The PrefersIconThumbnail property indicates whether the asset type should use its icon as a thumbnail instead of any available preview image. This can be useful for asset types where the icon provides a clearer or more recognizable representation than a generated preview image.
To determine if an asset type prefers using its icon as a thumbnail, you can access the PrefersIconThumbnail property on an instance of Editor.AssetType. This property returns a boolean value.
// Example of checking if an asset type prefers icon thumbnail
Editor.AssetType assetType = Editor.AssetType.Model;
if (assetType.PrefersIconThumbnail)
{
// Use the icon as the thumbnail
var icon = assetType.Icon64; // Example of using a 64x64 icon
}
else
{
// Use a preview image as the thumbnail
// var previewImage = GetPreviewImage(assetType);
}