Using Cocos Dashboard

    The above image shows the Cocos Dashboard interface. You can click the Settings icon in the upper-right corner to specify the location of Cocos Creator downloaded through Dashboard, and the language in which the Dashboard interface is displayed.

    The Cocos Dashboard interface mainly consists of the following tabs:

    • Projects: Lists recently opened projects. When you first run Cocos Dashboard, this list is empty. You can create a new project in this tab.
    • Community: Used to post official information or events of Cocos Creator, including Announcement, News and Update.
    • Learn: Help, a static page with information and documentation for beginners.

    Recently opened projects can be quickly accessed through the Project tab. The project will be opened when you click on the specific project entry.

    Dashboard

    • 1 - Includes Open with another editor, Open folder, Remove from list, Select the icon of the project, Set the description of project, and Rename the project.
      • Select the icon of the project: Project icons currently support BMP, PNG, GIF, and JPG formats (new in Dashboard 1.0.12).
      • Rename the project: Renaming the project will rename the project folder (new in Dashboard 1.0.12).
      • Set the description of project: The project notes are recorded in the field of the package.json file in the project directory (new in Dashboard 1.0.19).
    • 2 - Other versions of the editor can be selected to open the project.
    • 4 - Search projects directly by project name (new in Dashboard 1.0.12).
    • Add button - For importing other projects. Since v1.0.13, allows dragging and dropping project into the project list directly.
    • New button - Used to create a new project. Clicking this button will bring you to the New Project page, see below for details.

    On the New Project page, click Editor Version above to select Creator’s editor version.

    Click on one of the project templates and you will see Name and Position at the bottom of the page.

    • Name: The project name can only contain a-z, A-Z, 0-9 as well as _ and -.
    • Position: Click the icon behind the project path input box to select the project storage path.

    Once everything is set up, click the Create and Open button to finish creating the project. the Dashboard interface will be closed and the newly created project will be opened in the main Cocos Creator window.

    This tab lists all the editor versions that have been downloaded and installed.

    Dashboard

    • Locate: Add a local editor to the Editor version list. Since v1.0.13, allows dragging and droping the local Creator Editor into the Editor version list directly.

    This tab is used to post official announcements or events of Cocos Creator, including the Announcement, News and Update modules.

    community

    The Learn tab provides access to the Cocos Creator user manual, API manual, and other help documentation, as well as tutorials, sample projects, and more.

    Developers can also visit the official Cocos website for tutorials and other information by clicking on the icons in the lower-left corner of Cocos Dashboard. Connect with the team on Twitter, , YouTube and .