# Inspector

The Component Inspector in Elements lets you edit the properties of the currently selected component. When you click on a component in your design, its available settings appear in the Inspector, giving you full control over how it looks and behaves.

The Inspector is context-aware, meaning the options change depending on which component you have selected. This keeps the interface clean and ensures you only see the settings that are relevant.

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### Group Defaults

When you change any value within a group, the group title highlights using the system accent colour. This makes it easy to spot which settings have been modified on a component at a glance.

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You can reset an individual control by right-clicking it and choosing **Reset to Default**.

To reset everything in a group back to its defaults, right-click the group heading and choose **Reset Group to Defaults**.

### Inspector Group Modes

To change the display modes in the Component Inspector, right-click on a heading and choose from the following options:

* **Expand All** - Will expand all settings.
* **Collapse All** - Will collapse all open settings.
* **Single Group Mode** - Switching to the single group mode only allows one setting area to be open at a time.

When in Single Group mode the only option available in the right-click menu is switch back to default mode:

* **Single Group Mode** (ticked) - Untick to switch back to the default mode, this will then allow you to view multiple setting at the same time again.


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