Smart Hierarchy v0.2.9

Collection of QoL improvements for Unity Hierarchy.
Designed with a native-feel and intuitiveness in mind.

Note: Extension is at the early development stage, so feel free to bug-hunt, provide feedback and ideas!
Every contribution is highly appreciated! 😉

Installation

Customize plugin behaviour in "Preferences > Workflow > Smart Hierarchy".

Features

Icons

Most important components are shown to help you orientate visually.
Types Priority can be defined in Preferences.

Collections

"GameObject / Create Collection".

Collection is used to group objects in Editor without affecting runtime transform hierarchy.
Children are detached during scene process.

Best Practices: Transforms Optimization
Best Practices: Optimizing the Hierarchy

Note: There is an option in Preferences to keep collections in Playmode.

Activation Toggle

No more need to select game object in order to (de)activate it.

Hover Preview

Bindable keys: Alt / Shift / Ctrl.
Very Experimental! Can be enabled in Preferences.

In progress:

• Debug Log context
• Components Toolbar
• Entities transform optimizations
• Customizable GameObject context-menu
• Better Collection inspector

Under investigation:

• Multi-Rename
• Nesting Branches
• Depth Context
• Local Hierarchy
• Collection Children Filter
• Scene highlight
• Preview Icons

Test status:

• Made in Unity 2020.2
• Tested with Unity 2019.4
• Not tested with sub-scenes
• Not tested with multiple hierarchy windows
• Not tested with other workflow extensions like Peek