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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
| Name | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Select | 0 | The Select tool, which selects objects in the viewport. |
| Scale | 1 | The Scale tool, which resizes selected parts along their axes. |
| Rotate | 2 | The Rotate tool, which rotates selected parts around the three primary axes. |
| Move | 3 | The Move tool, which translates selected parts along the three primary axes. |
| Transform | 4 | The Transform tool, which provides combined move, scale, and rotate handles in a single gizmo. |
| ColorPicker | 5 | The Color tool, which opens the color picker to paint the color of selected parts. |
| MaterialPicker | 6 | Deprecated ribbon Color/Material picker tool; use Material Manager instead. |
| Group | 7 | The Group tool, which groups the selected objects into a Model. |
| Ungroup | 8 | The Ungroup tool, which dissolves a selected Model and promotes its children to the parent container. |
| None | 9 | Represents no ribbon tool being active. |
| PivotEditor | 10 | The Edit Pivot tool, which repositions the pivot point of selected parts or models. |
Select
The Select tool, which selects objects in the viewport.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| value | 0 |
Scale
The Scale tool, which resizes selected parts along their axes.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| value | 1 |
Rotate
The Rotate tool, which rotates selected parts around the three primary axes.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| value | 2 |
Move
The Move tool, which translates selected parts along the three primary axes.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| value | 3 |
Transform
The Transform tool, which provides combined move, scale, and rotate handles in a single gizmo.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| value | 4 |
ColorPicker
The Color tool, which opens the color picker to paint the color of selected parts.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| value | 5 |
MaterialPicker
Deprecated. Deprecated in favor of Material Manager. Don't use.
Deprecated ribbon Color/Material picker tool; use Material Manager instead.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| value | 6 |
Group
The Group tool, which groups the selected objects into a Model.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| value | 7 |
Ungroup
The Ungroup tool, which dissolves a selected Model and promotes its children to the parent container.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| value | 8 |
None
Represents no ribbon tool being active.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| value | 9 |
PivotEditor
The Edit Pivot tool, which repositions the pivot point of selected parts or models.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| value | 10 |