Expose sorting layer in MeshRenderer inspector, for rendering on top of sprites

MeshRendererSortingEditor.cs

using System;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEditor;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;

/// This just exposes the Sorting Layer / Order in MeshRenderer since it's there
/// but not displayed in the inspector. Getting MeshRenderer to render in front
/// of a SpriteRenderer is pretty hard without this.
/// Adapted from https://gist.github.com/sinbad/bd0c49bc462289fa1a018ffd70d806e3
/// With changes from https://forum.unity.com/threads/extending-mesh-renderer-component-with-a-custom-editor.949176/
/// to preserve the Unity MeshRenderer GUI. 
[CustomEditor(typeof(MeshRenderer))]
public class MeshRendererSortingEditor : Editor
{
    private Editor defaultEditor;
    private MeshRenderer meshRenderer;
    private bool showSorting;
    private string header = "2D Sorting";
    
    private void OnEnable()
    {
        defaultEditor = CreateEditor(targets, Type.GetType("UnityEditor.MeshRendererEditor, UnityEditor"));
        meshRenderer = target as MeshRenderer;
    }

    private void OnDisable(){
        //When OnDisable is called, the default editor we created should be destroyed to avoid memory leakage.
        //Also, make sure to call any required methods like OnDisable
        var disableMethod = defaultEditor.GetType().GetMethod("OnDisable", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Public);
        if (disableMethod != null)
            disableMethod.Invoke(defaultEditor,null);
        DestroyImmediate(defaultEditor);
    }
    
    public override void OnInspectorGUI()
    {
        defaultEditor.OnInspectorGUI();

        showSorting = EditorGUILayout.BeginFoldoutHeaderGroup(showSorting, header);
        if (showSorting)
        {
            EditorGUILayout.BeginHorizontal();
            EditorGUI.BeginChangeCheck();
            var newId = DrawSortingLayersPopup(meshRenderer.sortingLayerID);
            if(EditorGUI.EndChangeCheck()) 
            {
                meshRenderer.sortingLayerID = newId;
            }
            EditorGUILayout.EndHorizontal();

            EditorGUILayout.BeginHorizontal();
            EditorGUI.BeginChangeCheck();
            var order = EditorGUILayout.IntField("Sorting Order", meshRenderer.sortingOrder);
            if(EditorGUI.EndChangeCheck()) 
            {
                meshRenderer.sortingOrder = order;
            }
            EditorGUILayout.EndHorizontal();
        }
    }

    static int DrawSortingLayersPopup(int layerID) 
    {
        var layers = SortingLayer.layers;
        var names = layers.Select(l => l.name).ToArray();
        if (!SortingLayer.IsValid(layerID))
        {
            layerID = layers[0].id;
        }
        var layerValue = SortingLayer.GetLayerValueFromID(layerID);
        var newLayerValue = EditorGUILayout.Popup("Sorting Layer", layerValue, names);
        return layers[newLayerValue].id;
    }

}

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Whenever you change between scenes, the sorting order gets reset.

forked to support multi-editing
https://gist.github.com/pavel-fadrhonc/ecbe4ff18e1a4a38a62214bbab69a0e2

Thank you for this.