Unity Editor Overview

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Scene view and Game View

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The Scene view is an interactive window to manipulate objects and view them from various angles. The Game view is used to playtest your game.

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Hierarchy window

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The Hierarchy organizes all GameObjects in your project. Adding or deleting a GameObject in Scene view updates the Hierarchy.

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Project window

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The Project window contains all assets available for your project, organized like a file explorer. Assets can be dragged into the Scene view.

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Difference between Project and Hierarchy windows

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The Hierarchy contains all GameObjects in the current scene, while the Project window contains all assets available to the entire project.

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Inspector window

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The Inspector shows and configures detailed information about GameObjects, displaying their components and properties.

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Toolbar

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The toolbar buttons change your point of view in the scene and start/stop Play Mode. It includes functions to move, rotate, and scale GameObjects.

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Layout

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The Layout menu in the Toolbar changes the arrangement of windows in the Editor. Layouts can be customized based on tasks and preferences.

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Scenes

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Scenes are containers for everything in the experience you are creating. A Unity project must have at least one scene, stored in a folder named Scenes.

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Navigating in Scene view

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Navigating is like operating a drone camera, allowing examination of GameObjects from any angle. Includes pan, zoom, orbit, and focus functions.

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Keyboard shortcuts for toolbars

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Q: Hand tool, W: Move tool, E: Rotate tool, R: Scale tool, T: Rect Transform tool, Y: Transform tool.