Editor-script: How to clear the "console"-output window ?

[yosh]

Hi, im working on a small editor-script and want to know, how can i clear the console/output window of debug-messages?

Ive created an editor-script which gives me output to the console while im working in edit-mode. I know about the "clear & clear on play"-button, but i want to add clearing the console-output with an shortcut, without clicking the clear button manually. Is that possible?

Thanks for your time and help.

[George]

God knows why these things aren't exposed. Here it is using reflection:

public static void ClearLog()
{
    Assembly assembly = Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(SceneView));

    Type type = assembly.GetType("UnityEditor.LogEntries");
    MethodInfo method = type.GetMethod("Clear");
    method.Invoke(new object(), null);
}

If you want to do anything similar, grab Red Gate's .NET Reflector, find the method you're after and swap some stuff around to fire it.

[mlapin]

After George's answer, I found the need to write it in JavaScript. Here's the equivalent snippet:

import System;
import System.Reflection;

public static function ClearLog()
{
    var assembly : Assembly = Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(SceneView));
    var type : Type = assembly.GetType("UnityEditor.LogEntries");
    var method : MethodInfo = type.GetMethod("Clear");
    var object = new Object();
    method.Invoke(object, null);
}

[buntu]

On unity 3.2 you need to do that now:

Assembly assembly = Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(Macros));
            Type type = assembly.GetType("UnityEditorInternal.LogEntries");
            MethodInfo method = type.GetMethod ("Clear");
            method.Invoke (new object (), null);

[miaodadao]

for 4.3.4, it’s “UnityEditorInternal.LogEntries” in assembly which contains “UnityEditor.ActiveEditorTracker”.

    public static void ClearLog()
    {
    	var assembly = Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(UnityEditor.ActiveEditorTracker));
    	var type = assembly.GetType("UnityEditorInternal.LogEntries");
    	var method = type.GetMethod("Clear");
    	method.Invoke(new object(), null);
    }

[QFord]

don’t forget to add 3 using sentences,it took me a little time to make it work.

using System.Reflection;
using UnityEditor;
using System;

[astracat111]

For Unity 5.5+ they’ve renamed it to UnityEditorInternal.LogEntries (the type name you have to use with reflection):

public static void ClearDeveloperConsole() {
	Assembly assembly = Assembly.GetAssembly (typeof(SceneView));
	Type logEntries = assembly.GetType ("UnityEditorInternal.LogEntries");
	MethodInfo clearConsoleMethod = logEntries.GetMethod ("Clear");
	clearConsoleMethod.Invoke (new object (), null);
}