Selection Keeper for Unity


Keep your selection across scene loads and play mode changes.


by KAMGAM


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✔️ Keep things selected across scene loads.

Usually your selection is lost once another scene is loaded. This plugin restores your selection after each scene load in PLAY mode.


✔️ Full source code included


✔️ Tiny files size (< 40 KB)

It is pure code which is placed in Plugins/Editor by default.


✔️ Compatible with Unity 5.4+, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, ..

Yes, it's been around for a while ;-)




⚙️ Installation

Download the Asset and import it into your project. You are done, no additional setup is needed.


A new menu called "Selection Keeper" will be available under "Tools" in the main menu bar. Go check it out once the import is done.


Info: the asset files will be copied into /Assets/Plugins/SelectionKeeper/Editor. The settings and manual files will be created in the same location.



⚠️ Known Issues

* Objects which are marked as "Do not destroy on load" will not be re-selected in PLAY mode. This is a Unity limitation.



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