Tool Tabs
Tool tabs are workspaces that dock around the scene editor. They are split into purpose-specific tabs such as Timeline, Library, and Properties, and you can drag them to rearrange, stack, or tile them as needed.
Opening and resetting tabs
- Currently closed tabs can be reopened from the menu bar via View → Tools.
- Drag a tab's header to move it to a different dock area.
- Choose View → Reset Dock Layout to restore the tab arrangement to its initial state.
The Scene settings and Graph Editor tabs do not appear in the View → Tools menu. How to open each is described on its respective page.
Tab list
| Tab | Overview |
|---|---|
| Timeline | Arrange, split, and group elements on the time axis |
| Library | Drag drawables and effects into the scene |
| File Browser | Browse files in the project folder or any folder |
| Element Property | Edit the element itself (start time, duration, color, etc.) |
| Output | Manage encoding settings and output profiles |
| Scene settings | Configure scene size, start time, length, and layer count |
| Graph Editor | Edit time curves of animations |
| Node Graph | Show the structure of the node graph as a tree (labeled "GraphNode Tree" in the menu) |
| Scopes | Waveform / Histogram / Vectorscope / False Color / Zebra displays for video |
| Color Grading | Perform color correction and color grading |
| Curves | Adjust tones with tone curves |
| Audio Visualizer | Waveform / Spectrum / Meter / Spectrogram / Phase Scope displays for audio |
| Path editor | Edit control points of path shapes |
The source of truth for this document is src/Beutl/Services/StartupTasks/LoadPrimitiveExtensionTask.cs and the *TabExtension.cs files under src/Beutl.Editor.Components/ in the Beutl repository.