Introduction

The Info Editor is found at the top of the Default Screen and has the following components.

Header

Info Editor header.

Editor Type Selector (red), Menus (blue), Screen Data-block (green), Scene Data-block (orange), Engine Selector (purple), Resource Information (aqua).

Menus

Provides access to the Blender’s main menu options.

File

See File menu.

Render

Render

See Render Panel.

OpenGL Render

See OpenGL Render

Show/Hide Render View F11

Shows (or hides) the editor where the last render was performed.

Play Rendered Animation Ctrl-F11

Plays the last rendered animation using the internal Animation Player or an external video player, which has to be defined in the File tab of the User Preferences.

Window

Duplicate Window Ctrl-Alt-W

Duplicates the current window so that a new one is created with the same screen layout and size. Useful for multiple monitors.

Toggle Window Fullscreen Alt-F11

Toggles full screen on or off.

Screenshot, Screencast

See Screen Capture.

Toggle System Console

Shows or hides the System Console (on MS Windows).

Help

See Help Menu.

Controls

Back to Previous

A button shown when an area is maximized to return to tiled areas.

Screen

Data-block menu used to select and edit Screens (window layouts).

Scene

Data-block menu to select different Scenes. Having multiple Scenes allows you to work with separate virtual environments, with completely separate data, or with object and/or mesh data linked between them.

Engine

Gives a list of selectable render and game engines.

Render/Baking progress

A progressbar and a cancel button are shown while rendering or baking. Hovering over them shows a time estimate.

Capture Stop

A button shown while screen casting to stop the recording.

Report Message

Label for an operator to display results or warnings. It disappears after a short time. By clicking with LMB on the icon on the left side, the full report is copied into a new text data-block, which you can be open in the Text Editor.

Blender Icon

Clicking on the Blender logo opens the Splash Screen.

Blender version

This label displays the Blender version.

Resource Information

Scene

Displays information about the current loaded scene dependent on the mode and object type. When two numbers are shown, the first one means the selected, and the second one means the total count. This can be the number of vertices, faces, triangles or bones, as well as the selected objects and lamps.

Memory

The “Mem” label shows the calculated memory consumption by Blender. This can help to identify, when you are reaching the limits of your hardware.

Active Object

The object type of the current selected object.

Report Console

When the Info Editor’s area is scaled up, it reveals the Report console, where a scripting trail is displayed. Whenever an operator has been executed, it leaves a report, creating a log.

The Report Console after adding a Cube.