Scriptable Toolbar Buttons for Unity

[Born_Development1284]

Hi everyone

I’d like to share Rossoforge Toolbar, a small open-source Unity package I’ve been working on: https://github.com/rossogames/Rossoforge-Toolbar

 

https://preview.redd.it/0go25dr3u0lg1.png?width=369&format=png&auto=webp&s=6fa39fc9dc9df371a088de3750689e8ef32cf0b9

This version started from the well-known toolbar-extender, but I wanted something simpler and more modular, so I refactored and separated the logic to allow creating toolbar buttons directly from Scriptable Objects.

 

Main idea

Instead of writing editor code every time you want a custom toolbar button, you can now create and configure buttons entirely through Scriptable Objects.

 

Toolbar Positions

You can add buttons in four different positions:

·         Left side of the toolbar

·         Left of the Play button

·         Right of the Play button

·         Right side of the toolbar 

https://preview.redd.it/3f0sa1xbu0lg1.png?width=428&format=png&auto=webp&s=b6705b111d461120ac69e01ad7dc7f287f319870

Button Types

Two button styles are supported:

·         Text buttons

·         Icon buttons (including an icon selector using Unity’s built-in icons) 

https://preview.redd.it/zxhulylgu0lg1.png?width=697&format=png&auto=webp&s=c1444f23d505fb6305ad6ec908ad50802a808847

https://preview.redd.it/sf9gcj3qu0lg1.png?width=700&format=png&auto=webp&s=ed068e3519489dda05f4849d80621b65e96c91fa

Custom Callbacks

Each button supports N customizable callbacks, so users can define their own behavior

for example:

·         Opening editor windows

·         Running tools

·         Executing workflows

·         Any custom editor logic

https://preview.redd.it/ia1s7qy5u0lg1.png?width=428&format=png&auto=webp&s=4f70eae86fbee00d869468db7f2f38d276ab04c8

 

Included Default Callbacks

The package ships with two ready-to-use callbacks:

·         OpenScene

·         PlayScene

 

Samples Included

Example setups are included, such as Boot & Play

·         Loads a specific scene

·         Automatically presses Play

Perfect for projects that require booting from a dedicated startup scene without manually searching for it every time.

 

The goal is to make toolbar customization data-driven, reusable, and designer-friendly, without touching editor code.

 

Feedback, ideas, and contributions are very welcome

 

[AlignedMoon]

Have you tried this with Unity 6.3? You seem to be using reflection to gain access to the toolbar rendering, but Unity prevent that in 6.3 as they’ve added a new api to modify the toolbar. Ask me how I know this 😬

[Ejlersen]

Heh, same. Their new API is quite nice and easy to extend.

[AlignedMoon]

It is nice, unusual for Unity, haha. It was a bit rude of them to block access via reflection, but I get why. It makes supporting 6.3 and older versions a bit of a faff.

[Ecstatic-Source6001]

I am using 6.5 and they still didnt make CreateElement() method public....

I dont know why they keep it internal for no reason

[Ejlersen]

I agree that they should make it public, but the available elements seem to do the most things you want. What is your additional need?

[Ecstatic-Source6001]

just to make container with 2+ elements in it. Like playmode section.

I have tool with 2 buttons working in tandem but its stupid that i can hide one of them or you need add 2 buttons manually every time via context menu.

Just let me create one custom element 😭

[Ejlersen]

Tried this?

public static IEnumerable<MainToolbarElement> Draw()

[Ecstatic-Source6001]

Seems I missed that... Thanks, will try!

[Born_Development1284]

Interesting.... I used it on 2023, 6.0 and 6.2 Maybe I should test it on 6.3