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Be able to copy component values from one Entity to another
Related to https://github.com/playcanvas/editor/issues/30
It would make iteration of entities a lot quickly, especially around the transforms and UI elements.
I believe generally copying inspector values/blocks would be an amazing addition. One of most common repetitive task is when artists want to apply Box Projection cubemap values onto multiple materials. The workflow is rather painful.
An extension to this would be to copy any attribute and paste into another of the same type. Maybe as a right click option on the label?
May need some design?
Context menu on the label - seem reasonable and easy to use. Also, it can show what type of value you are copying. And would enable/disable "Paste" button based on copied data.
Ensure copy/paste uses native system clipboard, that way copying values between projects would be a possibility.
If it could be JSON.stringify/parse based, with validation - that would be even better, as it would allow you to simply copy vec3, and in the clipboard, it would be [ 0, 1, 2 ], which can be pasted back, also used together with code.
There is already information about what type of a field it is. Copying would be of value of course, with nothing to do with UI (like in select fields).
Here are some mockups:
Coming from a Unity background, I think we should copy position/rotation/scale directly. Maybe individual one like your screenshots (the more options the better), but having options in inspector is more readable:
Partial feature release in v1.19.11 where you can copy and paste components from/to entities
Would be good to replace the Settings Cog icon, with the simple 3 Dots ⋮ button commonly used in this context, as this is not a setting, but the additional menu.
We could use the down arrow icon that we use else where:
I don' t think we use either the hamburger or 3 dots in the Editor UI
Another option would be to allow the context menu on the left side of inspector panel, on labels. This would be the same for labels on fields like vec3, or other properties, and on components as well.
An example from a customer that I just spoke to wanted to copy a JSON array entry from one script to another
(ie https://developer.playcanvas.com/en/user-manual/scripting/script-attributes/#json-attribute)
And also with material properties/channels.
Hey chaps, just wondering if this feature is still on the radar?
Copying an entity's position and rotation onto another entity seems to be a basic feature which I often miss during development. Currently we are copying 6 floats across per entity for this result which is very frictional. Also (while I'm at it 😉 ) some form of Unity's 'move entity into camera view' would be amazing.
All that said, hope you are taking some well earned time off over the festive season, and many thanks for your exceptional talent and support during 2023. 🥇 ❤️
@Mann1ng Thanks for bumping this - it's not currently on our dev schedule but I'll keep it in mind for the next round of roadmap updates.