Add shortcut to drag nodes into the script editor to easily create @export variables

[Kartopod]

Currently, you can drag nodes from the scene tree and hold Ctrl before dropping them in the script editor to automatically create @onready variables.

It would be great if this same functionality was to be extended to @export too. Holding Alt before dropping should create @export variables in the exact same way, and should automatically assign the nodes to the respective variables in the inspector.

This enhancement would make @export even more convenient to use, helping users avoid string node references without getting in the way.

[sockeye-d]

Why do you want to export them? If you're trying to explicitly add a reference to a node that won't break when you move nodes around, assign them unique names if you also want to be able to drag them in. The point of being able to drag them into the script is to give an easy shortcut to add these explicit references that are set in the script, so exported nodes wouldn't make sense in this context. What would the names of the variables be? Would they be assigned?

It's also not too hard to transform @onreadys to @export, you can put the caret over one @onready and press Ctrl+D to select all of them with multicarets, then change the annotation. Skip ahead a couple words with Ctrl+right, and delete the content after the assignment.

[sockeye-d]

oh no those are real people 😭

[theraot]

Write code with backticks: @export and @onready.

[theraot]

Generating the @export code is easy. But I think setting the variables would require to save the script and reparse first, or some worse hack with the scene. So, I don't think this will fly right now. Edit: I might be wrong actually, I might look into it later.

[fkeyzuwu]

I have a working pull request of this here! godotengine/godot#106186 🙂