# Overview

#### <a class="anchor" id="bkmrk--0"></a>Description

The Panel is a control tool for the Player application. It visualizes all the mentioned feature blocks in the Features section.

#### <a class="anchor" id="bkmrk--1"></a>Hotkeys

Following shortcuts are available for CGI Panel:

<div class="contents" id="bkmrk-hotkeys-description-"><div class="contents"><div class="contents"><div class="textblock"><table border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#d4d4d4"><th>**Hotkeys**</th><th>**Description**</th></tr><tr><td>Ctrl+O</td><td>Open asset</td></tr><tr><td>Ctrl+S</td><td>Capture screenshot</td></tr><tr><td>Ctrl+Shift+S</td><td>Capture screenshot (select file)</td></tr><tr><td>Ctrl+P</td><td>Open settings</td></tr><tr><td>Ctrl+I</td><td>Single invalidation</td></tr><tr><td>F1</td><td>Documentation</td></tr></tbody></table>

</div></div></div></div>#### <a class="anchor" id="bkmrk--2"></a>Interface

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<div class="contents" id="bkmrk-file-menu-allows-use"><div class="textblock">1. <span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35);">[File menu](https://doc316en.candera.eu/books/player/page/file-menu "File Menu")</span> allows user to run and configure the application.
2. <span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35);">[Edit menu](https://doc316en.candera.eu/books/player/page/edit-menu "Edit Menu")</span> offers access to editing operations and undo-redo actions.
3. <span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35);">[Player menu](https://doc316en.candera.eu/books/player/page/player-menu "Player Menu")</span> allows to control the rendering and scripting system.
4. <span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35);">[Recorder menu](https://doc316en.candera.eu/books/player/page/recorder-menu "Recorder Menu")</span> gives control to the recording of application handling.
5. <span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35);">[Help menu](https://doc316en.candera.eu/books/player/page/help-menu "Help Menu")</span> offers information about CGI Panel.
6. <span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35);">Culture toolbar </span>allows to switch between languages. In order to use this, "Globalization" needs to be enabled.
7. <span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35);">Animation toolbar </span>shows a list of all animations available. Select an animation from dropdown box and press Start to run it.
8. <span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35);">[Scene View](https://doc316en.candera.eu/books/player/page/scene-view "Scene View")</span> panel shows a list of all scenes. In order to activate one scene, click the corresponding checkbox.
9. Miscellaneous Panel embeds the following views: 
    - <span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35);">[Configuration](https://doc316en.candera.eu/books/player/page/configuration-view)</span> view presents information about the features enabled in the Player.
    - <span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35);">[Snapshots](https://doc316en.candera.eu/books/player/page/snapshots-view "Snapshots View")</span> view allows to take snapshots (on host) and shows the last snapshots taken.
    - <span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35);">[Logging](https://doc316en.candera.eu/books/player/page/logging-view "Logging View")</span> view allows to enable or disable the logging and also to set the log level for the main realms.
    - <span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35);">[Controls](https://doc316en.candera.eu/books/player/page/controls-view)</span> view shows all controls of a selected scene.
    - <span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35);">[Transitions](https://doc316en.candera.eu/books/player/page/transitions-view)</span> view is available to trigger transitions.
    - <span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35);">[Statistics](https://doc316en.candera.eu/books/player/page/statistics-view)</span> view shows memory consumption statistics.
    - <span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35);">[State Machine](https://doc316en.candera.eu/books/player/page/state-machine-view)</span> view shows the state for all state machines.
    - <span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35);">[Value Generator](https://doc316en.candera.eu/books/player/page/value-generator)</span> provides the possibility to simulate the change of values on view elements.
10. <span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35);">[Zooming](https://doc316en.candera.eu/link/1076#bkmrk-page-title) </span>toolbar
11. <span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35);">[Rotate](https://doc316en.candera.eu/link/1077#bkmrk-page-title) </span>display toolbar

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