Menus

The full menu tree, read directly from MainWindow._build_menu() in glyphviz_gl/main_window.py:138-239. GlyphViz has six top-level menus — File, Edit, Textures, Meshes, Tools, View. There is no Node or Help menu.

File

Item	Shortcut	Action
Open Node CSV…	Ctrl+O	Opens a node CSV via file dialog; auto-loads a matching tag file, a media/ texture folder next to the CSV, and a Channels animation pair if present (_open_csv — main_window.py:927-958)
Merge Node CSV…	Ctrl+M	Loads a second node CSV (and its companion tag file) into the current scene instead of replacing it. The merged nodes get fresh ids above the existing ones and keep their own coordinates, so the two scenes overlay in the same world space; the camera, the loaded texture set, and any running Channels playback all survive (_merge_csv)
Save	Ctrl+S	Overwrites the currently-open file; if it was opened un-stamped, silently stamps it first rather than clobbering the original (_save_csv — main_window.py:1055-1065)
Save As…	Ctrl+Shift+S	Saves under a fresh YYYYMMDDHHMMSS-stamped name (_save_csv_as — main_window.py:1067-1078)
Save Selection As…	Ctrl+Alt+S	Writes just the selected nodes (and, by default, their descendants) to a node CSV of their own, with their tag, scene-settings and Channels companions. A node whose parent is left behind keeps its world placement, so the fragment reopens looking exactly as it does here. Greyed out with nothing selected. See Save Selection (_save_selection_as)
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Save Scene as PNG…	F12	Saves the current viewport exactly as displayed (_save_scene_png — main_window.py:1108-1123)
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Quit	—	Closes the window

Open and Merge both have a drag-and-drop equivalent: dropping a node CSV, a scene folder, or a zip onto the window opens it, and Shift+drop merges. See Drag and Drop.

Edit

Item	Shortcut	Action
Copy	Ctrl+C	Copies the selected node and its full descendant subtree (_copy_selected — main_window.py:2021)
Paste	Ctrl+V	Pastes the copied subtree as a new sibling with fresh ids (_paste_clipboard — main_window.py:2039)

Textures

Item	Action
Set Texture Folder…	Loads images from a folder in alphanumeric order — texture ID 1 = first file, 2 = second, etc., matching the ANTz usr/images/ convention (_browse_texture_folder — main_window.py:960-970)
Clear Textures	Unloads all textures, reverting to solid-color rendering (_clear_textures — main_window.py:1032-1036)

Meshes

Item	Action
Import Mesh File…	Loads an OBJ/STL/PLY/glTF file as a GEO_MESH shape — applies to the selected node if exactly one is selected, otherwise creates a new root node (_import_mesh_file — main_window.py:989-1030)

Tools

Item	Shortcut	Action
Glyph Composer…	Ctrl+G	Opens the hierarchical glyph-template builder dialog — see Glyph Composer (_on_glyph_composer — main_window.py:984-987)
Hyperglyph Generator…	Ctrl+H	Procedurally generates one randomized multi-level hyperglyph from a branch-level count and a node budget — see Hyperglyph Generator (_on_hyperglyph_generator)

View

All items below F12/Ctrl+G's row are checkable toggles. Most mirror an identically-named control in the Properties Panel — the Display group for the Show Axes/Grid/Hidden/Tag items, the Select By group for Show Selection Box — and the two stay in sync, because a single setter updates the menu action, the panel control and the viewport together (_set_axes, _set_grid, _set_selection_box, etc.). Pause Rate Animation, Follow Selected Node and Reset Camera have no panel counterpart.

Item	Default	Notes
Show Axes	✓ checked	main_window.py:304-307
Show Grid	✓ checked	main_window.py:309-312
Show Hidden Nodes	☐ unchecked	main_window.py:314-317
Show Tag Labels	☐ unchecked	Tooltip notes the T key toggles the same state (main_window.py:319-323)
Show Selection Box	✓ checked	Ctrl+B — hide the yellow bounding box around selected nodes without deselecting them, e.g. for a clean screengrab. Mirrored by Show selection box in the Properties panel's Select By group, not the Display group (main_window.py:325-336)
Show Transform Handles	✓ checked	Draw the red/green/blue X/Y/Z handles on the selected node while Move/Rotate/Size is armed, and let them be dragged directly. Unchecking leaves the armed mode and its free-form axis drags exactly as they were — see Transform handles
Enforce Minimum Glyph Size (0.2)	☐ unchecked	Clamp every glyph's rendered size (scale_x/y/z × Global Scale) to at least 0.2 per axis, so a very small or zero-scale node stays visible and clickable. Off by default: glyphs render at exactly their authored scale. World Grid footprints are never clamped. Mirrored in the Properties panel's Global Scale group
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Stereo 3D (Cross-Eye)	☐ unchecked	Side-by-side cross-eye stereo pair; disables rubber-band select and the transform handles while active (main_window.py:339-348)
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Pause Rate Animation	☐ unchecked	P — freeze all translate_rate/rotate_rate/scale_rate animation in place, then resume with the original rates (main_window.py:351-360)
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Follow Selected Node	☐ unchecked	F — keep the camera centered on the selected node as it moves (main_window.py:363-372)
Reset Camera	—	See Viewer Navigation (main_window.py:373)
Manipulate	✓ checked	Toggles visibility of the Manipulate (Move/Rotate/Size) toolbar (main_window.py:279)
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Properties	✓ checked	Toggles visibility of the Properties dock (main_window.py:899-900)
Node Table	✓ checked	Toggles visibility of the Node Table dock (main_window.py:911)

The last four items (Manipulate/Properties/Node Table) are Qt's built-in toggleViewAction() for each dock/toolbar, appended by the widget-building methods that own them rather than by _build_menu() itself — that's why they're interleaved with separators added later in MainWindow.__init__'s build order (_build_viewport → _build_menu → _build_manipulate_toolbar → _build_panel → _build_table, main_window.py:102-107).

Next step

See Viewer Navigation for mouse/keyboard equivalents of common menu actions.