How can Internal variable get accessed from Editor script?

Questions & Answers
1

Hello all,

I have a normal script (not editor script)

public class InternalTest : MonoBehaviour
{
    internal float myVariable;
}

and an editor script

[CustomEditor(typeof(InternalTest))]
public class InternalTestEditor : Editor
{
    new InternalTest target;

    void OnEnable()
    {
        target = (InternalTest)base.target;
    }

    public override void OnInspectorGUI()
    {
        target.myVariable = Random.Range(0, 100);
    }
}

Now, I get the following: ‘InternalTest.myVariable’ is inaccessible due to its protection level

So, can’t I access myVariable from the editor script? Maybe because Editor scripts are a different assembly?

Thanks in advance!

2

Yes your guess is right. What should you do now? Well you could either make “myVariable” public or move InternalTestEditor outside of “Editor” folder and wrap your code like that:

#if UNITY_EDITOR
[CustomEditor(typeof(InternalTest))]
public class InternalTestEditor : Editor
 {
     new InternalTest target;
 
     void OnEnable()
     {
         target = (InternalTest)base.target;
     }
 
     public override void OnInspectorGUI()
     {
         target.myVariable = Random.Range(0, 100);
     }
 }
#endif

The choice is up to you.