Bypass setter function?

[smorty]

Godot Version

4.5 beta 1 (any Godot 4)

Question

I have a TextContainer with a property @export_multiline var text : String = "", which has a setter like this:

@export_multiline var text:String = "":
	set(new):
		if new == text:
			return
		text = new
		
		if last_text_handlers != text_handlers:
			update_parser()
			last_text_handlers = text_handlers
		
		# Applies the text visually (parses text into segments and instantiates Control nodes)
		_set_text(new)

The setter is here so that the text can be set - right in the editor.

Now I have another function, which tries to only set the text and not trigger the setter function…
But if I now remove the setter function, the in-editor functionality stops working.

Here is what this, what the setter method accomplishes:

[ProgrammerOnCoffee]

This may not be the most elegant solution, but you could add a variable to keep track of when not to use the setter.
Example:

var _skip_setter := false
@export_multiline var text: String = "":
	set(new):
		if new == text:
			return
		text = new
		if _skip_setter:
			return
		# ...


func set_text_no_setter(new_text: String) -> void:
	_skip_setter = true
	text = new_text
	_skip_setter = false

[smorty]

Yea, that’s a fair solution. I ended up just checking in the setter function for a has_meta("apply_text") and get_meta("apply_text") == false and if so, skip the text application…

Thank you for the idea!

[wchc]

You could also check if the script is running in editor or during runtime with Engine.is_editor_hint()

Engine

[smorty]

True!
In my case the is_editor_hint() does not work, since I am building an editor-plugin (which, as far as I can tell, cannot check wheather it is in active use or in editing mode).

But thank you for the recommendation either way!