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title: "Details Pane Overview"
slug: "details-pane-layout-and-navigation"
updated: 2026-07-20T15:28:46Z
published: 2026-07-20T15:28:46Z
canonical: "support.beast-code.com/details-pane-layout-and-navigation"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.beast-code.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Details Pane Overview

Use the Beast Core 6 Details Pane plugin to gather additional information while inspecting a Component.

## Select a Component to Research

1. Select a specific component in another Beast Core plugin *prior* to accessing the Details Pane.
2. Refer to these articles for additional information:
  - [View Details Pane alongside 3D Viewer](/beast-core/docs/access-details-pane-alongside-3d-viewer)
  - [View Details Pane alongside Search](/beast-core/docs/access-details-pane-alongside-search-app)

> [!NOTE]
> NOTE
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> If you access the Details Pane without selecting a component:
> 
> 
> 
> - **NO COMPONENT SELECTED** - Displays above the tab icons
> - *Please select a component to view associated information.* - Displays below the arrow graphic
> 
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> ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/Screenshot 2026-07-20 094934.png)

## Open the Details Pane

Beast Core provides multiple ways to access the Details Pane, including:

- Selecting **Show Component Details** on another plugin’s pop-up **Action Menu**

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/Screenshot 2026-02-02 Action Menu_Show Component Details.png)
- Selecting **Details Pane** on the drop-down menu at the top of the left-hand content pane

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/Screenshot 2026-03-06 094051.png)

## Open Details Pane on Main Screen

1. Ensure you have a component selected in another plugin.
2. Use any of these options:
  - Click the far-left **outline** ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-9GSWYJNI.png) icon
  - Select **Details Pane** in the left-hand navigations pane’s **Application** section

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/Screenshot 2026-03-06 094826.png)
  - Or, if the Details Pane is currently open in the left-hand content pane, click the **Swap** ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/Screenshot 2026-07-20 101609.png) button at the top of the pane

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/Screenshot 2026-07-20 101711.png)

## Explore Details Pane Tabs

Use the tab **icons** at the top of the Details Pane to select the type of component information you want to view.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/Screenshot 2026-07-20 101823.png)

- **Information** tab ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-EMEUQDAC.png) icon (default)
  - Displays the selected component’s name and associated metadata
- **Connections** tab ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-2EL5UJ1O.png) icon
  - Identifies other components with *direct* connections to your selected component
- **Documents** tab ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-WP6CBK0J.png) icon
  - Lists available documents associated with your selected component

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/Details_Pane.gif)

A specific and defined piece of equipment or part within a system or a space.

Metadata is data that describes other data. It can include information about the creation, structure, and access of data.