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Tooling · UX essentials

Best practices to provide access points to contextual actions, items or windows.

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All applicable tools are shown in the Tools overlay

US-0248

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Unity Standard: 0248

All applicable tools are available in the Tools overlay. Unavailable tools are not displayed.

If a feature includes tools, those tools are displayed in the Tools overlay of that view.

Why is this a standard?

Ensures:

Consistent, contextual display of tools
Users can see all tools that are currently available
Users do not see any tools that are currently unavailable

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Tool settings are shown in the Tool Settings overlay

US-0250

Unity Standard: 0250

For features that include tools, the Tool Settings overlay displays all currently available settings when the tool is active.

The Tool Settings overlay of an active tool does not display any settings that are currently unavailable.

Why is this a standard?

Ensures:

Consistent, contextual display of tools
Users can see all tool options that are currently available
Users do not see any tool options that are currently unavailable

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Non-GameObjects in the Scene view are selectable through the Tool Context

US-0251

Unity Standards: 0251

If a feature allows you to select non-GameObjects in the Scene view, these items are selectable through the Tool Context.

Why is this a standard?

Ensures consistent, contextual surfacing of sub-object editing tools

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Tooling · UX essentials

Best practices to provide access points to contextual actions, items or windows.

Resources and API documentation

Resources & Related

Resources

Unity Docs

Figma UI Toolkit

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