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Hierarchy Decorator is an extension for Unity 2018.4 and higher that extends Unity's hierarchy and takes it to the next level. With headers, component information and other features, it transforms the window into more than a plain list of objects. This can turn scene structures easier to read, understand and provide information on what is going on.
Everything is optional, and can be modified to the requirements of the project.
Releases • Unity Package • Zip
HierarchyDecorator can also be installed directly through the git url
https://github.com/WooshiiDev/HierarchyDecorator.git
You can also install it via upm
openupm add com.wooshii.hierarchydecorator
You can also install this via git by adding the following to your manifest.json
"com.wooshii.hierarchydecorator" : "https://github.com/WooshiiDev/HierarchyDecorator.git"
| Feature | Hierarchy Decorator | Other Hierachy Extensions |
|---|---|---|
| Hierarchy Headers/Styles | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Tag/Layer Selector | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Breadcrumbs | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Component Icons | ✔️ | ❌ |
| Feature | Hierarchy Decorator | Other Hierachy Extensions |
|---|---|---|
| GameObject Icons | Planned | ✔️ |
| Folders | Planned | ✔️ |
| Script Error/Warning Popup | Planned | ❌ |
| Editor Flags Selector | Planned | ❌ |
| Team/Individual Settings Mode | Planned | ❌ |
There is a scriptable object that is required for hierarchy decorator to run. If it is deleted, another will be created in Assets/HierarchyDecorator/. These settings are also accessible from Preferences.
Setting design may change over time with development to support more features, or keep things looking consistent & clean.
Toggles
Toggles will simply display the state of the instance, can be clicked to toggle the instance active state.
Show Active Toggles Enable the toggles.
Active Toggle Type Choose between a checkbox or dot for the toggle icon.
Active Swiping Click and drag over check boxes to toggle them.
Swipe Same State Only toggle the instances with the same state as the first selected.
Swipe Selection Only If a selection exists, only toggle the selected instances.
Depth Mode The accepted criteria for selecting instances when swiping.
Layers
Display the current layer the instance is assigned to.
Show Layers Enable the toggles.
Click To Select Layer Clicking the layer label will display a layer dropdown to update it.
Apply Child Layers Change the child gameobjects when updating the layer above.
Breadcrumbs
Breadcrumbs will show line trails in the hierarchy, between objects to help visualise the tree.
Instance settings are related to breadcrumbs drwan for the instance and it's siblings.
Hierarchy settings will modify how breadcrumbs are displayed for higher depths.
Show Show the breadcrumbs.
Color The colour of the drawn lines.
Style The line style - Solid, Dash, Dotted.
Display Horizontal Draw a horizontal line, from left to right, towards the instance.
Background
The background can be enabled to alternate background colour between each hierarchy row.
Alternate Background Show the breadcrumbs.
Color One The first colour for the theme.
Color Two The second colour for the theme.
Styles
The Style tab controls the design of the headers and seperators for the hierarchy. Colours are individual for light and dark mode providing accessibility. The prefix is the string to specify at the start of an instance name to apply the style.
Layers and icons can be specifically disables on styles instances to remove clutter and information that is not required.
Icons can be displayed that represent components that exist on gameobjects. This tab will provide the flexibility to specify what components can and cannot be displayed, and also allow you to automatically show all.
Settings
- Enable Icons: Will toggle the icons on.
- Stack Mono Behaviours - If there are any MonoBehaviour derived components, show only one script icon on the instance.
- Show Missing Script Warning - Show an indicator if there's an invalid script or "missing" script that cannot find the source file.
Icon Panel
Show All
Below show all are two labels - Unity & Custom. Both of these can be enabled to automatically show the respective components automatically on all instances. Unity components refer to built in types, while custom are custom MonoBehaviour's outside of Unity's code base.
Groups
Unity components have been categorized into related groups to make it easier to filter through all of them that exist. The search can be used to extend this further.
Any component toggled on in Excluded will disable them completely even if show all Unity components is enabled. This is primarily to make it easier to remove types not required when Show All is on.
Custom
Custom components are for scripts created in the project, that are not a part of Unity's engine. Here scripts can be grouped together and enabled if Show All for custom components is not on.
Scripts can also be dragged in from the project view and will be added to the group highlighted for easy organisation.
Please submit any queries, bugs or issues, to the Issues page on this repository. All feedback is appreciated as it not just helps myself find problems I didn't otherwise see, but also helps improves Hierarchy Decorator as a whole.
A GitHub Project Board for this also exists showing current development goals and future features.
Reach out to me or see my other work through:
- Website: https://wooshii.dev/
- Email: wooshiidev@gmail.com;
HierarchyDecorator will be and always has been developed in my free time, and there are many more features I'd like to include. If you would to support me, you can do so below:
Development will be continued with this and will forever stay public and free.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Damian Slocombe
