Unity Searching in Hierarchy

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when searching in hierarchy, is there a way I get the search results to only display ENABLED objects instead of everything?

So to clarify, say I search for “cube”, I get 1000 total objects found, but I have 800 of them DISABLED (greyed out), I want to see just the 200 that are actually ENABLED.

Thanks,

Vanz

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I think you will need to use the new quick search method to do that (CTRL-K on windows).
Info here: https://docs.unity3d.com/2021.3/Documentation/Manual/search-scene.html

Demo here:
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Or you can switch your search engine to the ‘Advanced’ in the Preferences, then you can use the same stuff in the small search bar too (I think this is 2021.3+ only? I’m not sure.):

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thank you Lurking-Ninja

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This is interesting. Does anyone know if there’s a way to do this only for objects that are active in the hierarchy (as opposed to locally active)?

I know that you can right click → copy property path on any button in the inspector, but there doesn’t seem to be a property that’s equivalent to gameObject.activeInHierarchy.

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Would also be greatly interested in this. Did you manage to find an answer ?

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Answered. Unity Searching in Hierarchy - #2 by system