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In the Unity Assets window, what does a blue box with one gray side and tape across the top mean? I can't find an explanation via search (inside or outside of Unity's documentation) or asking ChatGPT.

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@peterdrake I think that’s a non-prefab that has prefab like behavior. You can’t unpack it. Usually it’s a transform hierarchy imported as part of a mesh. It has prefab like behavior in that the object will update if the source asset changes. Not sure if it has a name.

@andykorth It feels like if something has a special symbol it should also have a name.

@peterdrake I agree, but I think Unity doesn't want to take away the ~mystery~ of the engine by documenting it. The internal icon names though are:

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