Working with the Design Studio Toolbar

The buttons on the Design Studio Workbench toolbar enable you to quickly create projects and entities.

Note:

See "Deploying Cartridge Projects with Optimize Deploy" for information about the Deploy button. See "Importing Projects" for more information about the Import Studio Project button.

Menu Option	Use
New Studio Project	Click to create Design Studio projects. When you click this button, the New Studio Project dialog box appears, containing a list of all Design Studio project types that you can create. Clicking the arrow next to the button displays a menu that contains actions to create Design Studio project types.
New Studio Entity	Click to create Design Studio entities. When you click this button, the New Studio Entity dialog box appears, containing a list of all Design Studio entities that you can create. Clicking the arrow next to the button displays a list of the most recent entities that you created and a complete list of all Design Studio entities. See "Selecting Entity Types" for more information.
Import Studio Project	Select to import data from external sources into your Design Studio workspaces. See "Importing Projects" for more information.
Deploy	Click to perform deploy actions directly from the Design perspective. This enables you to deploy cartridges without needing to switch to the Environment perspective. See "Deploying Cartridge Projects with Optimize Deploy" for more information. Additionally, you can define packaging preferences here. See "Defining Packaging Preferences" for more information.
Guided Assistance	Click to open the Design Studio Guided Assistance dialog box, which provides a range of context-sensitive learning aides mapped to the editor or view in focus. See "Using Guided Assistance" for more information.
Design Pattern	Select to apply a design pattern using the Design Pattern wizard. See "Working with Design Patterns" and Design Studio Developer's Guide for more information.