Using the Context Menu in VEXcode GO – VEX Library

Long-pressing in VEXcode GO leads to many options to help you with your coding.

The Context Menu in the Workspace

Long-pressing or right clicking in the Workspace in VEXcode GO leads to the following options:

Undo button highlighted in VEXcode GO context menu with forever, drive forward for 100mm and turn right for 90 degrees.

Undo: will reverse the most recent action.

Redo: will reverse the 'Undo.'

VEXcode GO with forever attached to when start, drive forward for 100 mm and turn right for 90 degrees. Then clean up blocks is highlighted in the context menu.

Clean up Blocks: organizes the blocks so that they are all in a vertical line.

The blocks after clean up, showing all in a vertical line.

VEXcode GO playground with add note option highlighted. It is the fourth option below undo, redo, clean up blocks and delete blocks.

Add Note: notes can be added to the Workspace.

VEXcode GO with forever loops, drive forward 100 mm and turn right for 90 degrees inside the forever loop. On the right, it is a note saying "say something"

Notes showing in the workspace.

VEXcode GO playground with delete blocks option highlighted. It is the fourth option below undo, redo, clean up blocks.

Delete Blocks: all of the blocks in the Workspace can be deleted at once after clicking through a confirmation prompt.

Delete all blocks pop up with cancel and ok button

The confirmation prompt before deleting all blocks.

The Context Menu of Block(s)

Long-pressing or right clicking on a block in VEXcode GO leads to the following options:

VEXcode GO Workspace with a block's context menu opened and the Delete Block option highlighted. Delete Block is the first option in the menu.

Duplicate Blocks: this action will make an exact copy of the blocks selected.

VEXcode GO Workspace with a block's context menu opened and the Delete Block option highlighted. Delete Block is the third option in the menu, below Duplicate, Disable Block.

Delete Blocks: individual or groups of blocks can be deleted.

Block Help: opens the built-in Help for that block.

View this article to learn more about accessing Help in VEXcode GO.

The same project as the previous image, with the context menu open, and the Convert Block to Switch block and Convert Stack to Switch block options highlighted.

Convert to Switch Block: will convert a single block, wrapper, or stack of blocks to Switch blocks, showing the VEXcode GO Python commands for those blocks.

To learn more about using Switch blocks to transition from blocks to text-based coding, view this article.

Read Block: uses a text-to-speech tool to read aloud the contents the block.

To learn more about using the Read Feature in VEXcode GO, view this article.