Improve Class display in Create dialog

Author: illlustr

editor/create_dialog.cpp

@@ -182,11 +182,13 @@ void CreateDialog::add_type(const String &p_type, HashMap<String, TreeItem *> &p
 	bool can_instance = (cpp_type && ClassDB::can_instance(p_type)) || ScriptServer::is_global_class(p_type);
 
 	TreeItem *item = search_options->create_item(parent);
+	item->set_text(0, p_type);
 	if (cpp_type) {
-		item->set_text(0, p_type);
+		item->set_tooltip(0, DTR(EditorHelp::get_doc_data()->class_list[p_type].brief_description));
 	} else {
+		item->set_tooltip(0, ScriptServer::get_global_class_path(p_type));
+		item->add_button(0, EditorNode::get_singleton()->get_class_icon("Script"));
 		item->set_metadata(0, p_type);
-		item->set_text(0, p_type + " (" + ScriptServer::get_global_class_path(p_type).get_file() + ")");
 	}
 	if (!can_instance) {
 		item->set_custom_color(0, get_color("disabled_font_color", "Editor"));
@@ -244,9 +246,6 @@ void CreateDialog::add_type(const String &p_type, HashMap<String, TreeItem *> &p
 		item->set_collapsed(collapse);
 	}
 
-	const String &description = DTR(EditorHelp::get_doc_data()->class_list[p_type].brief_description);
-	item->set_tooltip(0, description);
-
 	String icon_fallback = has_icon(base_type, "EditorIcons") ? base_type : "Object";
 	item->set_icon(0, EditorNode::get_singleton()->get_class_icon(p_type, icon_fallback));
 
@@ -555,25 +554,35 @@ void CreateDialog::_item_selected() {
 	favorite->set_disabled(false);
 	favorite->set_pressed(favorite_list.find(name) != -1);
 
-	if (!EditorHelp::get_doc_data()->class_list.has(name)) {
-		return;
-	}
-
-	const String brief_desc = DTR(EditorHelp::get_doc_data()->class_list[name].brief_description);
-	if (!brief_desc.empty()) {
-		// Display both class name and description, since the help bit may be displayed
-		// far away from the location (especially if the dialog was resized to be taller).
-		help_bit->set_text(vformat("[b]%s[/b]: %s", name, brief_desc));
-		help_bit->get_rich_text()->set_self_modulate(Color(1, 1, 1, 1));
+	const String brief_desc = item->get_tooltip(0);
+	if (EditorHelp::get_doc_data()->class_list.has(name)) {
+		help_bit->set_text(("[%s] %s", name, brief_desc));
 	} else {
-		// Use nested `vformat()` as translators shouldn't interfere with BBCode tags.
-		help_bit->set_text(vformat(TTR("No description available for %s."), vformat("[b]%s[/b]", name)));
-		help_bit->get_rich_text()->set_self_modulate(Color(1, 1, 1, 0.5));
+		help_bit->set_text(vformat("[url=%s]%s[/url]", brief_desc, name));
 	}
 
+	help_bit->get_rich_text()->set_self_modulate(Color(1, 1, 1, 1));
+
 	get_ok()->set_disabled(false);
 }
 
+void CreateDialog::_script_selected(const Variant &p_object, int p_column, int p_id) {
+	TreeItem *p_item = Object::cast_to<TreeItem>(p_object);
+	if (!p_item) {
+		return;
+	}
+	String script_path = p_item->get_tooltip(0);
+	if (!script_path.empty()) {
+		Ref<Script> script = ResourceLoader::load(script_path, "Script");
+		if (script.is_valid()) {
+			EditorNode::get_singleton()->edit_resource(script);
+		} else {
+			print_error("Failed to load script: " + script_path);
+		}
+	}
+	hide();
+}
+
 void CreateDialog::_favorite_toggled() {
 	TreeItem *item = search_options->get_selected();
 	if (!item) {
@@ -743,6 +752,7 @@ void CreateDialog::_bind_methods() {
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("_confirmed"), &CreateDialog::_confirmed);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("_sbox_input"), &CreateDialog::_sbox_input);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("_item_selected"), &CreateDialog::_item_selected);
+	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("_script_selected"), &CreateDialog::_script_selected);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("_favorite_toggled"), &CreateDialog::_favorite_toggled);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("_history_selected"), &CreateDialog::_history_selected);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("_favorite_selected"), &CreateDialog::_favorite_selected);
@@ -821,6 +831,7 @@ CreateDialog::CreateDialog() {
 	set_hide_on_ok(false);
 	search_options->connect("item_activated", this, "_confirmed");
 	search_options->connect("cell_selected", this, "_item_selected");
+	search_options->connect("button_pressed", this, "_script_selected");
 	base_type = "Object";
 	preferred_search_result_type = "";
 

editor/create_dialog.h

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ class CreateDialog : public ConfirmationDialog {
 	Set<StringName> type_blacklist;
 
 	void _item_selected();
+	void _script_selected(const Variant &p_object, int p_column, int p_id);
 
 	void _update_search();
 	void _update_favorite_list();