# Using the Explore window

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## Overview <a href="#overview" id="overview"></a>

Breakroom World Owners and World Administrators can opt to list certain areas as [Featured Regions](https://docs.breakroom.tech/building-new-worlds/creating-and-managing-regions#featuring-a-region). This has the benefit of adding them to the Explore window, where users can find them more easily.

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## Opening the Explore window

<div data-with-frame="true"><figure><img src="https://1679086873-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F5gOE0ivmDtuXfHroTVSx%2Fuploads%2FhrGx9h6Oy06PdwXOb7pQ%2FExplore_Window_001.jpg?alt=media&#x26;token=8c8d3fb0-bea1-4aba-9ba9-9a757acc3edc" alt="A closeup of the bottom toolbar of the Breakroom UI. This toolbar includes buttons for in-world text chat and navigation. The Explore button is highlighted in orange."><figcaption><p>Highlighted: The location of the Explore button.</p></figcaption></figure></div>

You can open the Explore window by clicking the **Explore button** in the [bottom toolbar](https://docs.breakroom.tech/getting-started/ui-tour#the-bottom-toolbar), or by pressing **Ctrl + E** on your keyboard.

## The Explore window UI

<div data-with-frame="true"><figure><img src="https://1679086873-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F5gOE0ivmDtuXfHroTVSx%2Fuploads%2Fp4EsRCQOlO6SQYS03NvN%2FExplore_Window_002.jpg?alt=media&#x26;token=f9cbf4c3-7ed3-4a05-8fa2-471635882a1c" alt="A closeup of the Explore window, with twelve different Region listing cards. The UI for this window is described below."><figcaption><p>Pictured: The Explore window.</p></figcaption></figure></div>

The Explore window contains a search bar, as well as several category tabs designed to assist with Region navigation and promotion. Here's a brief overview of the UI.

<table><thead><tr><th width="239">Button or UI component</th><th>Function</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Search bar</td><td>Allows you to search for a Region by name.</td></tr><tr><td>Featured tab</td><td>Displays all of the Featured Regions in a particular Breakroom World.</td></tr><tr><td>Busy tab</td><td>Displays the World's busiest Regions (defined by current number of users).</td></tr><tr><td>Popular tab</td><td>Displays the World's most popular Regions (defined by number of user visits).</td></tr><tr><td>Contact's tab</td><td>Displays enabled, public Regions created by the contacts in your <a href="networking-with-other-users/people">People list</a>.</td></tr><tr><td>Region listing card</td><td>Opens the <a href="../building-new-worlds/region-settings">Region Information window</a> for the chosen Region.</td></tr><tr><td>Enter button</td><td>Teleports you to the chosen Region.</td></tr></tbody></table>

To learn more about a Region, click on its **listing card.** To visit a Region, click the **Enter button** located in the listing card.