Are setters not supposed to trigger on a resource if one of its properties changes?

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Godot Version

v4.3.stable.official [77dcf97d8]

Question

Let’s say I have the following resource:

class_name MyResource
extends Resource

var my_string: String

func _init(my_string: String = ""):
	self.my_string = my_string

I also have a node with a MyResource:

extends Control

@export var my_resource: MyResource:
	set(value):
		my_resource = value
		print("resource value set")

If I change the value of my_string of the resource on the node, the setter isn’t triggered. Is this the expected behavior - i.e. that a setter for a resource will only trigger if the resource itself is changed, but not if one of its properties is changed?

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Yes this is intended behaviour

3

OK.

Is the best way to work around this to have a setter on my_string that calls emit_changed()?

4

I’m not sure what you are trying to work around, but that sounds correct. What is your end goal? Can you give a bigger picture?

5

I want to make it so that when properties are edited in the resource, they’re reflected in the editor - for example, editing my_string would update the value of a label