Allow the user to pick prefab type upon creation of a prefab.

Source/Editor/Content/Create/PrefabCreateEntry.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2012-2024 Wojciech Figat. All rights reserved.
+
+using System;
+using FlaxEditor.Scripting;
+using FlaxEngine;
+using Object = FlaxEngine.Object;
+
+namespace FlaxEditor.Content.Create
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Visual Script asset creating handler. Allows to specify base class to inherit from.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <seealso cref="FlaxEditor.Content.Create.CreateFileEntry" />
+    public class PrefabCreateEntry : CreateFileEntry
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The create options.
+        /// </summary>
+        public class Options
+        {
+            /// <summary>
+            /// The root actor.
+            /// </summary>
+            [TypeReference(typeof(FlaxEngine.Actor), nameof(IsValid))]
+            [Tooltip("The actor type of the root of the new Prefab.")]
+            public Type RootActorType = typeof(EmptyActor);
+
+            private static bool IsValid(Type type)
+            {
+                return (type.IsPublic || type.IsNestedPublic) && !type.IsAbstract && !type.IsGenericType;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private readonly Options _options = new Options();
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override object Settings => _options;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="PrefabCreateEntry"/> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="resultUrl">The result file url.</param>
+        public PrefabCreateEntry(string resultUrl)
+        : base("Settings", resultUrl)
+        {
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override bool Create()
+        {
+            if (_options.RootActorType == null)
+                _options.RootActorType = typeof(EmptyActor);
+
+            ScriptType actorType = new ScriptType(_options.RootActorType);
+
+            Actor actor = null;
+            try
+            {
+                actor = actorType.CreateInstance() as Actor;
+                Object.Destroy(actor, 20.0f);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Editor.LogError("Failed to create prefab with root actor type: " + actorType.Name);
+                Editor.LogWarning(ex);
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            return PrefabManager.CreatePrefab(actor, ResultUrl, true);
+        }
+    }
+}

Source/Editor/Content/Proxy/PrefabProxy.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.IO;
+using FlaxEditor.Content.Create;
 using FlaxEditor.Content.Thumbnails;
 using FlaxEditor.Viewport.Previews;
 using FlaxEditor.Windows;
@@ -76,30 +77,21 @@ namespace FlaxEditor.Content
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public override void Create(string outputPath, object arg)
         {
-            bool resetTransform = false;
             var transform = Transform.Identity;
             if (!(arg is Actor actor))
             {
-                // Create default prefab root object
-                actor = new EmptyActor
-                {
-                    Name = "Root"
-                };
-
-                // Cleanup it after usage
-                Object.Destroy(actor, 20.0f);
+                Editor.Instance.ContentImporting.Create(new PrefabCreateEntry(outputPath));
+                return;
             }
             else if (actor.Scene != null)
             {
                 // Create prefab with identity transform so the actor instance on a level will have it customized
-                resetTransform = true;
                 transform = actor.LocalTransform;
                 actor.LocalTransform = Transform.Identity;
             }
 
             PrefabManager.CreatePrefab(actor, outputPath, true);
-            if (resetTransform)
-                actor.LocalTransform = transform;
+            actor.LocalTransform = transform;
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />