Explore the GCS interface

When you open GCS, you’ll see its main window with three key areas that you’ll use often:

• Menu bar: Your main control center for commands and tools.
• Library Explorer: A hub for browsing and managing your lists.
• Document Workspace: Where your character sheets, lists, and other documents appear while you work on them.

Menu bar

The Menu bar runs along the top of GCS and contains menus for most of the actions you can take.

It includes:

• File: Create, open, save, export, or print your character sheets and libraries.
• Edit: Copy, paste, duplicate, and perform other editing commands.
• Item: Create new traits, skills, spells, or equipment.
• Settings: Change GCS settings, sheet settings, and other customizations.
• View: Zoom in or out.
• Window: Manage how windows and tabs are arranged.
• Help: Access the About page, check for updates, and open the User Guide.

Library Explorer

The Library Explorer appears in the left sidebar and displays folders containing traits, skills, spells, and equipment, among other content.

It contains:

• Favorites: Items you've marked as favorites for quick access.
• User Library: Your personal collection of custom content.
• Master Library: The official library of lists aligned with GURPS books.

The Library Explorer toolbar gives you buttons to expand or collapse folders, create or delete a library or folder, update the Master Library, and manage favorites.

For more details, see Library Explorer.

Document Workspace

The Document Workspace is where everything you open in GCS appears: character sheets, lists, PDFs, and settings.

Windows

Each document opens in its own window inside the workspace.

You can:

• Resize windows by dragging the dividers
• Scroll horizontally or vertically within a window
• Maximize a window to fill the width of GCS:
  • Select Maximize on the top-right corner of the window.
  • Select Restore to return to side-by-side view.

Tabs

When you open multiple documents, each appears in its own tab within a window and has its own toolbar for relevant actions, such as searching and filtering. Tabs make it easy to switch between documents without closing them.

• Unsaved Changes: An asterisk (*) in a tab's name means the document has unsaved changes. Save to remove the asterisk.
• Rearranging Tabs: Drag tabs to reorder them within a window.
• Moving Tabs Between Windows: Drag a tab to another window to group documents together.
• Splitting into New Windows: Drag a tab away from the current window to create a separate one.
• Docking Options: While dragging, a highlight shows where the window will be placed: side-by-side, top, bottom, or any combination. This lets you customize your workspace layout.

Tip

Quickly close tabs by right-clicking:

• Close Other Tabs closes all tabs except the one you clicked.
• Close All Tabs closes every open tab in the window, including the one you clicked. This does not quit GCS.

Next steps

Now that you’re familiar with the layout and tools, the next step is to Create your first character.

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