Instantiated PreFab selection problem

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1

Hello,
I use scripted gameobject generation in UnityEditor like this:
GameObject temp = (GameObject)AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath("Assets/media/tiles/Tile.prefab", typeof(GameObject)); GameObject go = (GameObject)GameObject.Instantiate(temp);

It works fine, I’m able to generate many those objects. But I have one problem. This prefab has several child objects in it.
Tile.prefab
-objectA
-objectB
-objectC

If I click on this Instantiated object in unity editor it select one of child objects. But if I put same prefab into scene by drag and drop instead of script, when I click on it, it is selected as whole.

Is some solution to fix this problem?

2

That’s pretty typical for the editor, actually. When clicking on objects in the scene view, the editor will try to figure out which specific object you clicked on – for example, if you click on a particular mesh which happens to be attached to some object which is a child of your prefab, you’ll probably get that child object selected rather than the prefab itself.

I’m not sure if there’s a good way around that. I suppose you could look for an editor hotkey to select something’s parent object – or code up your own.