The editor has a menu bar that you cannot move. Technically, it is a header rather than a pane. This menu contains basic information about the project and the most important, global actions and control options.
The menu entries often have keybinds that you can press to instantly take the action associated with the key. The specific key combination might wary by platform. This is shown when you open any menu. Usually, Command (or ⌘) is a direct replacement to Ctrl on Mac
We will go over every element available in the menu bar.
Logo
This is the site logo. Clicking it will prompt you to leave the editor and go back to the main page.
File menu
This menu is the most important menu in the editor, as it provides the options to save your project and export it to a video. The options in it are:
| Option | Description | Keybind |
|---|---|---|
| Export | Turn your project into a final, rendered video that you can upload to social media platforms | Ctrl+E |
| New Project | Create a new, empty1 project | Ctrl+B |
| Save | Save your project, as it stands right now, to your profile. This will update the project if you already saved it | Ctrl+S |
| Save As New | Save your project, as it stands right now, as a new entry to your profile. This option is automatically selected when you try to save a project that you do not own. This is useful to create copies or forks of projects | Ctrl+Shift+S |
| Close Editor | Close the editor and go back to the main page. You can also reach this action by clicking the Vizzy logo on the left | - |
Edit menu
This menu has actions relating to the clipboard on Vizzy:
| Option | Description | Keybind |
|---|---|---|
| Cut | Not currently available | Ctrl+X |
| Copy | Mark any selected objects as ready to copy | Ctrl+C |
| Paste | Create copies of any selected objects | Ctrl+V |
Project menu
This menu contains actions pertaining to the project:
| Option | Description | Keybind |
|---|---|---|
| Explore creations | Open a creations page browser window without leaving the editor | - |
| Publish to community | Make your project public and available for everyone to see on the creations page | - |
| Screenshot thumbnail | Create a thumbnail that appears in your profile’s project list and on the creations page | - |
| Set custom resolution | Set the project visual resolution to one that is not readily available in the resolution picker or the render settings category | - |
View menu
This menu contains actions that control how the editor is displayed:
| Option | Description | Keybind |
|---|---|---|
| Command Palette… | Open a list of all available keyboard-controlled actions. You can also invoke any of them by clicking or selecting them and pressing Enter | Ctrl+Shift+P |
| Change editor layout | Set the editor layout to one of two default ones. This is also useful to reset your layout and start customizing it from scratch | |
| Window dragging | This enables layout customization and allows you to reposition windows however you please in a tiling window manager configuration | Ctrl+D |
| Lock layout | This disallows you to change the layout in any way | |
| Enable/Disable donator theme | Disables or enables the purple donator theme. This option is only available to people who donated |
Help
This menu has various help and support options:
| Option | Description | Keybind |
|---|---|---|
| Join our Discord | Opens a link to our Discord server | - |
| Frequently asked questions | Opens the FAQ page | - |
| Launch intro tutorial | Starts the introductory your that you experience when you first open the editor | - |
| Export project as JSON | For debug purposes only, this allows you to download the project’s entire configuration as a JSON file. It’s only available on projects you own | - |
| Export current log | For support purposes, you can export the debug log from here quickly | - |
| Export last log | Also for support purposes, if the editor crashed the last time you opened it, you can retrieve the last logs it generated | - |
| Show changelog | Open the version-by-version changelog window that appears whenever we have an update | - |
Donate button
A button that links to our Ko-fi page. If you donate and activate your perks, this button will turn to a perpetual reminder that you rock.
Version
In the center of the menu bar, there is a version string which you can use to tell if there’s been an update.
Project name
On the right, there is blue-purple text that contains your project’s name. For the default project, that will be Untitled project. You can click it to quickly rename your project.
Save indicator
Next, we have an indicator that either displays a green ✔️ icon right after you save your project, or turns into a yellow ⚠️ symbol if you have unsaved changes.
Community status button
This is a button that does different things depending on what project you have open.
- In the default project, it is hidden
- In a project that you do not own, it becomes an indicator that this is a Community project. You can click it to open the project’s creations page
- In a project that you own, it becomes a quick way to publish or unpublish your project to the creations page
Explore creations button
This is a button that mirrors the action of the option in the Project menu, so it also opens a window with the creations page inside it.
Share button
This button allows you to open the share window on a project. You can share a link to the project even if you have not published it. Such projects are called unlisted.
This button is hidden for the default project.
Notifications button
This button allows you to access your profile notifications and quickly displays any new ones
Footnotes
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The default project is technically not empty, as it provides a simple starer project. You can clear it out entirely - more information in the Tabs pane documentation. ↩