docs(editor): consolidate instructions for selecting and navigating#747
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Pull request overview
This PR consolidates documentation for selecting objects and navigating the Stage into a single new “Selection and Navigation” page, while simplifying the existing Stage overview page to avoid duplicated instructions.
Changes:
- Added a new consolidated page covering selection techniques and stage navigation.
- Rewrote the Stage page to focus on high-level stage concepts and the View Options menu.
- Removed the legacy “Selecting and Navigating Groups” page and added a redirect to the new consolidated doc.
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| editor/interface-overview/stage.mdx | Replaces detailed selection/navigation instructions with a simplified stage overview and View Options content. |
| editor/interface-overview/selection-and-navigation.mdx | New consolidated documentation for selection behaviors and stage navigation. |
| editor/fundamentals/selecting-and-navigating-groups.mdx | Removes legacy page now covered by the new consolidated doc. |
| editor/fundamentals/groups.mdx | Updates references to point to the new consolidated selection/navigation documentation. |
| editor/fundamentals/edit-vertices.mdx | Replaces duplicated deep-select guidance with a link to the consolidated section. |
| docs.json | Adds the new page to navigation, removes the deleted page, and adds a redirect from the old path. |
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| <Tip> | ||
| To learn how to navigate and select items on the stage, see [Keyboard Shortcuts](/editor/keyboard-shortcuts). | ||
| </Tip> |
| - **User Cursors:** show or hide other users' cursors | ||
| - **Tool overlays:** show or hide gizmos, bones, targets, motion paths, joysticks, events, layouts, and text modifier ranges | ||
| - **Show Final Playback:** show the final playback state while editing | ||
| - **Rulers and guides:** show rulers, lock guides, or clear guides from the stag |
| ### Group | ||
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| Group is the default behavior, which behaves as described in the [Selecting and Navigating Groups](/editor/fundamentals/selecting-and-navigating-groups). | ||
| Group is the default behavior, which behaves as described in the [Selecting and Navigating Groups](/editor/interface-overview/selection-and-navigation). |
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| <Tip> | ||
| Use [Deep Selection](/editor/interface-overview/selection-and-navigation#deep-select) to select a specific path within a shape. | ||
| </Tip> |
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| If you're using a trackpad, scroll left or right to pan horizontally. | ||
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| ### Zoom | ||
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| To zoom in or out, place your cursor over the stage, then hold `⌘` on macOS or `Ctrl` on Windows and scroll. | ||
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| ### Double-click | ||
| ### View Options menu |
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Different aspects of selecting and navigating the UI were described in multiple places. This consolidates it all to a single page.
I also rewrote the UI/Stage page, which only talked about navigation.