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Shader Explorer

Shader Explorer lets you browse, search, and preview all shader files in your workspace.

Opening

  • Toolbar menu → Shader Explorer
  • Command palette → Shader Studio: Open Shader Explorer

Shader explorer panel

Search and Sort

  • Search — type in the search bar to filter shaders by name, path, or shader source text (case-insensitive). Name matches are shown before path and source-text matches. Multiple terms are combined, quoted phrases match exactly, and terms prefixed with - are excluded, e.g. ray sphere -buffer or "ray march".
  • Sort by — dropdown with options:
    • Name — alphabetical A–Z
    • Updated — most recently modified first
    • Created — newest first
  • Sort order — toggle button to switch ascending/descending

Display Options

  • Card size — slider (200–1000px width) to control how large shader cards appear
  • Page size — dropdown to show 10, 20, 30, 50, or 100 shaders per page
  • Hide failed — checkbox to hide shaders that failed to compile

Refresh

Click the refresh button to re-scan the workspace for shaders and regenerate thumbnails. There is a short rendering delay (~3 seconds) while thumbnails are captured.

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Snippet Library — insert reusable GLSL code blocks