Editor question: How do people stay oriented?

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In this case the editor navigation tools will tell you which axes you are looking (here I am referring to the gizmo thing in the upper right hand corner of the scene-view, the one with the xyz axes).

The problem I have is the gizmo doesn't tell you the axis' direction. For example: Z+ and Z- look identical

It is a real headache to have to drop compass landmarks in a scene simply to stay oriented

Looking in the inspector can be a real hassle and distraction because that means stopping what I am focusing on, selecting the node, then scrolling scrolling scrolling, clicking clicking clicking until I get to the transform section to view the transform data

DaveTheCoder

On the gizmo, don't the larger colored circles with X, Y and Z in them indicate the positive axes?

If I rotate the 3D view, the gizmo rotates correspondingly.

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That isn' the issue.

You have a axis gizmo, often with

---- Z (Y) Z ------- X

At a glance is Z+ on the left or on the right side? You can't tell because it doesn't show it. I've played with it and it doesn't represent the positive or negative axis in any reliable way.

Calinou

The + axis is the one towards which lines are visibly drawn.

Here, the X- axis is closest to the camera but X+ is pointing away from it:

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Hmm. I certainly noticed the line, but frankly it never seems to be meaningful. Half the time the + line from Y or the other horizontal plane axis "bulbs" (the ones for X or Z labels in this case) obscures + direction line. The line works great if people are far off compass coordinates enough to expose the information the IDE is trying to present.

The lines are barely noticeable in context, where I am working near zero Y and nearly on Z or X axis. So that's why I thought they appeared at random.