Material Editor > Menu bar
The Material Editor menu bar appears at the top of the Material Editor window. It provides another way to invoke the various Material Editor tools.
The Material menu provides the most commonly used Material Editor tools.
Equivalent to clicking the Material Type Button.
Equivalent to double-clicking the active sample slot, or choosing Magnify on its right-click menu.
Equivalent to choosing Reset Rotation on the sample slot right-click menu.
If Update Active Only has been turned on in the Material Editor Options dialog, choosing this updates the active material in its sample slot.
The Navigation menu provides tools that navigate a material's hierarchy.
Like Go Forward To Sibling, but navigates to the preceding sibling map in the tree, instead of the succeeding one.
The Options menu provides some additional tools and display choices.
Equivalent to the Manual Update toggle in the Material Editor Options dialog.
Equivalent to choosing either Drag/Copy or Drag/Rotate on the sample slot right-click menu.
If you have used the Material Editor Options dialog to assign a custom background, this toggles its display.
Cycle 3X2, 5X3, 6X4 Sample Slots
Cycles through the equivalent choices on the sample slot right-click menu.
Displays the Material Editor Options dialog.
The Utilities menu provides map rendering and selecting objects by material.
Equivalent to choosing Render Map on the sample slot right-click menu.
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