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Fixed in 5.5.0f3

Votes

4

Found in

5.5.0b1

Issue ID

828045

Regression

Yes

Unable to edit or delete tags in editor.

Themes

-

How to reproduce:
1. Create new/open project.
2. Select an object you want to set tag for.
3. Press "Add Tag"
4. Press "+" to create a tag.
5. Try to rename or delete the created tag.

Expected behaviour: ability to rename or delete tags.
Actual behaviour: tags cannot be renamed, deleting only removes their name leaving the tag line intact.

Reproduced on: 5.5.0a1, 5.5.0b1, 5.5.0b2
Not reproduced on: 5.2.4f1, 5.3.6p3, 5.4.0p4.

Comments (24)

  1. KrcKung

    Jan 10, 2019 02:17

    Tip for perforce user, if you encounter problem such as FindGameObjectWithTag seem not working properly in android/iOS build and it work perfectly fine in Editor.Please make sure the TagManager.asset in project setting folder is not readonly, it will cause Unity Editor not able to update the tags properly YET in the mobile build it will based on the edited tags to do the tag searching. Hope it would some other people few hours of work.

  2. OhiraKyou

    Dec 09, 2018 17:00

    Just encountered this in Unity 2017.4.2f2. Could edit them in debug mode, however.

  3. dCalle

    Oct 09, 2017 14:09

    to resolve this Issue for now, enable Debug mode in the Inspector...

  4. dCalle

    Oct 09, 2017 14:07

    well the issue is a rather cheaply implement tag list drawer...

  5. correia55

    Sep 22, 2017 14:45

    In Version 2017.1.0f3 I can add and remove tags but not edit them.

  6. LilGames

    Sep 11, 2017 19:05

    Having this issue in 5.6.3f1

    I can add a tag and remove it but not edit it. It's important for when I make a typo. WOuld like to be able to correct my typo.

  7. KarlZero0

    Aug 10, 2017 13:26

    Select any object in your hierarchy --> In your "Inspector" select "Tag" and scroll down to "Add Tag".--> Select the tag you want to remove and click on minus.

  8. the_real_ijed

    Jun 13, 2017 18:34

    Apparently this is only for tags that begin with a capital letter - it accepts lower case and numbers.

  9. rezonate

    Jun 08, 2017 07:09

    OK this updated piece of documentation states we can no longer EDIT tags in 5.5 and above.

    https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-TagManager.html

    If you go back to the 5.4 (or earlier) version of the documentation you can see we used to be able edit tags.

    Would this change -- that we can no longer edit tags -- be what's causing issues for people? Could something be wrong in the implementation?

  10. rezonate

    Jun 08, 2017 06:59

    This has suddenly started happening to me in Unity 5.6.1f1.

    In my current project, and in a completely new and empty project, I can't edit tags. I can add or delete them

    It is also causing "Tag not defined" errors in my game, when in fact I have not changed any tag references for quite a few weeks.

    I refreshed my install of Unity just in case, but made no difference.

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