Next Gen Explorer Beta: Performance and Quality Improvements

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#264

You can disable the hierarchy selection highlights in the new explorer settings.

Smooth scrolling (which I believe is unintended, at least a side effect of something else):

A way to configure the padding, although probably not fully:

And the plus button positioning (I think, no general confirmation I found other than vague replies and likes from staff members on posts relating to it)

Are all being looked into but probably will not have any changes until next year, from previous replies.

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#265

select children/parents option missing. Idk if there is an alternative but i use these all the time and i literally have to stick with the old explorer simply because of this option.

#267

I have a video of this issue previously posted here.

#268

Next is LuaU shaders im not losing hope I know its there

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#269

Unfortunately I’ve just seen two separate cases where some instances were hidden on v0.10 – so this bug might still be around. No solid repro unfortunately.

Extra details:

  • In a TC session, however, the other members have been inactive for a few hours
  • Is a long-standing session
  • Expanded a folder and it showed less instances than I expected. I pasted an instance into this folder, and the (hidden/unknown) instances appeared again.
  • Just before, was receiving errors in my output related to some datum unknown ids. Have lost the error but will update this post if I see it again, as it might be related.

I seem to be able to reliably get this after spending long enough in studio. Any other suggestions for how to share more details beyond searching for a repro & taking a video of the behavior to help track this bug down?

Here’s one example inside a script I was actually editing. I initially opened this script via a stack trace in the console.
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as you can see, the script indeed exists. I actually have it selected in explorer (after right clicking on the script on the context topbar and choosing “Show in explorer”).
unfortunately, nothing changed on the explorer side:
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clearly the Lightning script doesn’t exist here. Some things I tried for testing:

  • Closing and opening the Yellow ModuleScript children does not reintroduce the script
  • Hit the Play button and Stop, did not reintroduce the script
  • Inserted a Part into the Yellow ModuleScript, did not reintroduce
  • When it was hidden, clicking the “Show in Explorer” ‘appeared’ to deselect everything in the explorer and scrolled to the top
  • Inserted a Part into the Lightning (hidden) ModuleScript (via command bar), this DID reintroduce it

On another note, I’d love the ability to scroll upwards/downwards while holding an instance! It’s extremely important to let me drop the instance where I want. This has been reveberated in a few posts which haven’t been replied to, so not sure if this is noted yet: Next Gen Explorer Beta: Performance and Quality Improvements - #259 by EmeraldSlash and Next Gen Explorer Beta: Performance and Quality Improvements - #21 by Uzixt
The current behavior of trying to drag the instance to the top of the explorer page does not always trigger a scroll up, and importantly does not always go at the pace I want (which I can accurately do with my scroll wheel).

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#270

Unlike everybody else mine is set to default on the place I saw the error.

#271

Seems cool but please make it optional! I like studio as how it is right now. :smile:

#272

Omg , finally i can work without lag in my huge games! :smiley:

Also with this renewed explorer , im sure I can’t select various classes with the mouse :sweat: so i need to keep pressing CTRL to multiple select

#273

this update is great i really like the new look and the rounded style but there is some problems like you can’t delete any object with backspace anymore and the shortcut “del” doesn’t work also , you can’t rename an instance by double clicking it ,it dose work actually but you have to wait few seconds to see the edit TextBox especially if the instance has children

#274

Cool, but when Next Gen Properties? :fire:

#275

It is being worked on, if i understood you right! Here’s the relevant reply:

I seem to be able to reliiably reproduce this, this is my recalling from yesterday, as I am on mobile, so tell me if something doesn’t work

Reopen Studio → Select the New Place button → Click the searchbar in explorer, make sure nothing is collapsed and everything is expanded → type “li” → Backspace twice → click anywhere in the viewport → Expand StarterPlayer

After all that, StarterCharacterScripts should be missing. If you look enough, so will other things in other services.

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#276

Noted bugs

  • Disappearing Items/instances while collapsing groups or folders
  • ‘PluginDebugService’ is noted by name, not pinned by top
  • Disappearing Icons
  • Backspace or “del” key deleting doesn’t work

Suggestions

  • Add a zoom feature to control the size of instances
  • Padding control to control padding size between each instance
  • Workspace Autofill
  • Less harsher select colour (I suggest a lighter blue)
  • Add the plus closer to the end of the name instead of all the way to the right
  • Ordering Instances (e.g from old to new, alphabetical)
  • Pinning Instances
  • Instance Visibility (e.g an eye icon near objects to control visibility, like frames with the visibility property)
  • Column colours (light, dark)
  • Control visibility of hierarchy
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#277

It seems the new explorer is missing an Ungroup button.

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#278

i tried setting the part0 of a weld constraint and studio just froze forever

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#279

keyboard shortcuts are sometimes broken
(might only happen if used with next gen studio preview)

keyboard shortcuts that interact with an instance, such as deleting (del) and anchoring (alt + a) might sometimes not work, and I have to click the select/move/scale/rotate/transform button on the top bar in order for these keyboard shortcuts to work

I cannot intentionally reproduce this bug but it happens

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#280

i changed the parent of something using properties and it disappeared in explorer

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#281

I just found another issue with the insert object menu. When using the extended window it goes to the wrong position, and it’s hard to use it. Basically the same that happened with small window but now with the extended one. I really hope this can get fixed too since it’s more comfortable for me to use the extended window, thank you!

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#282

I’m actually talking about a separate case – if I click and drag an item, I should be able to use my scroll wheel (on my physical mouse) to move the viewport up/down.
The reply you referenced appears to be discussing scrolling as you drag the instance to the top or bottom of the pane, which is a separate feature (albeit definitely also a bit broken).

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#283

Support. I don’t think that the Shift + Click behavior should be altered at all. Besides this, the new explorer seems pretty solid!

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#284

Explorer doesn’t respect new item(s)

Error:
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