BlockyRenderer:Commands and Settings

This page lists everything Blocky Renderer adds to VS Code: commands, keyboard shortcuts, settings, editors, views and file types.

Commands

All commands are in the category Blocky. In the Command Palette they appear as Blocky: ….

Command	ID	What it does	In the Command Palette
Open Preview to the Side	blockyRenderer.showPreviewToSide	Opens the preview beside the active editor	with a .blockymodel or .blockyanim file active
Open Preview	blockyRenderer.showPreview	Opens the preview in the active editor group	with a .blockymodel or .blockyanim file active
Show Source	blockyRenderer.showSource	Opens the JSON text of the file shown in the preview, Blocky Editor or Blocky Preview	with the preview, Blocky Editor or Blocky Preview active
Open Model Browser	blockyRenderer.openModelBrowser	Searches the workspace again and focuses the Models view	always
Refresh Model List	blockyRenderer.refreshModels	Searches the workspace for models again	always
Show in Model Browser	blockyRenderer.browse	Shows a model in the preview without opening it. Used by the entries of the Models view.	no
New Blocky Model…	blockyRenderer.newModel	Creates a new model, see New Models	always
Edit in 3D Editor	blockyRenderer.openEditor	Opens the model in the Blocky Editor	with a model, the preview or a model in the Nodes view
Open in Renderer Only	blockyRenderer.openViewer	Opens the file in the Blocky Preview	with a .blockymodel or .blockyanim file active
Open Blocky Files In…	blockyRenderer.chooseOpenFilesIn	Quick pick for blockyRenderer.openFilesIn	always
Add Box	blockyRenderer.outline.addBox	Adds a box in the Nodes view	with a model in the Nodes view
Add Quad	blockyRenderer.outline.addQuad	Adds a quad	with a model in the Nodes view
Add Group	blockyRenderer.outline.addGroup	Adds a group	with a model in the Nodes view
Rename	blockyRenderer.outline.rename	Renames a node	no
Duplicate	blockyRenderer.outline.duplicate	Duplicates a node with its children	no
Toggle Visibility	blockyRenderer.outline.toggleVisible	Shows or hides the shape of a node	no
Delete	blockyRenderer.outline.remove	Deletes a node with its children	no

The node commands are described on Blocky Renderer Tab.

Keyboard shortcuts

Key	macOS	Command	When
Ctrl+K V	Cmd+K V	Open Preview to the Side	text editor of a .blockymodel or .blockyanim file has focus
Ctrl+Shift+V	Cmd+Shift+V	Open Preview	text editor of a .blockymodel or .blockyanim file has focus
F2	F2	Rename	Nodes view has focus
Delete	Cmd+Backspace	Delete	Nodes view has focus
Ctrl+D	Cmd+D	Duplicate	Nodes view has focus

The keys inside the 3D view are listed on Blocky Editor and Animations. They are handled by the view itself and cannot be changed in the VS Code keyboard settings.

Settings

Setting	Type	Default	Values
blockyRenderer.autoOpenPreview	boolean	true	Opens the 3D preview to the side when you open a .blockymodel or .blockyanim file.
blockyRenderer.openFilesIn	string	text	text: text editor, with the preview beside it editor: renderer only, models in the Blocky Editor (editable), animations in the Blocky Preview viewer: renderer only, models and animations in the Blocky Preview (view only) Sets workbench.editorAssociations at the same level (user or workspace). See Renderer Only.
blockyRenderer.newModelTemplate	string	cube	What a new, empty .blockymodel file created in the Explorer is filled with: cube: a block-sized cube (32) with all six faces in the texture layout empty: a valid model without nodes off: the file stays empty

The extension also changes the default of files.associations, so *.blockymodel and *.blockyanim open as JSON.

Editors

Both are optional editors. They open through the commands above, Open With… or blockyRenderer.openFilesIn.

Name	View type	Files
Blocky Editor (3D)	blockyRenderer.editor	*.blockymodel
Blocky Preview (3D)	blockyRenderer.viewer	*.blockymodel, *.blockyanim

The preview beside the text is a webview panel with the view type blockyRenderer.preview.

Views

View	ID	Container
Models	blockyRenderer.models	Blocky Renderer (Activity Bar)
Nodes	blockyRenderer.outline	Blocky Renderer (Activity Bar)

Menus

Where	Entries
Title bar of a .blockymodel text editor	Open Preview to the Side, Edit in 3D Editor, Open in Renderer Only
Title bar of a .blockyanim text editor	Open Preview to the Side, Open in Renderer Only
Title bar of the preview	Show Source, Edit in 3D Editor
Title bar of the Blocky Editor	Show Source
Title bar of the Blocky Preview	Show Source, and Edit in 3D Editor for models
Explorer, right-click a folder	New Blocky Model…
Explorer, right-click a .blockymodel	Open Preview, Edit in 3D Editor, Open in Renderer Only
Explorer, right-click a .blockyanim	Open Preview, Open in Renderer Only

The menus of the Models and Nodes views are listed on Blocky Renderer Tab.

File types

Extension	Content	Language	Schema
.blockymodel	Hytale model	JSON	yes, see New Models
.blockyanim	Hytale animation	JSON	no
.png	Texture, found in the folder of the model

Server JSON files under Server/Models/ and Server/Item/Items/ are read to find the model of an animation. See Animations.