Scene Inspector Dialog

Scene Inspector

The scene inspector is used to navigate all objects in a world and view and edit the properties of any object. The scene inspector will let you modify absolutely anything in your current world. This includes things that could break how you interact with the world, so use caution when changing things off the root node that you are not familiar with. You can always quit and come back to reset everything though; you won't break anything permanently unless you save changes to the world, so feel free to experiment.

Basic Layout of Scene Inspector:

The left pane contains the scene hierarchy:

• Double-trigger-click an item to select it. The currently selected item's name will be colored green. The item will be selected in the world also.
• Drag an item using the grip button and release it on top of a different item to move it. This re-parents the dragged item.
• Dragging with grip is also used with the Developer tool tip to open a new scene inspector, and with the LogiX tool tip to create a LogiX node (press the secondary action button while holding the item outside the scene inspector window).
• Items with a filled circle in front of them have no children.
• Items with an empty box in front of them have children; click the box to expand the hierarchy at that point.
• Items with a downward pointing arrow are expanded; click the arrow to collapse.
• To go up one level in the hierarchy, click the upward pointing arrow at the top left. Note that this does not change the selected item, you will have to double-trigger-click to change the selection.
• To set the current object as the base of the visible hierarchy, click the downward pointing arrow at the top right. Viewing the hierarchy from the root can cause lag, so this can help performance. Also, in deep hierarchies the item names can get small and hard to read, and resetting the visible hierarchy will help with that.
• Orange colored items are not persistent and won't be saved when the world is saved.

The right pane contains the object properties and components:

• The basic object properties like name, position, and rotation are at the top. All attached components will be below this. Trigger-drag to scroll the list.
• The red trash can button at the top right will delete the selected object.
• The yellow star button makes a new empty child for the currently selected object.
• The green square button at the top right will create a copy of the selected object.
• Trigger-click on any property to edit it.
• Grip-drag on any property to copy the value, and drop it on any other value to paste. This works between separate scene inspector dialogs and also works on LogiX nodes.
• Grip-drag on a property name to get a reference to that property. This is used for certain components.
• Grip-drag on a component name with the LogiX tool tip and click the secondary action button in the world to create a LogiX node for that component.
• The red X next to a component name will delete that component.
• The green D next to a component name will duplicate the component.
• The circle with a slash through it to the right of a reference field will clear that field (change from a reference to null).
• The upward pointing arrow to the left of a reference field will open a new scene inspector dialog for the referenced object.