How to select / show entity info in inspector via code?

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I’m doing a script that finds a particular entity with a particlar data on a component for debugging purposes.

Once you do the query and find the entity, how do I simulate the same effect when you’re navigating the Entities windows, when you select an entity and it shows up in the Inspector?

Are there methods to do this?

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The thing you want to call is Unity.Entities.Editor.EntitySelectionProxy.SelectEntity(World,Entity)

EntitySelectionProxy is internal, so that’s a spot for either reflection or asmref.

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I’ve never used reflection in this type of context where the class itself is hidden.
I can’t do:

var entitySelectionProxyType = typeof(Unity.Entities.Editor.EntitySelectionProxy);

because the class itself returns an error.

How do I do this?

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System.Type.GetType("Unity.Entities.Editor.EntitySelectionProxy,Unity.Entities.Editor")

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For future reference:

// Use reflection to access the EntitySelectionProxy.SelectEntity method
Type entitySelectionProxyType = Type.GetType("Unity.Entities.Editor.EntitySelectionProxy,Unity.Entities.Editor");

// Check if the Type object is not null
if(entitySelectionProxyType != null)
{
    // Access the private method "SelectEntity" using reflection
    var selectEntityMethod = entitySelectionProxyType.GetMethod("SelectEntity");

    // Check if the method is not null
    if(selectEntityMethod != null)
    {
        // Invoke the private method
        selectEntityMethod.Invoke(null, new object[] { entityManager.World, entity });
    }
}
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