# MEOW: General Use
# Inspecting The Content Of An Asset
Select a mvUsdCompound in the Viewport or in the Maya Outliner. Click the MEOW
icon from the Multiverse shelf to open MEOW panel and it will show the content
of the selected Compound in the default MEOW Tab.
As of Multiverse 7 the MEOW content is persistent:
- when selecting another Maya node that is not a compound, the content will persist in the default MEOW Tab
- when selecting another Compound node the content of another previously selected Compound node will be replaced in the default MEOW Tab.
- To preserve a compound hierarchy in MEOW select a compound and create a new Tab: now that Tab will hold the compound hierarchy until deleted.
# Navigation
Content navigation in MEOW can be done as usual in tree based system UI, in addition these following utilities:
- Expand All: Expands all hierarchy.
- Collapse All: Collapse all hierarchy to the root.
- Expand to Overrides: Only expand items that have overrides.
# Copy Full Paths
MEOW offers a utility command to copy full path(s) as strings and as Python strings. It supports single and multiple selections too. This utility is very useful for debugging and development purposes.
# Info Popup Window
MEOW has the ability to show selected item detail information by selecting an item and MMB click.
For in depth guide of using MEOW, we have covered them in these sections: