Hierarchy Easy

Hierarchy Easy is a lightweight and fully customizable Unity Editor extension designed to enhance the Hierarchy window for better readability and workflow efficiency, implemented as a single highly efficient script.

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Key Features:

• Tree Lines: Visualize parent-child relationships with vertical dotted lines.
• Zebra Striping: Alternate row coloring improves readability in large hierarchies.
• Mini Components: Display components (excluding Transform/RectTransform) as small inline icons for quick reference.
• Active Toggle: Quickly toggle GameObject active state directly in the Hierarchy with an eye icon.
• Fast Component Finder: Instantly locate GameObjects that contain specific components, such as Text, Button, or any custom MonoBehaviour, directly from the mini component icons without having to click into each GameObject individually.
• Optimized Caching: Uses an internal caching system to accelerate component retrieval, ensuring minimal performance impact even in large hierarchies.

Benefits:

• Speeds up navigation in complex hierarchies.
• Quickly find UI elements like Text or Button components directly from mini components.
• Reduces the need to inspect each GameObject manually.
• Fully configurable through Preferences, allowing you to enable or disable any feature.
• Extremely lightweight: all functionality comes from a single efficient script.

Config:

• Fully accessible and configurable under Unity Editor Preferences → Hierarchy Easy.

Compatibility:

• Unity 2020 LTS and above.

Ideal For:

• Unity developers working on large projects with complex hierarchies.
• UI developers who need to quickly locate Text, Button, or other components.
• Teams looking to improve visual hierarchy clarity and workflow efficiency.
• Any user who wants a cleaner, more informative Hierarchy window without heavy editor overhead.