From cbf17b5ac1b57e056a385d4e0da5b73ab2804809 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thaddeus Crews <repiteo@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2023 11:27:49 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] C#: Dereference editor types in core documentation

---
 modules/mono/editor/bindings_generator.cpp | 16 +++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/mono/editor/bindings_generator.cpp b/modules/mono/editor/bindings_generator.cpp
index 342c94cbd90..d3bb12655a6 100644
--- a/modules/mono/editor/bindings_generator.cpp
+++ b/modules/mono/editor/bindings_generator.cpp
@@ -367,9 +367,19 @@ String BindingsGenerator::bbcode_to_xml(const String &p_bbcode, const TypeInterf
 				}
 
 				if (target_itype) {
-					xml_output.append("<see cref=\"" BINDINGS_NAMESPACE ".");
-					xml_output.append(target_itype->proxy_name);
-					xml_output.append("\"/>");
+					if ((!p_itype || p_itype->api_type == ClassDB::API_CORE) && target_itype->api_type == ClassDB::API_EDITOR) {
+						// Editor references in core documentation cannot be resolved,
+						// handle as standard codeblock.
+						_log("Cannot reference editor type '%s' in documentation for core type '%s'\n",
+								target_itype->proxy_name.utf8().get_data(), p_itype ? p_itype->proxy_name.utf8().get_data() : "@GlobalScope");
+						xml_output.append("<c>");
+						xml_output.append(target_itype->proxy_name);
+						xml_output.append("</c>");
+					} else {
+						xml_output.append("<see cref=\"" BINDINGS_NAMESPACE ".");
+						xml_output.append(target_itype->proxy_name);
+						xml_output.append("\"/>");
+					}
 				} else {
 					ERR_PRINT("Cannot resolve type reference in documentation: '" + tag + "'.");