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# Finding your way around FMRTE

> Documentation release: **FMRTE 27** (published release).

The toolbar opens tools, the tabs hold your records, and the status bar identifies your loaded savegame.

![FMRTE workspace with toolbar, club tabs and status bar](https://docs.fmrte.com/img/fmrte27/clubs/club-information.jpg)

## The controls you need first

![Toolbar with Save, Current Screen, reload, Favorites, Shortlists and Search](https://docs.fmrte.com/img/fmrte27/overview/toolbar.png)

| Control | Use it to… |
| --- | --- |
| ![Load Game](https://docs.fmrte.com/img/fmrte27/toolbar-icons/load-game.svg "Toolbar control") | Read the savegame currently open in Football Manager. |
| ![Save Changes icon](https://docs.fmrte.com/img/fmrte27/toolbar-icons/save.svg "Toolbar icon") **Save Changes** | Save edits from the active page to the running game. A badge on the button counts the changes it would save. |
| ![Current Screen icon](https://docs.fmrte.com/img/fmrte27/toolbar-icons/current-screen.svg "Toolbar icon") **Current Screen** | Open the player you're viewing in Football Manager. |
| ![Reload icon](https://docs.fmrte.com/img/fmrte27/toolbar-icons/reload.svg "Toolbar icon") **Reload** | Read fresh values for the active record. |
| ![Edit history icon](https://docs.fmrte.com/img/fmrte27/toolbar-icons/edit-history.svg "Toolbar icon") **Edit history** | Open [Edit History](https://docs.fmrte.com/tools/edit-history.md) to review and undo this session's edits. A badge on the button counts the edits you can still undo. |
| ![Favorites](https://docs.fmrte.com/img/fmrte27/toolbar-icons/favorites.svg "Toolbar control") | Open your manager, club and saved favourites. |
| ![Home Page icon](https://docs.fmrte.com/img/fmrte27/toolbar-icons/home.svg "Toolbar icon") **Home Page** | Visit the FMRTE website. |
> **TIP**
Hover over an icon in FMRTE to see its label. Save in Football Manager when you want to keep your edits in the save file.

## Search, tools and record tabs

Search by name or UID, or use **Advanced Search**, a powerful, customizable filter to narrow results by players, staff, and clubs.

Each record opens in a main tab. Its sections, such as **Information**, **Contract** or **Positions**, appear in the collapsible rail on the left. Use the rail control to show labels or icons. Auto mode collapses the rail on narrower pages.

Drag a tab to move it. Right-click a tab for **Close**, **Close Other Tabs** and **Close Tabs To The Right**.

![Right-click menu on a main tab with Close, Close Other Tabs and Close Tabs To The Right and their shortcuts](https://docs.fmrte.com/img/fmrte27/overview/tab-context-menu.png)

> **TIP**
If double-clicking opens a tab without showing it, select that tab. You can change this in [Settings](https://docs.fmrte.com/help/settings.md#search-and-tab-behavior).

| Tool | What it opens |
| --- | --- |
| ![Advanced Search icon](https://docs.fmrte.com/img/fmrte27/toolbar-icons/search-filter.svg "Toolbar icon") **Advanced Search** | Filters to find players, staff and clubs by attributes, contracts and other criteria |
| ![Mass Edit icon](https://docs.fmrte.com/img/fmrte27/toolbar-icons/mass-edit.svg "Toolbar icon") **Mass Edit** | Editing multiple players, staff or clubs at once |
| ![View Future Transfers icon](https://docs.fmrte.com/img/fmrte27/toolbar-icons/future-transfers.svg "Toolbar icon") **View Future Transfers** | A list of future transfers |
| ![Retirements icon](https://docs.fmrte.com/img/fmrte27/toolbar-icons/retirements.svg "Toolbar icon") **Retirements** | Players and staff with a planned retirement date |
| ![Preset Manager icon](https://docs.fmrte.com/img/fmrte27/toolbar-icons/preset-manager.svg "Toolbar icon") **Preset Manager** | Reusable editing actions |
| ![Facepack Installer icon](https://docs.fmrte.com/img/fmrte27/toolbar-icons/facepack-installer.svg "Toolbar icon") **Facepack Installer** | Tools to install facepacks and assign faces in Football Manager |
| ![Freezer Manager icon](https://docs.fmrte.com/img/fmrte27/toolbar-icons/freezer.svg "Toolbar icon") **Freezer Manager** | Frozen players and staff |
| ![AI Assistant icon](https://docs.fmrte.com/img/fmrte27/toolbar-icons/ai-assistant.svg "Toolbar icon") **AI Assistant** | Shows or hides the floating [AI Assistant](https://docs.fmrte.com/tools/ai-assistant.md). The button appears only when the assistant is available. |
| ![Shortlists](https://docs.fmrte.com/img/fmrte27/toolbar-icons/shortlists.svg "Toolbar control") | Shortlist files and in-game shortlists |
| ![Online Help icon](https://docs.fmrte.com/img/fmrte27/toolbar-icons/help.svg "Toolbar icon") **Online Help** | Help with using FMRTE |
| ![Discord icon](https://docs.fmrte.com/img/fmrte27/toolbar-icons/discord.svg "Toolbar icon") **Discord** | The FMRTE community chat |

### FMRTE menu

The **FMRTE** menu sits between **Discord** and **Load Game**:

- **Settings** opens [Settings](https://docs.fmrte.com/help/settings.md).
- **Visit FMRTE Home Page** opens the FMRTE website.
- **What's new** opens the FMRTE tab on its **What's new** page. When there are several entries, use the arrows to move between them.
- **About** opens the same tab on **Information**, with a **Third party components** page.

## Save the page you're editing

Select **Save Changes** while the page you're editing is active. This saves changes from that page to the running game.

An accent outline marks a pending field edit, a **\*** marks an unsaved tab, and the badge on **Save Changes** shows how many changes it would save from the page you're viewing. Saved fields turn green. Reloading or closing drafts asks before discarding them. [Edit History](https://docs.fmrte.com/tools/edit-history.md) records eligible changes and offers Undo.

Headers can show portraits, logos and editable values. A player header exposes CA/PA and Asking Price (Asking Price is hidden when the window is narrow), and the club header exposes reputation and balance. These use the same fields as their editing sections. To hide or show one of these values, right-click the header, or use the **Header** toggles in [**Settings → General → Appearance**](https://docs.fmrte.com/help/settings.md#how-to-change-currency).

## Current Screen

Open a player's profile or Attributes screen in Football Manager, then select **Current Screen** in FMRTE. 
> **WARNING**
Occasionally, this feature may not work correctly or may display the wrong item (player, club, etc.). To avoid this, simply switch between one or two tabs in-game before using it.
<br/>For example, if you're on a player's profile, navigate to the **Attributes** tab (or any other tab within that profile), then press the Current Screen button.

Check the name and club: detection can sometimes find the wrong player. Use [Search](https://docs.fmrte.com/scouting/search.md) if it does.

## Status bar

The status bar at the bottom shows the current status message, details of the loaded savegame and the game version.

Drag the slider on the right to scale the tabs, header and page from 50% to 150%, in 10% steps. FMRTE remembers the scale. You can also set **Interface scale** in **Settings → General → Appearance**.

![Right end of the status bar with savegame counts and the interface scale slider](https://docs.fmrte.com/img/fmrte27/overview/status-bar.png)

## Keyboard shortcuts

| Action | Windows | macOS |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Save current tab | `Ctrl+S` | `Cmd+S` |
| Reload current page | `Ctrl+R` | `Cmd+R` |
| Quick Search | `Ctrl+F` | `Cmd+F` |
| Advanced Search | `Ctrl+Shift+F` | `Cmd+Shift+F` |
| Settings | `Ctrl+,` | `Cmd+,` |
| Mass Edit | `Ctrl+M` | `Cmd+M` |
| Close current tab | `Ctrl+W` | `Cmd+W` |
| Close other tabs | `Ctrl+Alt+W` | `Cmd+Option+W` |
| Close tabs to the right | `Ctrl+Shift+Alt+W` | `Cmd+Shift+Option+W` |
| Copy the selected rows of a list | `Ctrl+C` | `Cmd+C` |

## Right-click actions

Right-click a row in a list to act on it without opening the record. Select several rows first to act on all of them.

![Right-click menu on a player row of FC Porto's Squads tab, with favourites, clipboard, shortlist, preset, freeze, release and move actions](https://docs.fmrte.com/img/fmrte27/overview/player-context-menu.png)

On a player or staff page, the **⋮** button in the header opens the same menu for that person.

| Record | Where you can right-click | Actions |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Players | Search results, a club or nation's **Squads** tab, **Possible Signings**, **Player Clauses**, player shortlists, **View Future Transfers**, **Retirements** and the player header | [Player row actions](https://docs.fmrte.com/players/overview.md#right-click-a-player-row) |
| Staff | Search results, a club or nation's **Staff** tab, staff shortlists and the staff header | [Staff row actions](https://docs.fmrte.com/staff-and-managers/staff.md#right-click-a-staff-row) |
| Clubs and nations | Search results | [Club and nation row actions](https://docs.fmrte.com/clubs/overview.md#right-click-a-club-or-nation-row) |

In most lists the menu is built when the list opens. If an item marked **Shown when** is missing after you change a preset, a human manager's club or the experimental features setting, close the list and open it again.

## Next step

[Make your first edit](https://docs.fmrte.com/getting-started/first-edit.md).
