MonoBehaviour - run in editor

Unity Engine
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I know I’ve used this before - a class attribute which enables the MonoBehaviour to run in the editor, with Update being called and all. However I cannot for the life of me remember the name of the attribute or find it anywhere. Am I growing crazy(er) here?

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:wink:

I always forget what it’s called too.

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Thanks! No wonder I forgot its name! How about a simple “RunInEditor”? That was my first assumption.

It doesn’t even have “editor” in the name. No wonder it didn’t show up on my searches which all involved “run” or “editor”.

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Mine, too :slight_smile: I often search for “run in editor” finding this posting. Unnatural name indeed.

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I don’t think the name is unnatural, as “runineditor” wouldn’t be precise.
run in editor in play mode? run in editor in edit mode? :slight_smile:

The “Execute” part is naturally discussable, but as a regular programming term I don’t see a problem there. Its technically more accurate as it is “to execute code” not “to run code” (as code has no legs and can’t run. only applications can be run)

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I blame AngryAnt for making me always think of RunInEditor! But at least google leads me here, haha.

;D