Beautiful Hierarchy enhances Unity's Hierarchy window with tree lines, customizable headers, gradients, and smart icons to keep large scenes organized and readable.Beautiful Hierarchy is an editor tool for Unity that makes scene organization faster and clearer. It adds visual section headers, optional gradient styling, cleaner hierarchy tree lines, and context-aware component icons. The goal is to improve readability and navigation in complex scenes without changing runtime behavior. It is lightweight, automatic once imported, and focused on day-to-day workflow quality in the Unity Editor.Type: Unity Editor extension (no runtime dependency for gameplay)Core hook: Draws via hierarchy GUI callback for each hierarchy rowStyling model: Per-object header settings with color or gradient optionsData model: HeaderData object containing header flag, gradient flag, color, and gradientPersistence: Serialized per-object editor preferences using object global identifiersUI: Popup settings panel with toggles, picker fields, and preset palettesRendering extras: Tree connectors, custom header background/text, foldout visual support, and component icon replacement for normal objectsPerformance: Uses lazy loading and gradient texture caching to minimize redraw overheadAI was used as a writing and structuring assistant to draft documentation text, organize sections, and improve clarity and consistency. Technical facts were based on the actual implemented scripts and feature behavior. Final content was reviewed and validated by the developer for accuracy, scope, and wording before use.
