Tiled Documentation

Note

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User Manual

• Introduction
  • About Tiled
  • Getting Started
• Projects
  • What’s in a Project
  • Sessions
  • Opening a File in the Project
• Working with Layers
  • Layer Types
  • Parallax Scrolling Factor
  • Tinting Layers
• Editing Tile Layers
  • Stamp Brush
  • Terrain Brush
  • Bucket Fill Tool
  • Shape Fill Tool
  • Eraser
  • Selection Tools
  • Managing Tile Stamps
• Working with Objects
  • Placement Tools
  • Select Objects
  • Edit Polygons
  • Connecting Objects
• Editing Tilesets
  • Two Types of Tileset
  • Tileset Properties
  • Tile Properties
  • Terrain Information
  • Tile Collision Editor
  • Tile Animation Editor
• Custom Properties
  • Adding Properties
  • Custom Property Types
  • Tile Property Inheritance
  • Predefining Properties
• Using Templates
  • Creating Templates
  • Creating Template Instances
  • Editing Templates
  • Detaching Template Instances
• Using Terrains
  • Define the Terrain Information
  • Editing with the Terrain Brush
  • Terrain Fill Mode
  • Tile and Terrain Probability
  • Tile Transformations
  • Final Words
• Using Infinite Maps
  • Creating an Infinite Map
  • Editing the Infinite Map
  • Conversion from Infinite to Finite Map and Vice Versa
• Working with Worlds
  • Defining a World
  • Editing Worlds
  • Using Pattern Matching
  • Showing Only Direct Neighbors
• Using Commands
  • The Command Button
  • Editing Commands
  • Example Commands
• Automapping
  • What is Automapping?
  • Setting it Up
  • Examples
• Export Formats
  • Generic File Formats
  • Defold
  • GameMaker: Studio 1.4
  • GameMaker Studio 2.3
  • tBIN
  • Other Formats
  • Custom Export Formats
  • Export as Image
• Keyboard Shortcuts
  • General
  • When a tile layer is selected
  • When an object layer is selected
  • In the Properties dialog
• User Preferences
  • General
  • Interface
  • Keyboard
  • Theme
  • Plugins
• Python Scripts
  • Example Export Plugin
  • Debugging Your Script
  • API Reference

Reference

• Libraries and Frameworks
  • Support by Language
  • Support by Framework
• TMX Map Format
  • <map>
  • <editorsettings>
  • <tileset>
  • <layer>
  • <objectgroup>
  • <imagelayer>
  • <group>
  • <properties>
  • Template Files
• TMX Changelog
  • Tiled 1.8
  • Tiled 1.7
  • Tiled 1.5
  • Tiled 1.4
  • Tiled 1.3
  • Tiled 1.2.1
  • Tiled 1.2
  • Tiled 1.1
  • Tiled 1.0
  • Tiled 0.18
  • Tiled 0.17
  • Tiled 0.16
  • Tiled 0.15
  • Tiled 0.14
  • Tiled 0.13
  • Tiled 0.12
  • Tiled 0.11
  • Tiled 0.10
  • Tiled 0.9
  • Tiled 0.8
• JSON Map Format
  • Map
  • Layer
  • Chunk
  • Object
  • Text
  • Tileset
  • Object Template
  • Property
  • Point
  • Changelog
• Global Tile IDs
  • Tile Flipping
  • Mapping a GID to a Local Tile ID
  • Code example
• Scripting
  • Introduction
  • API Reference