Editors comparison

Internal editor of SMBX

Moondust Editor in the classic sub-windows mode

Moondust Editor in the modern tab-view mode

Here is be a table of main features and information about level and world map editors.

feature	SMBX internal editor	Moondust Editor (previously PGE Editor)
Selection	Drag one item with switching into placing mode	Multiselection with moving groups of items, also with "no collision" thing you can place items over each other
Placing	Single items only (brush) Flood-fill (level blocks only)	Single-placing (brush) Rectangle draw Line draw Flood fill Placing with overwrite mode Sizable blocks drawing be rectangle drawing Sizable blocks are can be easily resized.
Clipboard	None	Supports copy, cut, and paste actions for blocks, BGOs, NPC,s PhysEnvZones(water) in the level editor, and Tiles, Sceneries, Paths, Music boxes, Level points in the world map editor.
Position bookmarks	None	Yes (camera position will be remembered and you will be able quickly to return to the same position)
Advanced actions	None	Flip Rotate Align selected items Duplicating/switching pick-up of the item to place with the middle mouse button
Layers	You can't drag layers in the list. If you sort or rename them, connections will be lost (this includes events and attaching NPCs!)	You can drag layers in the list to make them more ordered, and when you rename the layer, connections will be saved
Events	Renaming of the event causing loss of connections. To define the settings by the event you should edit settings of the current section and you will "capture" them into the event, after that you can edit section settings back	You also can drag events in the list, and renaming of event SAVING ALL CONNECTIONS. Also, you shouldn't edit section settings to define the "Change settings" event. You can define any section settings in the same event without changing of current section settings.
ItemBox	Static tileset UI-integrated item-box. All settings switch in one item box, you can't edit tilesets.	You have a list-style item box with filter search and an editable tileset item box for your combos of items. All tilesets are INI files in the configuration package.
Properties and settings of items	To edit the settings of one item you should drag them from the map and place them again after changing the settings.	You can call the context menu to edit some settings and you can edit full settings by "Properties box". You CAN add selected items into a layer or you can create a new layer for selected items.
Warps	You can only place warp points with its settings. The list of warps is hidden.	Entry-style warps. You have a list of available warps in the level. To place warp points, you should create a warp entry for them. Available to jump between warp points, open target level file, also you can choose target point from a world map directly to create "warp to the world".
Resizing of items	Is not available, you should remove the item and place it again with new size settings.	You can resize items in the interactive mode by moving corner/side grabbers to define the new size of the item.
Screenshots	Current viewport only.	You can export into the image file a whole section of the level or a selected range of the world map.
Custom GFX Sizes	Image sizes of the custom graphics should have the same size which has the original sprite.	You can use images of any size as custom graphics for your items. Item sizes will be captured from image size dynamically.
Render of alpha-channel	"AND" color mixing algorithm for make transparent images. Semi-transparency images will have color glitches.	Support of the Alpha-channel. Semi-transparent images will be rendered correctly without any glitches.
Scrolling	Arrow keys only	Arrow keys, Mouse Wheel, Scroll bar scrolling.
Position saving	Position will be reset when you switch section	Position for each section will be saved and will be restored when you will switch in the section back. If you lost in the big space, you can return back by the compass button.
Zoom	None	Alt-key and mouse-wheel for zoom in/out
Animation	Will always play	Possible to disable/enable animations
Viewing size	Fixed 800x600 px	Variable, equal to window size, can be resized.
Multi-Document Interface (MDI)	One file only	Multiple files.
Open file	From "Open" dialog only	From "Open" dialog, By drag&drop into the editor, Open from the command line (is able to associate files with editor).
History manager	None	Undo/Redo almost any actions: place, remove, move, change settings, modify, resize.
Displaying objects in blocks	Blinking coins/NPCs in the blocks. In some cases can be shown incorrectly.	Semi-transparent coins/NPCs in the blocks, aligned center-by-center.
Extra indication	None	Generator direction arrows Pipe entrance/exit direction arrows Counter of coins in the block

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