🖐️ Change property type on existing property

[bitbrain]

There is a use case to migrate properties, e.g. change their type without deleting or creating new properties. Reason being is that child categories + entities may have been set up and it is annoying to migrate them to the changed property.

How it works

depends on #15

Inside the advanced property settings, users can change the property type via dropdown. This prompts the user with a popup to confirm (as it may have side effects). Any property would need to be cleared that cannot be migrated (including all values configured on children + overrides) - however, some values should be compatible and migrated:

String

From type	to type	old value	new value	notes
string	int	"3"	3	when value cannot be parsed, default to property default value
string	bool	"true"	true	when value cannot be parsed, default to property default value
string	float	"1.2"	1.2	when value cannot be parsed, default to property default value
string	reference	"12"	PandoraEntity(id=12)	when entity cannot be found, default to property default value
string	resource	"res://icon.svg"	res://icon.svg	when value cannot be parsed, default to property default value

Integer

From type	to type	old value	new value	notes
int	string	12	"12"	-
int	bool	-	-	Reset to new type default
int	float	3	3.0	-
int	reference	-	PandoraEntity(id=12)	when entity cannot be found, default to property default value
int	resource	-	-	Reset to new type default

Float

From type	to type	old value	new value	notes
float	int	2.3	2	Values are rounded
float	bool	-	-	Reset to new type default
float	string	2.5	"2.5"	-
float	reference	-	-	Reset to new type default
float	resource	-	-	Reset to new type default

Bool

From type	to type	old value	new value	notes
bool	int	-	-	Reset to new type default
bool	string	true	"true"	-
bool	float	-	-	Reset to new type default
bool	reference	-	-	Reset to new type default
bool	resource	-	-	Reset to new type default

Reference

From type	to type	old value	new value	notes
reference	int	PandoraEntity(id=123)	123	when entity cannot be found, default to property default value
reference	string	PandoraEntity(id=123)	"123"	when entity cannot be found, default to property default value
reference	float	PandoraEntity(id=123)	123.0	when entity cannot be found, default to property default value
reference	bool	-	-	Reset to new type default
reference	resource	-	-	Reset to new type default

Resource

From type	to type	old value	new value	notes
resource	int	-	-	Reset to new type default
resource	string	"res://test.png"	"res://test.png"	-
resource	float	-	-	Reset to new type default
resource	bool	-	-	Reset to new type default
resource	reference	-	-	Reset to new type default