# Viewing Textures

The Texture View allows you to preview your textures in real-time. You can use the Tab key to toggle full window mode for this view.

Double Click on a texture operator in the operator page to display its output in the View Window.

Middle-click and drag to pan the view.

Right-click and drag to zoom in and out.

## Context menu

The Texture View Window has a context menu that is accessible through the triangle icon in its title bar or via a middle mouse button double-click inside the window.

### Reset

Returns the view to its initial parameters. Keyboard shortcut: r.

### Copy to Clipboard

Copies the currently viewed texture to the clipboard. Keyboard shortcut: Enter.

### Background Color

Pops up a color selector for the background (R, G, B). Keyboard shortcut: c.

### tile

Toggles tiled display. If turned on, a 3x3 field of the texture will be displayed.

### alpha

Toggles alpha channel display.

### Help

Opens this page.