Item Order Protection

Scripts/Editor/CustomEditors/CollectionCustomEditor.cs

@@ -38,7 +38,17 @@ public class CollectionCustomEditor : BaseEditor<CollectionCustomEditor>
 
         private bool IsAutoGenerated => generatorType != null;
 
-        protected virtual bool CanBeReorderable => true;
+        protected virtual bool CanBeReorderable
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                // If we are supposed to protect the item order, do not allow items to be reordered by dragging.
+                if (collection != null && collection.ShouldProtectItemOrder)
+                    return false;
+
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
 
         protected virtual bool DisplayAddButton
         {
@@ -60,6 +70,11 @@ protected virtual bool DisplayRemoveButton
                 // doesn't make sense for you to remove items because they will be added back next time you generate.
                 if (IsAutoGenerated && generator.ShouldRemoveNonGeneratedItems)
                     return false;
+
+                // If we are supposed to protect the item order, do not allow items to be removed, otherwise you could
+                // remove items from the middle and change the order.
+                if (collection != null && collection.ShouldProtectItemOrder)
+                    return false;
 
                 return true;
             }

Scripts/Editor/PropertyDrawers/SOCItemPropertyDrawer.cs

@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ namespace BrunoMikoski.ScriptableObjectCollections
 {
 #if UNITY_2022_2_OR_NEWER
     [CustomPropertyDrawer(typeof(ISOCItem), true)]
-#else
-    [CustomPropertyDrawer(typeof(ScriptableObjectCollectionItem), true)]
 #endif
+    [CustomPropertyDrawer(typeof(ScriptableObjectCollectionItem), true)]
     public class SOCItemPropertyDrawer : PropertyDrawer
     {
         private const float BUTTON_WIDTH = 30;

Scripts/Runtime/Core/ScriptableObjectCollection.cs

@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ public void CopyTo(List<ScriptableObject> list)
         public bool IsFixedSize => false;
         public bool IsReadOnly => false;
 
+        public virtual bool ShouldProtectItemOrder => false;
+
 
         public int Add(object value)
         {