Prefab doesn't override variables

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1

Hi.

I have a panel that popup when clickng an object, so i have this code on the object

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UI;

public class YardScript : MonoBehaviour
{
    public GameObject yardPanel;


   void OnMouseDown()
    {
      
            yardPanel.SetActive(true);
      
    }
}

But when i set on the inspector the gameObject that contains the panel and click on override doesn’t work, every time i instantiate a new clone of it, have to mannualy assign the panel.
I tried to assign it manually from script like this:

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UI;

public class YardScript : MonoBehaviour
{
    public GameObject yardPanel;

    void Start()
    {
        yardPanel = GameObject.Find("Yard Panel");
    }



   void OnMouseDown()
    {
      
            yardPanel.SetActive(true);
      
    }
}

But the variable still being “None (Game Object)”.
Any idea?

2

yardPanel reference is not in the the scope of prefab itself but somewhere in the scene, right?
That reference gets lost, if you have setup it that way.