Toolbar and Shortcuts
Toolbar
Lens Studio's toolbar is made of up of a collection of tools that allow you to configure your project's info, access various tools like Asset Library and GenAI, preview your Lens from within Snapchat, and even publish your Lens for the world to see!
Home
The Home button allows you to access the Home page, which provides quick access to your recent projects, sample projects, and other inspirational materials.
Asset Library
The Asset Library button allows you to access ready to use building blocks that you can use in your Lens. These building blocks are a great way to start or add on top of your Lens. They are made by the community, as well as from us.
Project Settings Tool
The Project Settings button allows you to configure project info associated with the Lens like the icon, Lens name and the main hint. For more information on project info, please refer to the Configuring Project Settings Guide.
GenAI Suite
The GenAI Suite button opens up the GenAI Suite panel, which gives you access to asset generation, AI assistant, and more!
Pair Your Device
The Preview Lens button allows you to sync your Lens to Snapchat for previewing. For more information on how to preview Lenses, please refer to the Pairing to Snapchat guide.
Publish
The Publish button lets you publish your Lens to Snapchat for the world to see!
My Lenses
Using this will open the My Lenses window. My Lenses provides you with access to analytics about Lenses you've publishes, way to publish to the Asset Library, and more!
Keyboard shortcuts
You can speed up your wokflow by using the keyboard to trigger commonly used commands.
| Mac | Windows | |
|---|---|---|
| New Project | ⌘ + N | Ctrl + N |
| Open Project | ⌘ + O | Ctrl + O |
| Close to Home | ⌘ + W | Ctrl + W |
| Save Project | ⌘ + S | Ctrl + S |
| Save Project As | ⇧ + ⌘ + S | Ctrl + Shift + S |
| Undo | ⌘ + Z | Ctrl + Z |
| Redo | ⇧ + ⌘ + Z | Ctrl + Shift + Z |
| Duplicate | ⌘ + D | Ctrl + D |
| Minimize | ⌘ + M | Ctrl + M |
| Refresh the Lens | ⌘ + R | Ctrl + R |
Panel Keyboard Shortcuts
Each panel in Lens Studio can have their own additional shortcuts. Below are some of the most common ones.
Scene panel
You can press the following on your keyboard to switch through the different tools.
| Mac | Windows | |
|---|---|---|
| Selection Tool | Q | Q |
| Move Tool | W | W |
| Rotation Tool | E | E |
| Scale Tool | R | R |
| Unified Tool | Y | Y |
| See everything in the scene | A | A |
| Frame the selected object | F | F |
| Got to the default scene view | H | H |
You can manipulate the Scene panel's camera orientation with the following:
| Mac | Windows | |
|---|---|---|
| Camera Pan | ⌥ + Middle Click | Alt + Middle Click |
| Camera Rotate | ⌥ + Middle Click | Alt + Left Click |
| Camera Zoom | ⌥ + Middle Click + Drag or Scroll Wheel | Alt + Right Click + Drag or Scroll Wheel |
Script Editor panel
When using the Script Editor, your keyboard shortcuts will affect the Script you are working on.
| Mac | Windows | |
|---|---|---|
| Save Project | ⌘ + S | Ctrl + S |
| Undo | ⌘ + Z | Ctrl + Z |
| Redo | ⌘ + Y | Ctrl + Y |
Material / VFX Editor Panel
See the complete list in the Material Editor Panel guide.
Navigation Shortcuts
| Mac | Windows | |
|---|---|---|
| Pan View | Right Click + Drag or Middle Click + Drag or Ctrl + Click + Drag | Right Click + Drag or Middle Click + Drag |
| Zoom | Scroll Wheel | Scroll Wheel |
| Enter Sub-graph | Return | Return |
| Exit Sub-graph | Escape or ⇧ + Return | Escape or Return + Shift |
| Center View | h | h |
| Fit View to All Nodes | f | f |
| Fit View to Selected Nodes | ⇧ + f | Shift + f |
| Select All Connected Nodes to Left | Left | Left |
| Select All Connected Nodes to Right | Right | Right |
Information Shortcuts
| Mac | Windows | |
|---|---|---|
| Cycle to Next View Mode (on selected) | Up/Down | Up/Down |
| Toggle Preview (on selected) | p | p |
| Toggle Info and Stats | q | q |
| Toggle Mini-view | m | m |
| Create Comment Group | ⌘ + b | Ctrl + b |
Manipulation Shortcuts
| Mac | Windows | |
|---|---|---|
| Delete Selected Nodes | Deletem, Backspace | Delete, Backspace |
| Delete Selected, Auto-reconnect | ⇧ + Delete | Shift + Delete |
| Open "Add New Node" Menu | Tab | Tab |
| Show Context Menu | Right Click | Right Click |
| Insert Node in Existing Connection | ⇧ + Drag Node | Shift + Drag Node |
| Remove Node from Connection | ⇧ + Drag Node | Shift + Drag Node |
| Draw Line to Erase Connections | ⇧ + Click + Drag | Shift + Click + Drag |
| Create Sub-graph | ⌘ + g | Ctrl + g |
| Duplicate Selected Nodes | ⌘ + d | Ctrl + d |
| Copy Selected Nodes | ⌘ + c | Ctrl + c |
| Paste Copied Nodes | ⌘ + v | Ctrl + v |
| Cut Selected Nodes | ⌘ + x | Ctrl + x |
| Undo | ⌘ + z | Ctrl + z |
| Redo | ⌘ +⇧ + z, ⌘ + y | Ctrl + Shift + z, Ctrl + y |
| Abort Current Action | Escape | Escape |