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Fundamentals: Arranging items in Material Editor and Toggle layer Explorer


  • Shift+Click+Drag material across in Compact material editor will create a copy of the material
  • clicking and draggin layer on to the left side will detach it from being in the nested layer
  • CTRL+click UI icons on top toolbar will create a copy of the UI icon

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