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Extra Features

Additionally, Let's see some extra features and options UI Labs offers.

Zoom Buttons

View In Explorer   E

You can view your story in the roblox explorer by
selecting the View In Explorer button in the side toolbar.

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Fullscreen Mode   F

You can toggle fullscreen mode by
selecting the Fullscreen Mode button in the side toolbar.

This will make the story explorer and the previews list dissapear,
so the story takes up the whole screen. Click it again to bring them back



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Auto Reloading

By default, UI Labs will detect any changes on the scripts you have required and automatically reload the story. You can turn this off.

Right Click your Story Tab and toggle Auto Reload

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This allows you to compare different versions of the same story by mounting it twice, and turning Auto Reload off on one of them.

Hiding Stories

You can hide stories when you have multiple of them mounted. This disables the Visible property.

For this you can Right Click your Story Tab and choose Hide
You can show it again by clicking Un-hide

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Creating Snapshots

You can create a snapshot of the current story UI by Right Click your Story Tab and choosing Create Snapshot

This clones the current UI and saves it in a ScreenGui inside StarterGui

This will not clone the story, only the UI. No code will be running

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Invert Background   F

You can change from light to dark background by
selecting the Invert Backgorund button in the side toolbar.

This will make dark backgrounds light, for better contrast in your story.



Clear Output on Reload

UI Labs has an option that clears the output when the story you are selecting is reloaded.

This is disabled by default, you can enable it in the dropdown menu that appears in the ( ... ) at the Side Panel.

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