# Understanding the Right Sidebar

The **Right Sidebar** in the Fater Editor is a dynamic and crucial area that provides detailed controls, lists, and settings relevant to your current task and selected items. It adapts based on the active **Editor Mode**.

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### Collapsing and Expanding

The Right Sidebar is designed to maximize your main workspace area when needed.

* **To Collapse:** Click the **Chevron (`<` or `>` depending on state)** button located on the vertical divider between the Main Workspace and the Right Sidebar.
* **To Expand:** Click the **Chevron (`<` or `>` depending on state)** button again when the sidebar is collapsed.

Collapsing the sidebar hides its contents, giving you a wider view of your canvas or 3D scene.

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### Contextual Tabs

The primary content of the Right Sidebar is organized into **Tabs**. The specific tabs available **change depending on the active Editor Mode** (Image, Asset, or Video). You can switch between these available tabs by clicking their icons at the top of the sidebar.

Here are the main tabs and their purpose:

1. **Layers Tab (🖼️ Layers Icon)**
   * **Available in:** Image Editor, Asset Editor, Video Editor (though primary focus is Image Editor).
   * **Purpose:** This is your main control center for managing 2D image layers.
   * **Content:** Displays the layer stack for the current **Layer Workspace**. You can add, select, reorder, rename, group (in workspaces), adjust visibility/opacity/lock status, duplicate, delete, merge, and access other layer-specific actions here. It also houses the dedicated section for managing **Control Layers** (Edges/Depth) when using relevant AI models.
   * *(See* [working-with-layers](https://fater.gitbook.io/fater-ai-docs/working-with-layers "mention") *for full details).*
2. **Agents Tab (Message Icon)**
   * **Available in:** Image Editor, Asset Editor, Video Editor.
   * **Purpose:** This tab is dedicated to interacting with the **Agents** (Fater's AI Assistant) and managing Agents configurations.
   * **Content:** Contains the chat interface for sending prompts/questions to the Agent, viewing conversation history, selecting different Agents, and configuring the selected Agent's properties (name, system prompt, model, temperature).
   * *(See* [interacting-with-the-assistant](https://fater.gitbook.io/fater-ai-docs/interacting-with-the-assistant "mention") *for full details).*
3. **Assets Tab (🛋️ Armchair/Box Icon)**
   * **Available in:** Asset Editor (primary), potentially Scene Editor (if re-enabled).
   * **Purpose:** Lists and manages the 3D assets within your project.
   * **Content:** Displays a list of all generated or imported 3D assets. You can select assets, rename them, manage basic properties (visibility, lock, opacity), set the active transform mode (Translate/Rotate/Scale), duplicate, or delete assets.
   * *(See* [managing-3d-assets-wip](https://fater.gitbook.io/fater-ai-docs/managing-3d-assets-wip "mention") *for full details).*
4. **Videos Tab (🎬 Film Icon)**
   * **Available in:** Video Editor.
   * **Purpose:** Lists and manages the AI-generated video clips in your project.
   * **Content:** Displays a list of generated videos. You can select videos (for playback in the main canvas), rename, duplicate, or delete them.
   * *(See* [managing-videos](https://fater.gitbook.io/fater-ai-docs/creating-videos-wip/managing-videos "mention") *for full details).*

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### Layer Workspaces (Within Layers Tab)

* **Concept:** When the **Layers Tab** is active, you'll notice another set of tabs *within* it. These are **Layer Workspaces**.
* **Purpose:** Workspaces allow you to group related layers together, helping organize complex projects (e.g., keeping background elements separate from foreground elements, or different design variations in different workspaces).
* **Functionality:** You can create new workspaces (`+` button), switch between them by clicking their tabs, and drag layers between workspaces to reassign them. Operations within the main canvas generally apply only to layers in the *currently active* workspace.
* *(See* [using-layer-workspaces-effectively](https://fater.gitbook.io/fater-ai-docs/working-with-layers/using-layer-workspaces-effectively "mention") *for more details).*