[Serialization] Non-DataContract types should be shown differently in editor
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area-Asset
area-GameStudio
bug
- Dominant language
- C#
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Description
Release Type: Latest github
Describe the bug
It should be obvious to users when a public member they are looking at in the inspector is not serialized to avoid confusion when debugging.
Expected behavior
We could have a grayed-out label with a tooltip mentioning that the type must have a DataContract attribute to serialize.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the editor inspector code that displays public members and the serialization checks for DataContract types. Verify how non-serialized members are currently represented. Done means those members are visibly grayed out and expose a tooltip explaining that DataContract is required for serialization.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- game-dev, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100