User defined variables in the editor window

[PhaserEditor2D]

(from http://www.bluesaltgames.com developers email)

User defined variables in the editor window – this one is critical. On unity I can create a variable that’s “public” in the code and it’ll show up on the editor for me to alter. This way I can create a prefab with a “life” variable, and create different monsters from that prefab by altering their individual values. This is one of the massively powerful features in Unity and I strongly recommend you to mimic it.

[PhaserEditor2D]

That's a feature that unity developers always ask and definitively we have to think on a solution for it. In Phaser there is the "data" property (Phaser.Sprite.data) that has that function of "custom properties". We already support it in the editor, you can edit the "data" and write its JSON value:

http://phasereditor.boniatillo.com/blog/quick-start/080-canvas#DataEditor

Sure, it is not so powerful as the Unity model and I am going to think about how to improve the editor in that field. To extract custom properties from JavaScript code could be difficult since there is many ways to do it, it is not like in C#, but we should find a way.

[tomblind]

The problem with the current data property is that it only works on Phaser.Sprite objects, not Phaser.Group objects. Having a similar capability on groups would be very helpful.

[PhaserEditor2D]

the data property is not available in groups in Phaser, however I think in the editor we can add it in near release.

[PhaserEditor2D]

Thinking on this again.

[PhaserEditor2D]

Hi @tomblind,

Done. Now you can define "public" properties in the prefab, and change the property value in the prefab instance.

Key differences with Unity:

• The properties are declared visually, and code-generated by the scene compiler.

• The properties do not affect the rendering of the object in the Scene Editor. We don't run user code inside the Scene Editor.

Here is the documentation: https://help.phasereditor2d.com/v3/scene-editor/prefab-user-properties.html

This is a video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ppowkkgz8Q