Public 2D array, accessed through the editor ??

What I have done is declare a custom class that has an array as a variable. Declare a new array of this class and you have your multi-dimensional array that can be viewed in the editor without any fuzz. Here's an example in UnityScript, but it should be easily convertible to C#.

 class Array2D {
     var subArray : GameObject[] = new GameObject [12];
 }
 
 var my2DArray: Array2D [] = new Array2D [12];
 
 
 
 
 function PrintArrayContent() {
      if(my2DArray[0].subArray[0] != null) {
            Print(my2DArray[0].subArray[0].name);
 }
     
 }

You could also write your own Custom Editor/Inspector code or use this code as a reference:

In know its in c# but just use this its not that hard to convert and just look at the docs for a custom editor.

 using UnityEngine;
 using System.Collections;
 using UnityEditor;
 
 [CustomEditor(typeof(BackgroundMaster))]
 public class BackgroundEditor : Editor {
 
     bool isShowing;
     bool[] b;
 
     bool a;
 
     void Start()
     {
         BackgroundMaster myBGMaster = (BackgroundMaster)target;
         b = new bool[2/*myBGMaster.backgroundItems.GetLength(0)*/];
     }
 
     public override void OnInspectorGUI()
     {
         base.OnInspectorGUI();
         BackgroundMaster myBGMaster = (BackgroundMaster)target;
 
         isShowing = EditorGUILayout.Foldout(isShowing, "Background Items");
         if(isShowing)
         {
             //Debug.Log(b.Length + (b[0]?"T":"F") + (b[1]?"T":"F"));
             if(b != null && b.Length > 0)
             {
                 for(int i = 0; i < b.Length; i++)
                 {
                     string s = "";
                     if(i == 0)
                         s = "    Foreground";
                     else if(i == 1)
                         s = "    Midground";
                     else 
                         s = "    Background";
 
                     b[i] = EditorGUILayout.Foldout(b[i], s);
 
                     if(b[i])
                     {
                         for(int j = 0; j < myBGMaster.backgroundItems.GetLength(1); j++)
                         {
                             if(myBGMaster.backgroundItems[i, j])
                                 EditorGUILayout.LabelField("          ", myBGMaster.backgroundItems[i, j].name);
                             else
                                 EditorGUILayout.LabelField("          N/A");
                         }
                     }
                 }
             }
             else
             {
                 EditorGUILayout.LabelField("    N/A");
                 EditorGUILayout.LabelField(("    [" + myBGMaster.backgroundItems.GetLength(0)) + ", " + myBGMaster.backgroundItems.GetLength(1) + "]");
             }
         }
     }
 }

Or you could have a look at this Unity tutorial

Hope this helps later viewers,

Minchuilla

Hey,

I stumbled in this same issue a month ago and after solving it, I have made a solution to this, now. I have made a grid view for a 2D array.

You can find it here: https://youtu.be/uoHc-Lz9Lsc

Its in c# though.