvent.clicked += () =>        {            EditorWindow win = GetWindow<ReceiveEventExample>();            if (win)                using (var commandEvent = ExecuteCommandEvent.GetPooled(EditorGUIUtility.CommandEvent("Paste")))                {                    win.rootVisualElement.SendEvent(commandEvent);                }        };        rootVisualElement.Add(buttonSendEvent);    }}
// An Editor window that receives sent events.using UnityEngine;using UnityEditor;using UnityEngine.UIElements;public class ReceiveEventExample : EditorWindow{    [MenuItem("Examples/Receive Events")]    static void Init()    {        ReceiveEventExample window =            EditorWindow.GetWindow<ReceiveEventExample>(true, "Receive Events Window");        window.Show();    }    void CreateGUI()    {        var button = new Button();        button.text = "Button";        rootVisualElement.Add(button);        rootVisualElement.RegisterCallback<ExecuteCommandEvent>(evt =>        {            if (evt.commandName == "Paste")                button.text = "Paste received";        }, TrickleDown.TrickleDown);    }}