Things Explorer adds a bottom-bar button that opens a window to browse all Things from your loaded mods. Filter by mod and search by name or description. In Dev Mode, you can view the source XML for any Thing and copy it along with the file path.
Features
- Bottom button opens the Things Explorer window
- Mod dropdown lists all mods that define ThingDefs
- Search by label and description
- List with icons and names; click to open the info card
- Dev Mode: XML viewer with basic highlighting (tag names, attribute values)
- Dev Mode: shows source file path; buttons to copy raw XML and copy path
- Draggable, resizable window
Requirements
- RimWorld 1.6
- HugsLib
Works well with:
- [url=https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3561361253]Show Required Research[/url] -- useful to see researches in the Info Window
- [url=https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3548013918]XML Document Viewer and Export[/url] -- adds a dev-mode button to work with item's Def
- [url=https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2810681278]Xml Patch Helper[/url] -- Xml Patch Helper create pathes right in game
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Update 2025-09-10
- Patches list for defs. Now you can find which mod affected a def.
- Added Hugslib dependency
Update 2025-09-07
- Def type filter: browse not only ThingDefs but also Recipe, Research, Gene, PawnKind, Hediff, Trait, Incident, Biome, Terrain, Storyteller, Backstory
- Thing class filter (for ThingDefs): narrow by concrete thingClass
- 'All mods' moved to the bottom of the mod list; per-mod counts shown in the dropdown
- New footer count: shows shown/total (respects filters)
- XML dialog QoL: non-blocking, multiple windows allowed, search with yellow background highlight and auto-scroll to first match
- External integration (Dev Mode): optional button to open the 'XML Document Viewer and Export' mod for the selected Def; falls back to internal viewer when unavailable
- Hover highlight on list items for better readability
