PhaserEditor2D-v3-docs/scene-editor/prefab-user-properties-object-variable-type.rst

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Object Variable property type
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This user property type is dedicated for referencing objects in the scene. It provides a dialog for selecting an object in the scene and sets as value of the property, the name of the variable referencig the object:


.. image:: ../images/prefab-user-props-object-variable-20220409.webp
  :alt: The object reference editor.

This property type if a subset of the `Expression property type <./prefab-user-properties-expression-type.html>`_. You can define the type of the property. By default, it is ``Phaser.GameObjects.Game``, but you can write any other type.

.. code::
    
    class Eagle extends Phaser.GameObjects.Sprite {
    
      ...

      /** @type {Phaser.GameObjects.GameObject} */
      attackTarget;
    }

The value set to this property is is verbatim-copied to the generated code:

.. code::

    // eagle (prefab fields)
    eagle.attackTarget = player;