Object Selection Floater

Overview

The Objects selection floater enables you to quickly search for objects, hide/unhide and freeze/unfreeze objects in a list view.

You can also browse through hidden or frozen objects without changing their state.

IMPORTANT the Select Objects floater only displays objects on visible layers!

You can access the Select Objects floater via mouse in the EditMode Toolbar or in the Main Menu under View > Select Object(s).

Alternatively, the Default Keyboard shortcut is CTRL + T.

The interface consists of a Lister, the fast search dialog in the bottom and the options on the right.

Lister

The Lister contains information, sorted in columns.

You can press the heading of the column to sort the dataset based on the alphabetic order in this column.

Name	displays the name of the object
Type	shows the scene element type of the object (i.e. Brush, various Entity Types, Camera, ParticleEffect, Light...)
Layer	displays the visible (!) layer the object is assigned to. Objects in invisible layers will not be displayed.
Material	shows the path to the material assigned on top of the object's default material

Below the lister you can find information about the amount objects listed in the current mode (visible, hidden, frozen) and how many of these are currently selected in the scene.

Fast Search Dialog

Use this dialog to quickly filter object by name.

i.e. type in "vil" to get all objects displayed starting with these three characters, like village_hut, villain, villager...

Options

Select All	selects all objects in the lister and transfers the lister selection to the editor's object selection
Select None	resets all selection in the lister and the editor's object selection
Invert Selection	inverts the selection in the lister and transfers the lister selection to the editor's object selection
List types	enables the display of certain object types, i.e. Entities, Brushes, Prefabs. Use these filters to only display the data you need
Display List	use these radio buttons to change the display between visible, hidden and frozen objects
Change Mode buttons	depending on the chosen mode in the Display List, you will find the buttons Hide/Freeze, Unhide/Freeze and Hide/Unfreeze. They are used to transfer the status of an object to the other two (not currently selected) states
Auto Select	automatically updates the editor's object selection to match the selection in the lister
Display as Tree	shows child objects in editor hierarchies indented

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