Editor Forward/Back buttons editor script

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Hi all! I created a simple script for the inspector that allows you to navigate backwards and forwards through selected objects in either the scene or project view.

It is battle tested and extremely robust:
It automatically filters out deleted objects if you try to navigate to one.
Hard limit on maximum selected objects in one operation = 100 for performance reasons
Back and forward buttons enable/disable if the operation would be valid/invalid
Reset button should you like to start a new navigation session

I’ve kept faithful to the design of this script in such a way that it mirrors most applications. If you were to navigate backwards a few objects and then select a new object, that new object will become the top of the list as would happen in chrome or explorer, etc.

I find that placing it on top of my inspector makes it so that I can access it regardless of if I have something selected or not.

NB: If you reload your scripting environment, the navigation session is reset. This is a unity thing and I may release an update in the future to counter this.

Caustic Navigator © 2024 by Shawn Fox is licensed under Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

NB: Attribution not required. However, please tell everyone about the other cool stuff I make!

Thanks and happy editing!

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These statements conflict each other, are vague, and actually prevent the legal use of this script!
You say “don’t distribute elsewhere” - that simply means nothing else but: “do not distribute”, period. Regardless of how or in what form. So one cannot even legally download (read: “copy”) the attached script to begin with. :wink:

Please use one of the common licenses available, like MIT License, and add it to the top of the script or as separate file so the legal terms are clear.

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Thank you. Put a license on it.

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Thanks, just what I was looking for,

However there seems to be a redundant reference to using RotaryHeart.Lib.SerializableDictionaryPro which I commented out.

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Thank you for sharing this useful Navigator script! :+1:

I found a small issue: after clicking the RESET button, the current Inspector object is not recorded in the history, so the back/forward buttons become disabled until you select another object.

To fix this, I added a few lines in the QCOOCQOQCO() method:

// Added these lines to record the current selection after reset
if (Selection.objects != null && Selection.objects.Length > 0)
{
    QCCO.Add(Selection.objects);
    QQCO = QCCO.Count - 1;
}
Repaint();

Now after resetting, the current Inspector object is properly added to the history, and back/forward navigation works immediately again.

Hope this helps others too!