From a6d4faf9b4d5c4ef54cf567d78e565fa6dda030c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kobewi <kobewi4e@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 14:21:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Allow toggling UID display in path properties

---
 editor/editor_properties.cpp | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 editor/editor_properties.h   |  7 ++++++-
 editor/icons/UID.svg         |  1 +
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 editor/icons/UID.svg

diff --git a/editor/editor_properties.cpp b/editor/editor_properties.cpp
index 1960101cbaa..652e06fb502 100644
--- a/editor/editor_properties.cpp
+++ b/editor/editor_properties.cpp
@@ -579,9 +579,9 @@ void EditorPropertyPath::_path_selected(const String &p_path) {
 	update_property();
 }
 
-String EditorPropertyPath::_get_path_text() {
+String EditorPropertyPath::_get_path_text(bool p_allow_uid) {
 	String full_path = get_edited_property_value();
-	if (full_path.begins_with("uid://")) {
+	if (!p_allow_uid && full_path.begins_with("uid://")) {
 		full_path = ResourceUID::uid_to_path(full_path);
 	}
 
@@ -624,9 +624,11 @@ void EditorPropertyPath::_path_pressed() {
 }
 
 void EditorPropertyPath::update_property() {
-	String full_path = _get_path_text();
+	String full_path = _get_path_text(display_uid);
 	path->set_text(full_path);
 	path->set_tooltip_text(full_path);
+
+	toggle_uid->set_visible(get_edited_property_value().operator String().begins_with("uid://"));
 }
 
 void EditorPropertyPath::setup(const Vector<String> &p_extensions, bool p_folder, bool p_global, bool p_enable_uid) {
@@ -648,6 +650,7 @@ void EditorPropertyPath::_notification(int p_what) {
 			} else {
 				path_edit->set_button_icon(get_editor_theme_icon(SNAME("FileBrowse")));
 			}
+			_update_uid_icon();
 		} break;
 	}
 }
@@ -656,6 +659,16 @@ void EditorPropertyPath::_path_focus_exited() {
 	_path_selected(path->get_text());
 }
 
+void EditorPropertyPath::_toggle_uid_display() {
+	display_uid = !display_uid;
+	_update_uid_icon();
+	update_property();
+}
+
+void EditorPropertyPath::_update_uid_icon() {
+	toggle_uid->set_button_icon(get_editor_theme_icon(display_uid ? SNAME("UID") : SNAME("NodePath")));
+}
+
 void EditorPropertyPath::_drop_data_fw(const Point2 &p_point, const Variant &p_data, Control *p_from) {
 	const Dictionary drag_data = p_data;
 	if (!drag_data.has("type")) {
@@ -708,11 +721,17 @@ EditorPropertyPath::EditorPropertyPath() {
 
 	path_edit = memnew(Button);
 	path_edit->set_accessibility_name(TTRC("Edit"));
-	path_edit->set_clip_text(true);
 	path_hb->add_child(path_edit);
 	add_focusable(path);
-	dialog = nullptr;
 	path_edit->connect(SceneStringName(pressed), callable_mp(this, &EditorPropertyPath::_path_pressed));
+
+	toggle_uid = memnew(Button);
+	toggle_uid->set_accessibility_name(TTRC("Toggle Display UID"));
+	toggle_uid->set_tooltip_text(TTRC("Toggles displaying between path and UID.\nThe UID is the actual value of this property."));
+	toggle_uid->set_pressed(false);
+	path_hb->add_child(toggle_uid);
+	add_focusable(toggle_uid);
+	toggle_uid->connect(SceneStringName(pressed), callable_mp(this, &EditorPropertyPath::_toggle_uid_display));
 }
 
 ///////////////////// CLASS NAME /////////////////////////
diff --git a/editor/editor_properties.h b/editor/editor_properties.h
index 20e38dbc506..256ab56aa19 100644
--- a/editor/editor_properties.h
+++ b/editor/editor_properties.h
@@ -162,15 +162,20 @@ class EditorPropertyPath : public EditorProperty {
 	bool global = false;
 	bool save_mode = false;
 	bool enable_uid = false;
+	bool display_uid = true;
+
 	EditorFileDialog *dialog = nullptr;
 	LineEdit *path = nullptr;
 	Button *path_edit = nullptr;
+	Button *toggle_uid = nullptr;
 
-	String _get_path_text();
+	String _get_path_text(bool p_allow_uid = false);
 
 	void _path_selected(const String &p_path);
 	void _path_pressed();
 	void _path_focus_exited();
+	void _toggle_uid_display();
+	void _update_uid_icon();
 	void _drop_data_fw(const Point2 &p_point, const Variant &p_data, Control *p_from);
 	bool _can_drop_data_fw(const Point2 &p_point, const Variant &p_data, Control *p_from) const;
 
diff --git a/editor/icons/UID.svg b/editor/icons/UID.svg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4a9d2c503cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editor/icons/UID.svg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xml:space="preserve" width="16" height="12"><path fill="#41ec80" d="M 5,10 V 4 H 3 V 8 C 2.4477153,8 2,7.5522847 2,7 V 4 H 0 v 3 c 0,1.6568542 1.3431458,3 3,3 z" transform="translate(1)"/><path fill="#41ec80" d="m 6.9999479,2 v 2 h 2 V 2 Z m 7.0000001,0 v 2 h -1 c -3.9999981,0 -3.9999981,6 0,6 h 3 V 2 Z M 6.9999479,6 v 4 h 2 V 6 Z m 6.0000001,0 h 1 v 2 h -1 c -1.333333,0 -1.333333,-2 0,-2 z"/></svg>