# Scene Tab

The Scene tab is a tree view of all nodes in the scene, arranged by their parent/child relationships. The arrow on the left of a node allows you to expand and collapse the list of children for that node.

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Expand the file hierarchy by clicking on the downwards-pointing arrows.

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### Node Types

Each node type comes with its own icon. \
&#x20;<img src="https://2424003367-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MflpSKt24PejeEnu4Jr%2F-Mfma_rhOZPyLQU67Dgq%2F-Mfmc0S9m-iz8Q6d7YrN%2Fmesh%20node.svg?alt=media&#x26;token=9830ccfa-760c-4a4d-baf2-18a2e81fcc3f" alt="" data-size="original"> Mesh Node\
&#x20;<img src="https://2424003367-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MflpSKt24PejeEnu4Jr%2F-Mfma_rhOZPyLQU67Dgq%2F-MfmccxGKnyQIgfhuRot%2Ftransform.svg?alt=media&#x26;token=4bbe13f7-aad5-47c7-b142-ad86329615e8" alt="" data-size="original"> Regular node (Transform node)  \
&#x20;<img src="https://2424003367-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MflpSKt24PejeEnu4Jr%2F-Mfma_rhOZPyLQU67Dgq%2F-MfmchDxrIE_lMWrCTmo%2Fskeleton%20node.svg?alt=media&#x26;token=7e1194e7-ab9b-449a-9283-19d2898356c7" alt="" data-size="original"> Skeleton node\
&#x20;<img src="https://2424003367-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MflpSKt24PejeEnu4Jr%2F-Mfma_rhOZPyLQU67Dgq%2F-Mfmcnh3L-odND2s-GUH%2FIK%20node.svg?alt=media&#x26;token=41de1555-6201-457a-9419-9ad531a3dfd4" alt="" data-size="original"> IK node

### Reparenting

Drag and drop to reparent nodes (changing the parent/child relationship). \
Nodes that have the **lock sign** cannot be reparented.

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### Multiple Select

Hold **`Shift`** or **`Ctrl`** for multi-select on the scene tree.

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### Visibility

Hover over a node and click the <img src="https://2424003367-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MflpSKt24PejeEnu4Jr%2F-Mfmfvp7ju9kAgeSigZF%2F-MfmgqS65UoHkn4ZfqSK%2Feye%20icon.svg?alt=media&#x26;token=4dbbb453-80e9-4142-8124-d1cf4cbd8869" alt="" data-size="original"> icon to toggle its visibility. Hidden items are not visible or selectable in the scene, but can still be edited in the Timeline and Graph Editor.

{% hint style="info" %}
By default, toggling the visibility of an item also toggles the visibility of all its children.
{% endhint %}

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