Tool Shelves

An example of an avatar's hand with the Tool shelf visible near the wrist.

Tool Shelves are the small and translucent surfaces on the back of your Avatar's hands, it's used to store tools and small items alike.

To use your Tool shelves, equip any tool and point your laser at the tool shelf on your offhand, the laser will turn a vibrant blue color. Simply press the Primary action button and watch the tool snap onto your tool shelf.

You can also use this feature to quickly swap between multiple tools. Just equip another tool and point your laser at the tool already on your tool shelf, then press Primary to easily swap between them.

Usage

_{(Notice: Tool shelves can only be utilized in VR.)}

There are two ways of place a tool on a tool shelf. First, you may grab a tool that is not equipped and simply move it until it is positioned against a tool shelf and release. it will stick to the tool shelf. Secondly, you may simply point your targeting laser at the shelf directly while a tool is equipped. When you do that, the laser will change to a bluish hue. Click primary action button while this is happening and your tool will instantly transfer to the tool shelf. The second option is faster since you do not have to dequip the tool.

You may access a tool from a tool shelf by either grabbing it and equipping it, or you may point your laser at it until the beam turns green and click primary action. The later option will equip it automatically and is the faster option.

If you have a tool equipped and you point at another tool on your tool shelf you will swap tools instantly.

Be aware that tools on your tool shelf can be swiped by anyone who has permissions to grab items in the current scene.

Do not attempt to use tool shelves as a way to hold your UIX panels for interaction with that UI (especially when holding tools). As doing so will instead take your tool and place it exactly where you clicked it, as anything on the tool shelf is an extension of that shelf.

Removal

If you wish to visually remove the Tool shelves from your Avatar's hands, simply inspect your avatar and navigate it to one of your Avatar's hands. Find the Slot named "Toolshelf Anchor" and then just disable it's Active state with the checkbox near the top of the Inspector. You may repeat this process for the second hand.