Moving/renaming folder

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1

Hello.

Is there a way to change/rename folder with scripts for example and make Unity to load it properly when these scripts are attached to a Game Objects?

When I rename folder or move scripts to another I get “The associated script can not be loaded. […]”.

I do this in Unity and outside with moving .meta files too.

Thank you.

2

Do operations with assets outside of Unity is not recomended, instead, using the class AssetDatabase, and ofcourse, you can do custom inspector/editor tools to improve the management of all kind assets (folders, animatior controllers, materials etc…).
Look to [AssetDatabase ][1] class, and see some classes to build editor tools: [Editor Window][2], [GUILayout][3], [EditorGUILayout][4].

Look at this example script, he creates a window and list all folders of your project:

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEditor;
using UnityEngine;

public class FoldersListWindow : EditorWindow
{
	private List<Folder> assetsFolders = new List<Folder>();
	private Vector2 foldersListScroll;

	[MenuItem("Window/FolderList %#o")]
	private static void Init()
	{
		FoldersListWindow window = GetWindow<FoldersListWindow>();
		window.titleContent = new GUIContent { text = "Folder List" };
		window.Show();
	}

	private void OnEnable()
	{
		foreach (string folder in AssetDatabase.GetSubFolders("Assets"))
		{
			assetsFolders.Add(new Folder(folder));
		}
	}

	private void OnGUI()
	{
		GUILayout.BeginArea(new Rect(1f, 1f, Screen.width / 3f, Screen.height), GUI.skin.box);
		foldersListScroll = EditorGUILayout.BeginScrollView(foldersListScroll, true, true);

		DrawFolders(assetsFolders);

		EditorGUILayout.EndScrollView();
		GUILayout.EndArea();
	}

	private void DrawFolders(List<Folder> foldersList)
	{
		for (int i = 0; i < foldersList.Count; i++)
		{
			EditorGUILayout.BeginVertical(GUILayout.Width(Screen.width / 3f));

			foldersList<em>.isFoldoutShown = EditorGUILayout.Foldout(foldersList_.isFoldoutShown, foldersList*.folderName);*_</em>

if (foldersList_.haveSubFolders && foldersList*.isFoldoutShown)
{
EditorGUI.indentLevel++;*_

_ DrawFolders(foldersList*.subFolders);*_

* EditorGUI.indentLevel–;*
* }*

* EditorGUILayout.EndVertical();*
* }*
* }*
}

// THIS CLASS IS USED TO REPRESENT A FOLDER (WITH SUB FOLDERS) IN THE ASSETS FOLDER
public class Folder
{
* public string fullPath;*
* public string folderName;*
* public bool haveSubFolders;*
* public bool isFoldoutShown;*
* public int subFoldersCount;*
* public List subFolders;*

* public Folder(string path)*
* {*
* fullPath = path;*
* folderName = GetOnlyFolderName(fullPath);*
* haveSubFolders = CheckForSubFolders(fullPath);*

* if (haveSubFolders)*
* {*
* subFolders = new List();*
* string[] folders = AssetDatabase.GetSubFolders(fullPath);*

* foreach (string item in folders)*
* {*
* subFolders.Add(new Folder(item));*
* }*

* subFoldersCount = subFolders.Count;*
* isFoldoutShown = true; *
* }*
* else*
* {*
* haveSubFolders = false;*
* subFoldersCount = 0;*
* isFoldoutShown = false;*
* }*
* }*

* private bool CheckForSubFolders(string path)*
* {*
* string[] folders = AssetDatabase.GetSubFolders(path);*
* if (folders.Length > 0)*
* return true;*
* else*
* return false;*
* }*

* private string GetOnlyFolderName(string path)*
* {*
* return path.Substring(path.LastIndexOf(‘/’) + 1);*
* }*
}
Really a bit “complicated”, but it gives you the power of manipulate all assets in a project.
*[1]: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AssetDatabase.html*_
[2]: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/EditorWindow.html*_
_[3]: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/GUILayout.html*_
_*[4]: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/EditorGUILayout.html*_

3

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