# Sandbox Inspector not opening for textures

**URL:** <https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/sandbox-inspector-not-opening-for-textures/38711>\
**Category:** Bugs\
**Tags:** sandbox\
**Created:** [March 3, 2023, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/sandbox-inspector-not-opening-for-textures/38711 "2023-03-03T10:04:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 15\
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**Author:** ![Jad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f6c823/32.png) [@Jad](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Jad)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/sandbox-inspector-not-opening-for-textures/38711/1 "2023-03-03T10:04:54Z")

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Hello everyone,

I was recently working with some GLB models and wanted to check the textures of my models on Babylon’s sandbox.

For some reason when I open the inspector and click on one of the textures the inspector disappears, I tried on different models,different browsers and on a different computer but I was still experiencing the same issue, I would like to know if this is a bug everyone is facing currently for the sandbox.

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**Author:** ![pink\_blue](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/pink_blue/32/26452_2.png) [@pink\_blue](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/pink_blue)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 10:19am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/sandbox-inspector-not-opening-for-textures/38711/2 "2023-03-03T10:19:39Z")

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me too. I can not open glb material inspector in sandbox.

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**Author:** ![labris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/labris/32/12576_2.png) [@labris](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/labris)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 10:30am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/sandbox-inspector-not-opening-for-textures/38711/3 "2023-03-03T10:30:01Z")

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The bug relates not only to Sandbox, it happens with Inspector in other cases as well.

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**Author:** ![Evgeni\_Popov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/evgeni_popov/32/4432_2.png) [@Evgeni\_Popov](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Evgeni_Popov)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 11:33am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/sandbox-inspector-not-opening-for-textures/38711/4 "2023-03-03T11:33:55Z")

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Would you be able to provide a model which does not work?

I tried with 3 or 4 models and couldn’t make the inspector crash.

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**Author:** ![labris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/labris/32/12576_2.png) [@labris](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/labris)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 11:58am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/sandbox-inspector-not-opening-for-textures/38711/5 "2023-03-03T11:58:51Z")

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Here is the video illustrating the problem.  
All is OK when I open meshes. When clicking on material, the right Inspector pane disappears.

[https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/uploads/babylonjs/original/3X/7/c/7c2032b8da6cc4e3a7bbfa4c78db5ad26dfb4ee2.mp4](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/uploads/babylonjs/original/3X/7/c/7c2032b8da6cc4e3a7bbfa4c78db5ad26dfb4ee2.mp4)

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**Author:** ![Jad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f6c823/32.png) [@Jad](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Jad)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/sandbox-inspector-not-opening-for-textures/38711/6 "2023-03-03T12:30:08Z")

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This is exactly what I am experiencing thank you for providing a video!

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**Author:** ![Jad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f6c823/32.png) [@Jad](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Jad)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/sandbox-inspector-not-opening-for-textures/38711/7 "2023-03-03T12:37:33Z")

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what are the file extensions you used? I was testing with gltf models and glb models

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**Author:** ![Evgeni\_Popov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/evgeni_popov/32/4432_2.png) [@Evgeni\_Popov](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Evgeni_Popov)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/sandbox-inspector-not-opening-for-textures/38711/8 "2023-03-03T14:06:10Z")

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Sorry for the trouble, it’s the new decal map feature which introduced a bug with the inspector. This PR will fix it:

> <https://github.com/BabylonJS/Babylon.js/pull/13585>
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> See https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/sandbox-inspector-not-opening-for-textures/387…11/5
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> Fix #13562

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**Author:** ![labris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/labris/32/12576_2.png) [@labris](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/labris)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/sandbox-inspector-not-opening-for-textures/38711/9 "2023-03-03T15:06:29Z")

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Just of curiosity, what does the new decal map plugin do?

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**Author:** ![Evgeni\_Popov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/evgeni_popov/32/4432_2.png) [@Evgeni\_Popov](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Evgeni_Popov)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/sandbox-inspector-not-opening-for-textures/38711/10 "2023-03-03T15:39:53Z")

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It is adding decal map (texture) support to Babylon.

See [Material: Add doc for Decal Map by Popov72 · Pull Request #785 · BabylonJS/Documentation · GitHub](https://github.com/BabylonJS/Documentation/pull/785) and [Another take at decals. Before talking about the real subject… | by Babylon.js | Medium](https://medium.com/@babylonjs/another-take-at-decals-ef8ec19221a1).

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**Author:** ![Lam\_Chung\_Yin\_Johnny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/lam_chung_yin_johnny/32/30440_2.png) [@Lam\_Chung\_Yin\_Johnny](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Lam_Chung_Yin_Johnny)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/sandbox-inspector-not-opening-for-textures/38711/11 "2023-03-03T17:13:10Z")

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as i am using the viewer to test the material with my glb,  
may i know when it can be fix, or anywhere i can use the last version?

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**Author:** ![sebavan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/sebavan/32/57_2.png) [@sebavan](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/sebavan)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/sandbox-inspector-not-opening-for-textures/38711/12 "2023-03-03T17:23:38Z")

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It will be deploy in maximum a couple hours @RaananW is deploying as we speak.

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**Author:** ![RaananW](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/raananw/32/28955_2.png) [@RaananW](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/RaananW)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/sandbox-inspector-not-opening-for-textures/38711/13 "2023-03-03T20:00:04Z")

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should be fine now

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**Author:** ![mawa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/mawa/32/12384_2.png) [@mawa](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/mawa)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/sandbox-inspector-not-opening-for-textures/38711/14 "2023-03-07T12:58:14Z")

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Anyone to mark this as fixed/closed? I believe it is. @carolhmj

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**Author:** ![carolhmj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/carolhmj/32/25918_2.png) [@carolhmj](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/carolhmj)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/sandbox-inspector-not-opening-for-textures/38711/15 "2023-03-07T13:01:05Z")

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yep it is thanks for the reminder 🙂
