UI ‐ Basics and Navigation

Upon initially launching TCLE, the menu bar will have only File and Help

Once you create a new project or open an existing project, more buttons will appear

Menu Bar

File

Button	Action
New Project	opens the "Custom Level Details" dialog window to start a new level.
Open Project	opens a file dialog to search for a previously saved project .TCL file and open.
Convert Old Project	for converting old levels from the previous 2.0 format to 3.0.
Save <>	Saves the active file in the editor.
Save <> As	Saves the active file and gives it a new name.
Save All	Saves all current open files in the editor.
Open Recent Projects	A quick access menu to view a list of projects you have recently opened, and you can open them from here.
Template Files	Manage the .leaf templates the TCLE has access to.
Clear Temp Files	Inside the directory where the TCLE .exe runs, you will see a \temp\ folder. Whenever audio samples are played, they get unpacked and placed in the temp folder. This can take up space, and can be cleared at any time.
Exit	yep
Restart	closes and reopens TCLE automatically

Edit

Button	Action
Undo	Exactly what it says
Cut, Copy, Paste	Only available when editing a .leaf
App Preferences	Opens a menu to customize TCLE, including colors and keybinds. See more here

View

Button	Action
Leaf Editor Options	Visual options that affect the .leaf editor
Project Explorer	Show/hide the Project Explorer pane
Project Properties	Show/hide the Project Properties pane
Fullscreen	fullscreen app mode. Covers the Windows taskbar at the bottom

Project

Button	Action
Add...	Adds a new file of that type to the project
Add Existing Item	If you have a file in another project and would like to clone it over to this one, you can do so with this button.
Regenerate Default Files	Fixes the default.spn and default.xfm files in case they get deleted or changed.
Add Sample Pack	Each level in Thumper has a set of samples/audio loops specific to it that work at a specific BPM. Available in this menu is a pack per level, and then 4 more for other non-BPM specific sounds like drones and dissonance.
Get All Sample Runtimes	Calculates all beat counts and runtimes of every sample in each .samp file in the project.
Export Project for Public Release	will explain later

Window

Button	Action
Close Tab	Closes the current active tab in the workspace.
Close All Tabs in Workspace	Exactly what it says.
Close Other Tabs in Workspace	Closes all tabs EXCEPT the current active tab in the workspace.
Close Others of Same File Type	Closes all other currently open files that match the same file type (.leaf, .lvl, etc)
Float Tab	Un-docks the active tab from the workspace, making it into its own window that can be dragged around and resized.
Float All Tabs	yep
Dock Tab	Re-docks a float tab back into the workspace it came from.
Close All Workspaces	Closes all workspaces.
Add New Workspace	Adds a new workspace tab to the existing list, auto incrementing it by 1.

Help

Button	Action
Documentation	Links to some online documents helpfully compiled by community members.
Change Game Directory	Some functions (namely the sample playback) requires TCLE to know where you have Thumper installed. If you ever move where Thumper is installed, this option is here to point TCLE back to it.
About	Regular Windows .exe about info and credits.
Discord Server	Discord invite link for the Thumper server.
Github	Links to this github
Donate & Tip	If you like what I do, I have a ko-fi setup to accept $$

Project Name

Clicking this shows the Project Properties in the Properties Panel

Stop Audio

In case something goes catastrophic in audio playback, or it's just not working, you can use this button to reset the entire audio engine.

Volume Mixer

Opens the volume mixer

This is used to adjust individual volume levels of specific objects for playback in TCLE (does not affect your level in-game).
Clicking the slider will play the appropriate sound effect at that volume level.