Can UI Text inspector be extended in Unity3D?

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[CanEditMultipleObjects()]
[CustomEditor(typeof(UnityEngine.UI.Text), true)]
public class CameraExtension : UnityEditor.UI.TextEditor
{
    public override void OnInspectorGUI()
    {
        base.OnInspectorGUI();
        if (GUILayout.Button("New Button!"))
        {

        }
    }
}

I want to extend UI Text inspector in Unity3D. I tried it on the Camera component and it works fine, but it doesn't work on UI Text.

Try creating a class for the custom Text you want, then create another class for the editor extension. See accepted answer here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29052183/extending-unity-ui-components-with-custom-inspector — user3071284, Sep 24 '15 at 14:07
I know I can do it like this, but I need to add this script on each gameobject which I need to use. I want to modify the original component, then every exist component has my function. — user2735005, Sep 25 '15 at 01:29

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 14 '17 at 15:31

No, currently it's not possible to extend UnityEngine.UI.Text inspector (or any other inspector for components from UnityEngine.UI namespace).

The problem is due to assemblies getting loaded in this order:

UnityEngine/UnityEditor
User Assemblies
Modules (UnityEngine.UI is here)

Assemblies that get loaded later take over custom editors defined in previous assemblies, that's why you won't see your custom editor working.

Can UI Text inspector be extended in Unity3D?

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