Documents and Tabs
Scenes open as documents: each one gets a tab in the strip under the menu bar, like a web browser.
Opening documents
Double-click a .prefab in the Assets panel. Other kinds of asset open where they are edited best:
| Asset | Opens in |
|---|---|
Scenes and prefabs (.prefab) |
a document tab |
| Materials, data assets and settings | the Inspector |
Scripts, models, images, .ui, .uss, .strings |
the program your desktop associates with the file |
Working with tabs
- Click a tab to make it the active document: the Scene Tree, Scene view and Play Mode follow it.
- A ● on a tab marks unsaved changes.
- Ctrl+S saves the active document; Ctrl+Shift+S saves them all.
- Close a tab with its ×.
Closing with unsaved changes
Closing a modified document asks what to do: Save, Don't Save, or Cancel to keep it open. File → Exit asks the same about every modified document. Closing the window with its own close button saves modified documents rather than losing them.
Your session is restored
Studio remembers which documents were open in each project and reopens them the next time you open that project. Play Mode, the Inspector and the Scene view all start from the restored active document.