Explorer

The Explorer window

The Explorer is a window in Roblox Studio that shows the hierarchy of instances that are within the DataModel. The Explorer can be opened by clicking the "View" tab of the toolbar found at the top of Roblox Studio and then clicking on "Explorer".

Navigation

In order to open up a closed object's hierarchy, click on the small "+" to the side of it. To close an opened object's hierarchy, click on the small "-" to the side of it. If the object does not have anything inside it, it will not display a "+" or "-". To move an object into another object's hierarchy, simply click and drag the object onto another one. Some objects cannot be moved inside each other normally - however, this can be bypassed. Click on the object, press the keys Ctrl + C, then click on the instance you want to move the object into, right click it, and press "Paste Into".

Hierarchy

See also: Instance § Hierarchy

The typical hierarchy consists of the following instances:

• Workspace
• Camera
• Terrain
• Players
• Player
• Lighting
• MaterialService
• NetworkClient
• ReplicatedFirst
• ReplicatedStorage
• ServerScriptService
• ServerStorage
• StarterGui
• StarterPack
• StarterPlayer
• StarterPlayerScripts
• StarterCharacterScripts
• Teams
• SoundService
• VoiceChatService
• Chat
• TextChatService
• LocalizationService
• TestService

Previously, Teams and TestService had to be added under Model > Service. Starter places now include these services.

Gallery

The Explorer in 2017.