Labeling objects in the scene editor view

Questions & Answers
1

I'm working on a scene with a lot of objects that are visually identical but which I need to see the game object name for. I looked at using the OnDrawGizmos() method, but there doesn't seem to be a Gizmos.DrawText or similar. Is there a way to write the object's name next to it in the scene editor view but not in the game?

2

See Handles.Label for information on how to draw text in the scene view.

Handles is an Editor class, so you'll need something like this in a script in your Editor folder (C#):

[DrawGizmo(GizmoType.SelectedOrChild | GizmoType.NotSelected)]
static void DrawGameObjectName(Transform transform, GizmoType gizmoType)
{   
    Handles.Label(transform.position, transform.gameObject.name);
}

Note that this adds a gizmo for every Transform in the scene, so it will show for every game object.

3

And for some other color:

GUIStyle style = new GUIStyle(); 
style.normal.textColor = Color.red; 
Handles.Label(transform.position, transform.gameObject.name, style);