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RibbonTool

RibbonTool represents the set of built-in tools available on the Roblox Studio ribbon toolbar. Values from this enum are returned by Plugin:GetSelectedRibbonTool() to identify which tool is currently active, and passed to Plugin:SelectRibbonTool() to programmatically activate a tool from a plugin script.

Items

NameValueDescription
Select0The Select tool, which selects objects in the viewport.
Scale1The Scale tool, which resizes selected parts along their axes.
Rotate2The Rotate tool, which rotates selected parts around the three primary axes.
Move3The Move tool, which translates selected parts along the three primary axes.
Transform4The Transform tool, which provides combined move, scale, and rotate handles in a single gizmo.
ColorPicker5The Color tool, which opens the color picker to paint the color of selected parts.
MaterialPicker6Deprecated ribbon Color/Material picker tool; use Material Manager instead.
Group7The Group tool, which groups the selected objects into a Model.
Ungroup8The Ungroup tool, which dissolves a selected Model and promotes its children to the parent container.
None9Represents no ribbon tool being active.
PivotEditor10The Edit Pivot tool, which repositions the pivot point of selected parts or models.

Select

The Select tool, which selects objects in the viewport.

FieldValue
value0

Scale

The Scale tool, which resizes selected parts along their axes.

FieldValue
value1

Rotate

The Rotate tool, which rotates selected parts around the three primary axes.

FieldValue
value2

Move

The Move tool, which translates selected parts along the three primary axes.

FieldValue
value3

Transform

The Transform tool, which provides combined move, scale, and rotate handles in a single gizmo.

FieldValue
value4

ColorPicker

The Color tool, which opens the color picker to paint the color of selected parts.

FieldValue
value5

MaterialPicker

Deprecated. Deprecated in favor of Material Manager. Don't use.

Deprecated ribbon Color/Material picker tool; use Material Manager instead.

FieldValue
value6

Group

The Group tool, which groups the selected objects into a Model.

FieldValue
value7

Ungroup

The Ungroup tool, which dissolves a selected Model and promotes its children to the parent container.

FieldValue
value8

None

Represents no ribbon tool being active.

FieldValue
value9

PivotEditor

The Edit Pivot tool, which repositions the pivot point of selected parts or models.

FieldValue
value10