Dictionary lose it's value after refactor/rename the "field" name.

[Lazy Knight]

eg.

from:
[SerializeField] private Dictionary<NpcType, GameObject> a;

rename to (by Rider refactor):
[SerializeField] private Dictionary<NpcType, GameObject> b;

after this, the values stored in the inspector were fully lost.

Which means if that we want to use the inspector as the database, we're in danger.

• Odin Version: 2.0.15
• Unity Version: 2018.3.6f1 Personal

Hope this could be fixed soon.

[Lazy Knight]

The "Rename" works well in other variable types, currently, Dictionary is the only type which will lose the values in inspector after rename.

[Lazy Knight]

Well, seem this asset is no longer maintained.

[Nicolás Ezcurra]

I think this behaviour is normal. After renaming a serialized field, you should use the attribute FormerlySerializedAs in order to keep the existing serialization data which points to the former field name. In your case it should be:

[SerializeField] 
private Dictionary<NpcType, GameObject> a;

[SerializeField]
[FormerlySerializedAs("a")]
private Dictionary<NpcType, GameObject> b;

[Tor Esa Vestergaard]

As Nicolas says, this is indeed expected behaviour, and not a bug. If you rename the field and provide no extra information such as a FormerlySerializedAs attribute, we have no way of knowing that the dictionary should now go into the 'b' field.