Create CopyPasteHelper.cs

Author: unitycoder

Scripts/Editor/Tools/CopyPasteHelper.cs

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+using UnityEditor;
+using UnityEngine;
+using System.IO;
+// Editor tool to easily paste scripts from web (automagically creates new file)
+// original source: https://unitycoder.com/blog/2017/07/12/editor-plugin-paste-script-to-file/
+
+namespace UnityLibrary
+{
+    public class CopyPasteHelper : EditorWindow
+    {
+        // settings: output folder is set as Assets/Scripts/Paste/
+        static string baseFolder = "Scripts";
+        static string subFolder = "Paste";
+
+        [MenuItem("Window/UnityLibrary/CopyPasteHelper")]
+        public static void ShowWindow()
+        {
+            //Show existing window instance. If one doesn't exist, make one.
+            var window = EditorWindow.GetWindow(typeof(CopyPasteHelper));
+            window.titleContent = new GUIContent("CopyPasteHelper");
+            window.minSize = new Vector2(64, 24);
+        }
+
+        // mainloop
+        void OnGUI()
+        {
+            if (GUILayout.Button("C#", GUILayout.Width(44)))
+            {
+                CreateScript();
+            }
+        }
+
+        static void CreateScript()
+        {
+            // combine paths, TODO: cleanup
+            var fileName = "NewScript.cs"; // default filename if cannot parse from text
+            var mainFolder = Application.dataPath + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + baseFolder + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;
+            var childFolder = subFolder + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;
+            var fullPath = mainFolder + childFolder + fileName;
+
+            // check folders and create them if missing
+            if (Directory.Exists(mainFolder) == false)
+            {
+                Debug.Log("Creating missing folder: " + mainFolder);
+                AssetDatabase.CreateFolder("Assets", baseFolder);
+            }
+            if (Directory.Exists(mainFolder + childFolder) == false)
+            {
+                Debug.Log("Creating missing folder: " + mainFolder + childFolder);
+                AssetDatabase.CreateFolder("Assets" + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + baseFolder, subFolder);
+            }
+
+            // get clipboard text
+            string clipBoardContents = ReadClipBoard();
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(clipBoardContents.Trim()))
+            {
+                Debug.LogError("Nothing to paste..");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            // TODO: validate and detect string type (c# or shader)
+            // TODO: get script class name or shader name from string
+
+            // confirm overwrite dialog
+            if (File.Exists(fullPath) == true)
+            {
+                // TODO: add option to autorename file (and class name)
+                if (EditorUtility.DisplayDialog("Copy Paste Helper", "Replace existing file: " + fullPath, "Replace", "Cancel") == false)
+                {
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+
+            // save to file
+            File.WriteAllText(fullPath, clipBoardContents, System.Text.Encoding.Default);
+            Debug.Log("<color=green>CopyPasteHelper</color> Script saved at: " + fullPath);
+
+            AssetDatabase.Refresh();
+
+            // show-select created asset
+            Object newScript = AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath("Assets" + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + baseFolder + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + subFolder + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + fileName, typeof(Object));
+            EditorGUIUtility.PingObject(newScript);
+        }
+
+
+        // paste text to temporary texteditor and then get text
+        public static string ReadClipBoard()
+        {
+            TextEditor textEditor = new TextEditor();
+            textEditor.multiline = true;
+            textEditor.Paste();
+            return textEditor.text;
+        }
+    }
+}