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The menu bar

The menu bar runs across the top of the editor. It holds the dropdown menus (File, Edit, Tools, Bookmarks), the Settings button, the project title, and, on the right, your save status and account. This page lists every menu and item.

The far-left Bilup logo is a link to the home page. On narrow windows the menus collapse behind a More (☰) button; the items are identical.

Keyboard shortcuts shown below use Ctrl on Windows/Linux and ⌘ on macOS. The full list lives in keyboard shortcuts.

File​

  • New creates a fresh project. If your current project has unsaved changes you are warned first.
  • New window (desktop app only) opens a second editor window.
  • Save now (Ctrl+S) saves to wherever the project currently lives. When you are signed in and the project belongs to you, this uploads to Bilup. See project management.
  • Save as a copy (Ctrl+Shift+S) saves a new, independent copy.
  • Remix starts a new project based on the current one.
  • Save to Bilup / Remix to Bilup (shown when you are signed in with a Rotur account) uploads the project to your account. Uploading never publishes it on its own; sharing happens separately on the site.
  • See project page opens this project's page on the community site (shown once the project exists on Bilup).
  • Load from your computer (Ctrl+O) opens an .sb3 file from disk.
  • Save to (filename) and Save as... save an .sb3 to your computer. On browsers that support the File System Access API you can save back to the same file; otherwise you get a normal download.
  • Package project (Ctrl+P) opens the current project in the packager.
  • Commit to Git…, Push to (remote), Pull from (remote) appear when the project has a git repository.
  • Restore points (Alt+R) opens the restore point manager; Create restore point makes one immediately.
  • Project metadata shows the open project's author, dates, and contents.
  • Pause autosave / Resume autosave appears when autosave is on, with a live countdown to the next automatic save.

Edit​

  • Restore Sprite / Sound / Costume brings back the last thing you deleted (disabled when there is nothing to restore).
  • Undo (Ctrl+Z) and Redo (Ctrl+Shift+Z) act on the block workspace.
  • Addons opens addon settings.
  • Desktop settings (desktop app only) opens app-level options.
  • Change Username sets the username reported to projects and cloud variables.
  • Enable / Disable Cloud Variables toggles cloud variables for this session (disabled when they are unavailable).
  • Show Tutorial replays the getting-started walkthrough.
  • Help opens the in-editor Help window, a searchable reference to the editor, blocks, and extensions.
  • originChats links out to the originChats community chat.

Mode​

A Mode menu appears only during the editor's occasional April Fools state. It offers Normal mode and Caturday mode (cat-themed blocks). It has no effect on how projects run and is off the rest of the year.

Tools​

  • Git opens the version-control window.
  • Terminal opens a shell window.
  • Live Collaboration opens live collaboration.
  • Debugger and Variable Manager appear when those tools are available, opening the debugger and variable manager.
  • Add Extension (Ctrl+.) opens the extension library to add or import an extension.
  • Manage Extensions (Ctrl+Alt+E) lists the extensions already loaded in the project.

Bookmarks​

The Bookmarks menu manages workspace bookmarks: saved camera positions in the block workspace so you can jump back to a script instantly. From here you can add, switch to, rename, delete, export, import, and clear bookmarks, and organise them into categories. Bookmarks are stored with the project.

Shortcuts: Ctrl+Alt+T adds a bookmark at the current position; Ctrl+Alt+1 through Ctrl+Alt+0 switch to the first ten bookmarks.

Settings​

The Settings button opens the settings window: theme, language, compiler and runtime options, custom FPS, custom stage size, and more.

The right side​

The account area on the right of the menu bar shows:

  • Save status, which reflects whether the project has unsaved changes.
  • A live collaboration presence indicator when a session is active.
  • Navigation to the rest of the Bilup site.
  • Your Rotur account, or a sign-in prompt. Signing in enables Save to Bilup, sharing, and cloud sync of your settings.

A project title field sits in the middle when you own the project. On project pages you may also see a view counter, a Share button, a Remix button, and a See community button, depending on the project and whether you are signed in. A Feedback link is always available.

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