HideFlags

Description

Bit mask that controls object destruction, saving and visibility in inspectors.

Additional resources: HideFlags.HideAndDontSave and Object.hideFlags.

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class ExampleClass : MonoBehaviour
{
    // Creates a material that is explicitly created & destroyed by the component.
    // Resources.UnloadUnusedAssets will not unload it, and it will not be editable by the inspector.
    private Material ownedMaterial;
    void OnEnable()
    {
        ownedMaterial = new Material(Shader.Find("Diffuse"));
        ownedMaterial.hideFlags = HideFlags.HideAndDontSave;
        GetComponent<Renderer>().sharedMaterial = ownedMaterial;
    }

    // Objects created as hide and don't save must be explicitly destroyed by the owner of the object.
    void OnDisable()
    {
        DestroyImmediate(ownedMaterial);
    }
}

Note: If you set hide flags to DontSaveInEditor, DontSaveInBuild or HideInHierarchy, this internally removes the object from the Unity Scene, as well as from its current physics scene (this includes both 2D and 3D physics scenes). This also causes the object to trigger its OnDisable and OnEnable calls.

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