Is there a way to ignore sorting by hierarchy?

[Tafk]

In my hierarchy CandyItem has an Image component attached to it, so do CandySprite. I want CandySprite to be renderer on top of all CandyItems, not only the one it’s parented to. Right now it seems impossible to me since CandySprite will always be below in hierarchy to some of the CandyItems.
I can create two separate container and sort those, but it seems like a bad design.

[hippocoder]

use http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/BaseHierarchySort.html
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@leo.carneiro

“based on transform order instead of name” means that you can order your objects around in anyway you want, and this is the new default behavior we are shipping with in 4.5.

As you saw on the Scripting Docs you can create custom sorting for the Hierarchy as well. In that page you can see an example to bring back the old behavior of alpha numeric sorting.

To make it work, just create the script inside the Editor folder, then you should see a new Icon at the top right of the Hierarchy Window.

[Tafk]

Hi, thanks for response!

I think it only affects Hierarchy window representation and doesn’t affect rendering order, doesn’t it?

[hippocoder]

Sorry was super busy and didn’t read correctly. To sort, you should use panels and rendering order. Does this help, particularly the comment about overlay? Unity 4.6 UI - Image Order - Questions & Answers - Unity Discussions

[Tafk]

Well, yeah, I know I can add a Canvas to each item, but I can have like 20 of those at the same time and it seems like Unity makes draw call for every Canvas so it’s not really an option.