Is there a bug in the custom property description?

[professionalmspaintm]

Godot Version

4.2.1.stable

Question

Why does the custom property description disappear when you use an export_category?

Figure 1: Here I add a description to the export var speed.

##How fast the enemy will move along the path
@export var speed : float = 5

Figure 2: Now I add an export category above the export var speed and the description is now empty.

I tried reloading the current project but this didn’t fix the description. Am I doing this wrong?

[dbat]

Hey. It might need a space:
## Space then your comments

I have also found that restarting Godot helps.

hth

[professionalmspaintm]

Thank you for your reply. I tried your solution, but it doesn’t seem to work for me.
(restart + space)

[dbat]

Try leaving a blank line before the comment line. So insert blank between 3 and 4.

[professionalmspaintm]

I gave it a shot, but it didn’t work either. I even restarted Godot.

[dbat]

Darn…

Can you post the entire script?

Also, are there any errors (in red) because that can stop the doc strings working too.

[professionalmspaintm]

Nope, no errors or warnings.

extends PathFollow3D

@export_category("EnemyMovementStats")

## How fast the enemy will move along the path
@export var speed : int = 5

## How much damage the enemy deals
@export var damage : int = 1

@onready var base = get_tree().get_first_node_in_group("base")

func _ready():
	pass # Replace with function body.


# Called every frame. 'delta' is the elapsed time since the previous frame.
func _process(delta):
	move(delta)
	if progress_ratio == 1:
		deal_damage()
		set_process(false)

func move(delta : float) -> void:
	progress += (speed * delta)

func deal_damage(dmg : int = 1):
	base.take_damage(dmg)
	die()

func die():
	queue_free()

Thank you for your time.

[dbat]

I’ll give it a go with your version.

[dbat]

Changed the code to export_group and it works. Go figure!

Maybe worth posting a bug if you have time.

extends PathFollow3D

## Category <-- made this a Group instead
@export_group("EnemyMovementStats")

## How fast the enemy will move along the path
@export var speed : int = 5

## How much damage the enemy deals
@export var damage : int = 1

[professionalmspaintm]

@dbat

Yes! This worked. Thank you.

[dbat]

Yay!!!