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View Tab
The View tab lets you toggle various windows in Studio and customize display options.

The View tab lets you toggle various windows in Studio, toggle the view selector, and customize display options.

View tab indicated in Studio toolbar

Windows and Tools

The Show section lets you toggle specific windows and tools within Studio. Commonly accessed windows/tools include:

Option Description
**Explorer** Shows the [Explorer](../studio/explorer.md) window containing a hierarchical tree of the instances and services in the place.
**Properties** Shows the [Properties](../studio/properties.md) window containing all properties of selected object(s).
**Asset Manager** Toggles the [Asset Manager](../projects/assets/manager.md) window for managing the experience's places, images, meshes, and more.
**Toolbox** Toggles the [Toolbox](../projects/assets/toolbox.md) window open and closed.
**Output** The [Output](../studio/output.md) window shows any errors, warnings, or print outputs from running scripts.
**Command Bar** The [Command Bar](../studio/ui-overview.md#command-bar) can be used to execute Luau code outside of scripts.
**Find All / Replace All** Displays the results from searching with CtrlShiftF on Windows or ShiftF on macOS.
**Terrain Editor** Opens a window with tools for [creating and shaping terrain](../studio/terrain-editor.md).
**Tag Editor** Opens a window with tools for defining, assigning, and managing tags for use with `Class.CollectionService`.

View Selector

The View Selector widget lets you easily navigate between 14 views in 3D space to get the perfect view of your creations. Clicking on any face or corner of the selector moves the camera to that orientation. You can also click and drag the selector widget to reposition it anywhere in the 3D viewport.

View Selector tool selected in View tab of Studio

Back face selected on View Selector widget in 3D viewport

Corner selected on View Selector widget in 3D viewport

Display Options

Grid and Wireframe

A visual grid or wireframe view can be toggled through the buttons in the Settings section.

Grid and wireframe tools indicated in View tab of Studio

Default 3D viewport with no grid or wireframe options enabled

Show Grid toggled in View tab, revealing a 3D grid on the Y plane

The **Show Grid** button toggles a 3D grid on the **Y** plane, as well as an axis indicator at (**0**, **0**, **0**). If showing, the radio buttons directly to the left of the button set the grid lines to be 2, 4, or 16 studs apart.

Grid Material toggled in View tab, showing a flat grid material on all non-textured surfaces

For 3D objects without an applied `Class.Texture`, the **Grid Material** button overlays a flat "grid material" on all surfaces.

Wireframe Rendering toggled in View tab, changing the editor view to wireframe rendering mode

The **Wireframe Rendering** button changes the editor view to wireframe rendering mode.

UI Visibility

Toggles the visibility of on-screen user interface elements in the 3D viewport.

UI Visibility toggle indicated in View tab of Studio

UI Visibility toggled on (visible) for 3D viewport

UI Visibility toggled off (hidden) for 3D viewport

Selection Style

To display outlines and/or bounding boxes around selected objects, choose an option from the Selection Style menu. You can also customize the thickness, color, and other aspects of outlines and bounding boxes through the Studio Settings menu.

Selection Style menu indicated in View tab of Studio

Selected part showing both its selection outline and a bounding box

While in a [collaborative session](../projects/collaboration.md) in Studio, bounding boxes only appear to you, not to others in the session.

Diagnostic Stats

The Stats section contains buttons which toggle on-screen diagnostic information.

Diagnostic stats tools indicated in View tab of Studio

Action Description
**Stats** Shows detailed experience stats.
**Render** Shows detailed graphics and performance data.
**Physics** Shows detailed physics data.
**Network** Shows detailed network stats.
**Summary** Shows a summary of stats data.
**Clear** Removes all stats from the screen.