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- <section id="project-browser">
- <h1>Project Browser<a class="headerlink" href="#project-browser" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
- <p>The Project Browser is where you view and manage the files and resources that
- make up your project. From here you can create or import new resources, open
- them, organize folders, and pin favorites for quick access.</p>
- <figure class="align-center" id="id1">
- <img alt="../_images/project_browser.png" src="../_images/project_browser.png" />
- <figcaption>
- <p><span class="caption-text">The Project Browser showing folders and resources.</span><a class="headerlink" href="#id1" title="Permalink to this image">¶</a></p>
- </figcaption>
- </figure>
- <section id="overview">
- <h2>Overview<a class="headerlink" href="#overview" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
- <p>By default the Project Browser is split into two panes. The top pane shows a
- tree view of the project folders. The bottom pane, called the Folder View,
- displays the contents of the currently selected folder.</p>
- <p>If you prefer a single unified view that shows files and folders together,
- click the small tree icon at the top-right to toggle the layout mode:</p>
- <figure class="align-center" id="id2">
- <img alt="../_images/project_browser_tree_view.svg" src="../_images/project_browser_tree_view.svg" /><figcaption>
- <p><span class="caption-text">The layout toggle in the Project Browser.</span><a class="headerlink" href="#id2" title="Permalink to this image">¶</a></p>
- </figcaption>
- </figure>
- </section>
- <section id="folder-view">
- <h2>Folder View<a class="headerlink" href="#folder-view" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
- <p>The Folder View presents the resources inside the selected folder. You can
- switch between a icon view and a compact list view using the button at the
- top-right of the Folder View:</p>
- <figure class="align-center" id="id3">
- <img alt="../_images/project_browser_icon_list_view.svg" src="../_images/project_browser_icon_list_view.svg" /><figcaption>
- <p><span class="caption-text">Switching between icon and list views in the Folder View.</span><a class="headerlink" href="#id3" title="Permalink to this image">¶</a></p>
- </figcaption>
- </figure>
- <p>Resources such as units, materials, textures and other graphical content use
- thumbnails that show how they will appear at runtime. Other resource types
- use a simple icon.</p>
- <figure class="align-center" id="id4">
- <img alt="../_images/project_browser_thumbnails.png" src="../_images/project_browser_thumbnails.png" />
- <figcaption>
- <p><span class="caption-text">Thumbnail previews for graphical resources in the Project Browser.</span><a class="headerlink" href="#id4" title="Permalink to this image">¶</a></p>
- </figcaption>
- </figure>
- <p>Thumbnails generated in Crown are saved in a dedicated OS location so they can
- be used by other programs such as the file manager.</p>
- </section>
- <section id="files-visibility">
- <h2>Files visibility<a class="headerlink" href="#files-visibility" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
- <p>To keep the Project Browser uncluttered, the UI normally hides auxiliary files
- and shows resources as a single item with trimmed extension. For example, a
- texture resource on disk consists of the original image file plus a generated
- <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">.texture</span></code> resource file; the browser shows them as one combined
- <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">.texture</span></code> item. Similar grouping applies to other resource types.</p>
- <p>When you need to inspect the actual files on disk use the button immediately
- to the right of the Search Bar to toggle visibility options:</p>
- <figure class="align-center" id="id5">
- <img alt="../_images/project_browser_sorting_filtering.svg" src="../_images/project_browser_sorting_filtering.svg" /><figcaption>
- <p><span class="caption-text">The visibility and sorting controls in the Project Browser.</span><a class="headerlink" href="#id5" title="Permalink to this image">¶</a></p>
- </figcaption>
- </figure>
- <p>With the same popup you can also control how the items should be sorted.</p>
- </section>
- <section id="searching">
- <h2>Searching<a class="headerlink" href="#searching" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
- <p>The Project Browser offers fast project-wise searching based on keywords.
- Start typing in the Search Bar and matching results appear as you type. Press
- <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Escape</span></code> to exit search mode. The Search Bar position may move depending on
- the current view mode (icon view or tree view), but the search behavior
- remains the same.</p>
- <section id="search-context">
- <h3>Search context<a class="headerlink" href="#search-context" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
- <p>By default the search covers the project itself (i.e. the main source dir). If
- your project includes mapped source directories, those are excluded from
- search results unless you enable them explicitly by checking <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Show</span> <span class="pre">mapped</span>
- <span class="pre">dirs</span></code> in the <a class="reference internal" href="#files-visibility"><span class="std std-ref">visibility controls</span></a>.</p>
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