How can I find all the asset labels in my project?

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Is there a way to find out all of the asset labels attached to objects in my project? The unity UI knows, but I don't know where that's stored and it does not seem to be documented.

Bonus points: is there a way to set the contents of the search filter bar from script?

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Answer by ArkaneX · Nov 08, 2013 at 11:00 PM

You can get all labels calling internal AssetDatabase.GetAllLabels method via reflection. The internal code might of course change in a future Unity version, but I think it's highly unlikely. I bet you can fill a search filter using reflection too, but this might be a bit harder.

Code for retrieving all the labels:

 var flags = System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Static | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.InvokeMethod;
 var dicLabels = (System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary<string, float>)typeof(AssetDatabase).InvokeMember("GetAllLabels", flags, null, null, null);
 foreach (var label in dicLabels.Keys)
 {
     Debug.Log(label);
 }

EDIT: as a side note - this is an editor only script.

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undead-steve · Nov 09, 2013 at 01:01 AM 0

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Works like a charm, thanks!

Is it possible to remove the built-in ones that aren't relevant?

ArkaneX · Nov 09, 2013 at 12:54 PM 1

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In case you only want to retrieve labels used in your project, I can suggest using documented AssetDatabase methods. Sample code:

 var paths = AssetDatabase.GetAllAssetPaths();
 foreach (var path in paths)
 {
     var asset = AssetDatabase.Load$$anonymous$$ainAssetAtPath(path);
     var labels = AssetDatabase.GetLabels(asset);
     if (labels.Length > 0)
     {
         Debug.Log(asset.name + ": " + string.Join(",", labels));
     }
 }

Please note that in case of composite assets, Load$$anonymous$$ainAssetAtPath will probably not be enough, and you should be using other LoadXXX methods.

AleMarcati · Mar 26 at 02:37 PM 0

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Is there a way to search the scene for all objects that are assets with a certain label? I'm trying to search l:Dynamic for objects that have the Dynamic tag but it only finds in the project, not in the scene.

How can I find all the asset labels in my project?

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