Unity tool launcher
Warning
This can now be achieved by Unity search.
- Create a search
m: /’ to show all Menu commands with a/(which is all of them). - Save the search in the project, e.g. as
Actions.asset - When double clicked it will open the search browser showing all menu commands. User can search at the top.
if needed you can limit the search to your own tools menu.
Drawbacks
- When the user uses search, they might accidentally delete the saved search
m: /which will change the search results. This could confuse the user. - No icons supported for menu commands.
goal¶
The Unity main menu, & right-click menu are overwhelming.
A command browser would hide this clutter.
tech¶
plugin infrastructure
mode 1: pure commands
- recreate all default unity menu commands. e.g. open project settings
- custom commands. e.g. launch my editor tool (this can also be a menu command)
mode 2: right click commands in asset browser
right click shows a lot of commands in the project browser, to the point where it’s overwhelming and fills the whole screen.
instead show an option that says “browse commands”
this opens a command browser with commands that run on that directory
features¶
- search bar
- favorite
- categorize
- option to add custom commands