Script for locking/unlocking objects, hierarchy update wrong

Unity Engine
1

I wrote a quick editor class for locking and unlocking level geometry. However, when I toggle an object’s visibility using HideInHierarchy, the Hierarchy view itself does not seem to update until I actually run the game.

Can anyone see what I’m doing wrong?

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEditor;

public class LockUnlockGameObjects : ScriptableObject
{
    [MenuItem("Edit/Lock selected object %l")]
    static void LockObject()
    {
        int total_locked = 0;
        HideIncludingChildren(Selection.activeTransform, ref total_locked);
        Debug.Log("Locked " + total_locked + " objects");
    }

    //this enables the button
    [MenuItem("Edit/Lock selected object %l", true)]
    static bool LockObjectValidate()
    {
        return Selection.activeGameObject;
    }

    [MenuItem("Edit/Unlock all locked objects %#l")]
    static void UnlockAllObjects()
    {
        int total_unlocked = 0;
        Object[] targets = FindObjectsOfType(typeof(GameObject));
        foreach (GameObject target in targets)
        {
            if (target.hideFlags == HideFlags.HideInHierarchy)
            {
                target.hideFlags = (HideFlags)0;
                total_unlocked++;
            };  // else nothing to unhide
        }
        Debug.Log("Unlocked " + total_unlocked + " objects");
    }

    static void HideIncludingChildren(Transform root_transform, ref int total)
    {
        if (root_transform.gameObject.hideFlags == (HideFlags)0)
        {
            root_transform.gameObject.hideFlags = HideFlags.HideInHierarchy;
            total++;
        };
        foreach (Transform transform in root_transform)
        {
            HideIncludingChildren(transform, ref total);
        }
    }
}
2

This bug has been logged and is being investigated.

3

thanks andeeee!

We managed to get it to behave as we want it to, what it needed were some EditorUtility.SetDirty calls in the appropriate places and now they all lock/unlock correctly. We finally have what’s called freeze/unfreeze in other editors.

4

I’m also having issues using this hideflag, no matter what I do (Including SetDirty) the objects are still shown the hierarchy. Is this the same bug? Hitting play does nothing in my case.