Unity3d UI Not fully Integrated With Code?

Questions & Answers
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I love everything unity, and am trying to make an engine from the start that will help designers easily create content. I happened to hit a dilemma:

For example, when I type a variable in code, it shows up on the ui of unity. Great. Now, when I create a blank array, it shows up also and gives me options to set the amount of items. Great! Now if I were to create an array as such: public string test = new string[10]; or an array with pre-defined values, I was expecting to see the 10 spaces for strings with those values in the ui. Does unity not work like that?

I was also wondering if unity has the ability for me to some how have a combo-box show up in the unity ui based on an array of strings.

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If you make the script run in the editor, and init your strings in the Start function, it will populate those slots. Look into custom editors, extending Inspector: http://unity3d.com/support/documentation/Components/gui-ExtendingEditor.html