In Unity3D is it possible to keep the Scene view focused when hitting Play?

Question

In Unity3D, when you hit play, by default, it switches to the full 'Game' view which is great for previewing and such, but sometimes we just want to see our results in the 'Scene' view since we don't have to worry about setting up all the lighting, materials, etc.

Now we know we can simply create a new layout that shows both the 'Game' and the 'Scene' tabs at the same time, and that's what we're doing so we can continue to look at the 'Scene' tab when we start. However, we just don't want to see the 'Game' tab at all. Love to just hide it until we need it later.

Can this be done?

Answer 1

Place this component on any GameObject and set the KeepSceneViewActive field to true.

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class KeepSceneAlive : MonoBehaviour
{
    public bool KeepSceneViewActive;

    void Start()
    {
        if (this.KeepSceneViewActive && Application.isEditor)
        {
            UnityEditor.SceneView.FocusWindowIfItsOpen(typeof(UnityEditor.SceneView));
        }
    }
}