Access editor settings by code

Vale-git

Hi, How I can access/modify editor settings using c#?

Thank you

Dschoonmaker

I don't know about c#, in gdscript you can use ProjectSettings.set_setting("setting", value). You can save your settings with ProjectSettings.save(), but need to restart your game for the new settings to take effect.

For some things, you can use OS or Engine instead. These don't require a restart to work.

SIsilicon28

@Dschoonmaker he's not asking about ProjectSettings. He's asking about EditorSettings.

Dschoonmaker

Oh, I see. Looks like EditorSettings can be changed only in a tool script, so it would only be useful for developing a plugin. I think you have to declare a variable to get/set the editor settings:

var settings = EditorSettings.new()

Then to get a setting:

settings.get_setting("setting")

And same to set a setting:

settings.set_setting("setting")

I haven't really used this, but I think that's how it works.

SIsilicon28

Actually you need to access the already existing EditorSettings. Creating one yourself would make it independent of the actual EditorSettings. You can only access it through an EditorPlugin.

# In an "EditorPlugin" script
EditorSettings editorSettings = GetEditorInterface().GetEditorSettings()

I haven't used C# so I'm not sure if this is the way it should look in that language.

Dschoonmaker

Okay, so EditorSettings.new() does not get the existing settings.

Calinou

@Dschoonmaker EditorSettings is a singleton, so you shouldn't need to instance a new one to access existing settings :)

Vale-git

@Dschoonmaker said: Okay, so EditorSettings.new() does not get the existing settings.

It is "new" :) if were "old" ...maybe.. :)

Vale-git

@SIsilicon28 said: Actually you need to access the already existing EditorSettings. Creating one yourself would make it independent of the actual EditorSettings. You can only access it through an EditorPlugin.
# In an "EditorPlugin" script
EditorSettings editorSettings = GetEditorInterface().GetEditorSettings()
I haven't used C# so I'm not sure if this is the way it should look in that language.

That's the problem. :) I need to use it in C#